Survey and title fees

Find fees information for any activity that can be done through Landonline.

Survey and Title fees are changing in early 2025. This page has been updated with the details of the new changes. All Landonline users will be advised of the effective date by email.

You need to pay a fee for each title or survey lodgement made through Landonline. When firms sign up to Landonline we create a credit account for them in our finance system.

All fees the firm incurs are charged to their credit account.

Find out more about payment and credit

These fees came into effect on 1 February 2022.

All fees are GST inclusive.

Landonline search products

ProductDescriptionManualLandonlineUpcoming 2025 fee change: ManualUpcoming 2025 fee change: Landonline
Title search – with diagram (current Record of Title)Electronic property title record, showing current proprietor, legal description, registered rights and restrictions (such as mortgage, easement or covenant). Includes a plan or diagram of the land.$25
 
$6$52$8
Title search – no diagramAs for Title search – with diagram, but with no plan or diagram included.n/a$6n/a$8
Historical title search (historic Record of Title, computer register or certificate of title)Shows all interests registered since the title was created. May include a scan of the paper copy of the Certificate of Title.$25$6$52$8
Guaranteed title search (guaranteed Record of Title) with pending instrumentsAs for Title search, plus any instruments that are lodged with Toitū Te Whenua but still pending. Comes with specific provisions under section 60 Land Transfer Act 2017. Generally requested by solicitors for property dealings.$25$6$52$8
Cadastral Survey Plan (CSD) – title sheetShows the plan that was deposited when the title was created. This could be a simple plan of the property's boundaries, area and dimensions, a detailed survey plan, or a combination of both.$25$6$52$8
Cadastral Survey Plan (CSD) – survey sheetShows detailed survey observations and may also include a simpler plan detailing only the property's boundaries, area and dimensions.$25$6$52$8
Instrument (document)Instruments such as a mortgage, easement or caveat. Instrument references are recorded on the title they are registered against.$25$6$52$8

Land titles lodgement fees

Also see Codes and fees A-G and Codes and fees H-Z

Fee for...ManualAuto-registration / LandonlineUpcoming 2025 fee change: ManualUpcoming 2025 fee change: Auto-registration / Landonline
Lodgement and registration of an instrument$180$90$243$122
Titles resubmission fee – resubmission of rejected or requisitioned instrument, per instrumentNo fee No change 

New title fees

Fee for...ManualAuto-registration / LandonlineUpcoming 2025 fee change: ManualUpcoming 2025 fee change: Auto-registration / Landonline
New titles (issue a record of title), each$145$145$165$165

Other title fees

Fee for...ManualElectronicUpcoming 2025 fee change: ManualUpcoming 2025 fee change: Electronic
Certification as a true copy$25n/aNo changen/a
Approving any form$80$80$97$97
Advertising an application or notice$450$450$545$545
Notices, including notice of caveat, or notice of claim under section 42 Property (Relationships) Act 1976$6$6$8$8
Notice under section 21(4) Retirement Villages Act 2003$5$5No changeNo change
Examining satisfactory evidence of certification under section 30 of the Land Transfer Act 2017n/an/aNo changeNo change
RGL actions relating to unsatisfactory certifications under sections 29 or 30 of the Land Transfer Act 2017$161/hour + expenses$161/hour + expenses$254 per hour + expenses$254 per hour + expenses

Cadastral survey fees

Fee for...ElectronicEarly 2025 fee change - Electronic 
Cross Lease CSD – Base fee (no parcel fees apply)$230$313
Unit Titles CSD – Base fee (with no survey information*)$310$422
Unit Titles CSD – Base fee (with survey information*)$850$1,130
Unit Titles CSD – Each parcel for a principal unit or accessory unit (defined by permanent structure boundaries)$75$112
Other CSD – Base fee (creating parcels with survey information*)$850$1,130
Other CSD – Base fee (creating parcels without survey information*)$550$643
Other CSD – Each primary parcel (other than a balance or residue parcel)$100$138
Other CSD – Each parcel for a lease$100$138
Other CSD – Each non-primary parcel (other than for a lease) including for an easement or covenant (whether new or existing)$60$80
Other CSD – Simple boundary reinstatement$105$143
Other CSD – Complex boundary reinstatement$850$1,130
Survey information CSD – Providing survey information, with no boundary mark placed, and no parcel createdNo feeNo change
Re-submission fees – Fee for CSD re-lodged following requisitionNo feeNo change
For plan deposit$150$182

* 'survey information' means non-boundary marks and related vectors

Calculating Cadastral Survey Dataset (CSD) Lodgement Fees

A spreadsheet has been created to help calculate CSD lodgement fees:

Editable fields are marked in yellow. All other fields are read-only.

To calculate plan fees:

  1. Enter the relevant number of each item in the Number of Items cell.
  2. The amount cell and Total Plan Fees cell will auto-populate.

Other cadastral survey fees

Fee for...ManualLandonline
Statutory certifications – Standard fee (QEII Covenants etc)$67.50n/a
Statutory certifications – Legal Description only (Sec 116 Land Act etc)$22.50n/a
Issuing appellations by endorsement – Base fee$100n/a
Issuing appellations by endorsement – Plus additional parcels$22n/a
Plan not covered by Cadastral Survey Act 2002 – Base fee (no parcel fees apply)$260$260

Other information

Base fee

Base fee is payable for all plans.

Parcels

Enter the number of parcels to be created by the cadastral survey dataset.

Parcel fees apply to each severance on an ML plan, not each appellation.

New or existing easements and covenants

This fee applies to each new or existing easement or covenant separately identified with a letter.

Waiving and refunding

View the Waiving and Refunding Title Fees Policy (LINZ OP 01249)

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