Solicitor put wrong postcode on land register entry.

baz8790

First of all this is in Scotland.

I purchased my first property at the end of July but have not received any paperwork from my solicitor other than a final bill to say my account with them has been settled.

When I have tried to search the land register to see the sale I was not able to find anything showing the sale, after contacting the solicitor they informed me that it had been done and attached a copy of the entry, I noticed that they have used the wrong postcode, xx15 rather than xx16.

I have pointed out the error and have been told not to worry.

Should I be concerned about this?

I have also been told that they will forward on a copy of the land certificate once received but I have not received this yet, should it take this long?

And should I be receiving any other paperwork from the solicitor? Just seems odd that I have made the biggest purchase of my life and have absolutely no paperwork for the transaction.

baz8790

Giving this a bump up in case anyone can offer advice

Bossypants

When they told you not to worry, was it in the sense of 'we're sorry we made an an error, we'll arrange to have it corrected asap, don't worry', or in the sense of 'it's only bureaucracy, it doesn't really matter, we'll just leave it like that, don't worry about it'?

Owain_Moneysaver

I wouldn't worry that you don't own the property or anything like that, postcodes are for the Royal Mail and occasionally do get altered for postal purposes so they wouldn't be relied upon for the legal identification of the property.

The error might not be your solicitor's, but he should arrange to get the register entry amended.

I would expect a solicitor would send you a copy of the amended entry in the register showing your ownership within a few days of the sale completing. I got mine by email. They often keep the actual certificate for you in their files.

baz8790

Bossypants wrote: »

When they told you not to worry, was it in the sense of 'we're sorry we made an an error, we'll arrange to have it corrected asap, don't worry', or in the sense of 'it's only bureaucracy, it doesn't really matter, we'll just leave it like that, don't worry about it'?

The second don't worry

baz8790

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

I wouldn't worry that you don't own the property or anything like that, postcodes are for the Royal Mail and occasionally do get altered for postal purposes so they wouldn't be relied upon for the legal identification of the property.

The error might not be your solicitor's, but he should arrange to get the register entry amended.

I would expect a solicitor would send you a copy of the amended entry in the register showing your ownership within a few days of the sale completing. I got mine by email. They often keep the actual certificate for you in their files.

I haven't received anything from the solicitor since the sale completed other than a final bill to state that the account was up to date

seven-day-weekend

Our land registry entry was wrong, I rang the LR and they told me to download some forms and send them off. They then corrected the error and it now has the correct info on.

davidmcn

It doesn't matter in the slightest. Plenty of properties don't have a postcode, or even a correct postal address. The Land Register will probably fix it next time they deal with the property (they supposedly do try to keep these things accurate).

Richard_Webster

1.The wrong postcode at the Land Registry has no legal significance.

2. Although I have told you that, if I was your solicitor I would think it easier to alter the postcode and send the client copies of the new registry entries to the client than spend time trying to explain that it doesn't really matter and have the client feeling aggrieved as a result.

davidmcn

Richard_Webster wrote: »

1.The wrong postcode at the Land Registry has no legal significance.

2. Although I have told you that, if I was your solicitor I would think it easier to alter the postcode and send the client copies of the new registry entries to the client than spend time trying to explain that it doesn't really matter and have the client feeling aggrieved as a result.

3. This is in Scotland. The Land Register doesn't generally correct minor typos etc other than while they're registering something more significant.

Bossypants

baz8790 wrote: »

The second don't worry

In that case I would either be pressing them to get it corrected (if you can be bothered) or calling the LR to get it corrected that way. As others have said, it has no legal significance, but it can all the same be irritating. Hardly the end of the world, but utilities, deliveries, etc are confused very easily by this sort of thing (ask me how I know!), and although it's usually fairly easy to straighten out with a phone call, it's more convenient to just have the right information reflecting from the get-go.

It shouldn't be hard to fix, just ring the LR and explain.