Caveats may be lodged by other interested parties in response to Land Transfer Act 2017 applications made by landowners and other parties.
Caveat against adverse possession application – s162
Information about lodging a caveat in response to an adverse possession claim is found in the Adverse Possession Guideline.
A caveat can be lodged using Form 38 of the Approved Electronic Forms (for registration by e-dealing) or the Approved Paper Forms (for a manual dealing). The instrument code is ‘XAPP’.
Caveat against bringing land under the Act – s174
A caveat against an application bringing land under the Land Transfer Act 2017 can be lodged using Form 40 of the Approved Electronic Forms (for registration by e-dealing) or the Approved Paper Forms (for a manual dealing). The instrument code is ‘XAPP’.
For more information about these caveats see Application to bring deeds land under the Land Transfer Act by adverse occupier .
Caveat against application by adjoining owners for title to access strip – s187
A caveat against an application by adjoining owners for title to an access strip can be lodged using Form 42 of the Approved Electronic Forms (for registration by e-dealing) or the Approved Paper Forms (for a manual dealing). The instrument code is ‘XAPP’.
Caveat against limited record of title limited as to parcels – s207
A caveat against a removal of limitations for limited title that is limited as to parcels can be lodged using the usual caveat against dealings template instrument in Landonline (for registration by e-dealing) or Form 44 of the Approved Paper Forms (for a manual dealing). The instrument code is ‘X’.