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Transferring joint tenants

Examples to demonstrate what may happen when transferring shares in a joint tenancy.

Example 1: Brian, Rosalind and Michael

Brian Tweedie, Rosalind Tweedie and Michael Hanson jointly own a ½ share in the affected title and TH Holdings Limited owns the other ½ share. Rosalind is transferring her share equally to Brian and Michael.

Existing shares

  • Brian Tweedie, Rosalind Tweedie and Michael Hanson jointly own a ½ share.
  • TH Holdings Limited own a ½ share.

Transferring shares to

  • Rosalind is transferring her interest in the ½ share equally to Brian and Michael. Rosalind is therefore transferring ⅓ of a ½ share, or a ⅙ share.
Selected transferor
List of transferees.

Remainder

Transferring Rosalind’s interest in the ½ share with Brian and Michael will break their existing joint tenancy. However, 2 new joint tenancies will be created between Brian and Michael, as they keep the remaining ⅓ share from the original joint tenancy. They now also have a ⅙ share from Rosalind.

The resulting ownership is:

  • Brian Tweedie and Michael Hanson jointly own a ⅓ share.
  • Brian Tweedie and Michael Hanson jointly own a ⅙ share.
  • TH Holdings Limited own a ½ share.

Save the page to view the Resulting Ownership in the Summary tab and confirm you have set up the Transfer correctly.

Use the Additional Clauses/Conditions or Intent field to combine the ⅓ and ⅙ shares in the title for Brian and Michael, if needed. This means the instrument lodges with LINZ for registration.

Pie chart showing shares of holding.

Example 2: John and Jenny

John and Jenny Davies have a joint tenancy of a ½ share in the affected title and Davies Limited owns the other ½ share. 

John Davies is breaking the joint tenancy and transferring his ¼ share to Davies Limited

Existing shares

  • John and Jenny Davies jointly own a ½ share.
  • Davies Limited own a ½ share.

Transferring shares to

  • John is transferring his full interest in the ½ share he jointly owns with Jenny to Davies Limited. His interest is a ¼ share.
Example of shares for transferor.
Example of corporate transferee

Remainder

John is breaking the joint tenancy he has with Jenny by transferring his ¼ share to Davies Limited. Jenny Davies and Davies Limited will become tenants in common.

The resulting ownership is:

  • Jenny Davies owns a ¼ share.
  • Davies Limited own a ¼ share.
  • Davies Limited own a ½ share.

Save the page to view the Resulting Ownership in the Summary tab and confirm you have set up the Transfer correctly.

Use the Additional Clauses/Conditions or Intent field to combine the ¼ and ½ shares in the title for Davies Limited, if needed. This means the instrument lodges with LINZ for registration.

Example of pie chart to show shares.
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