Wrong name on land registry

Gmg1

I need advise! When we purchased our house we had my partners middle name on the details for land registry however his middle name was given to him when being christened not when born so it’s not in any official documents. This was not questioned at the time by our solicitors and I was unaware it was not an official middle name. 

How do we go about getting the middle name removed? 

davidmcn

Has somebody told you that you need to have it removed? I wouldn't really see a need for it - pretty commonplace for people to be inconsistent with whether they put their middle name in (I do it myself!).

TonyMMM

If he uses the middle name, that is his name. No such thing as an "official" name.

Gmg1

davidmcn said:

Has somebody told you that you need to have it removed? I wouldn't really see a need for it - pretty commonplace for people to be inconsistent with whether they put their middle name in (I do it myself!).

We tried to sell our house a few years ago and it was brought up by the solicitors that it was wrong and they wanted some identification with his middle name on. That sale fell through so we didn’t go any further but now we are thinking about selling again and I thought it may be best to get it sorted now rather than have a hold up if we sell. 

davidmcn

Gmg1 said:

davidmcn said:

Has somebody told you that you need to have it removed? I wouldn't really see a need for it - pretty commonplace for people to be inconsistent with whether they put their middle name in (I do it myself!).

We tried to sell our house a few years ago and it was brought up by the solicitors that it was wrong and they wanted some identification with his middle name on. That sale fell through so we didn’t go any further but now we are thinking about selling again and I thought it may be best to get it sorted now rather than have a hold up if we sell. 

Then I would say you encountered an unusually fussy solicitor. If you're talking about a property in England or Wales then the Land Registry rep on the forum may be able to assist. Or he could of course change his other ID to match instead, or just sign a deed poll or whatever would satisfy the solicitor.

Gmg1

davidmcn said:

Gmg1 said:

davidmcn said:

Has somebody told you that you need to have it removed? I wouldn't really see a need for it - pretty commonplace for people to be inconsistent with whether they put their middle name in (I do it myself!).

We tried to sell our house a few years ago and it was brought up by the solicitors that it was wrong and they wanted some identification with his middle name on. That sale fell through so we didn’t go any further but now we are thinking about selling again and I thought it may be best to get it sorted now rather than have a hold up if we sell. 

Then I would say you encountered an unusually fussy solicitor. If you're talking about a property in England or Wales then the Land Registry rep on the forum may be able to assist. Or he could of course change his other ID to match instead, or just sign a deed poll or whatever would satisfy the solicitor.

Thank you! 

This was my thinking if we need to change his name by deed poll or have the land registry rectified I would rather do it now so we don’t have it as an issue when selling. I just wanted some advice before speaking to a solicitor and potentially wasting money if we didn’t need to. 

davidmcn

Gmg1 said:

davidmcn said:

Gmg1 said:

davidmcn said:

Has somebody told you that you need to have it removed? I wouldn't really see a need for it - pretty commonplace for people to be inconsistent with whether they put their middle name in (I do it myself!).

We tried to sell our house a few years ago and it was brought up by the solicitors that it was wrong and they wanted some identification with his middle name on. That sale fell through so we didn’t go any further but now we are thinking about selling again and I thought it may be best to get it sorted now rather than have a hold up if we sell. 

Then I would say you encountered an unusually fussy solicitor. If you're talking about a property in England or Wales then the Land Registry rep on the forum may be able to assist. Or he could of course change his other ID to match instead, or just sign a deed poll or whatever would satisfy the solicitor.

I just wanted some advice before speaking to a solicitor and potentially wasting money if we didn’t need to. 

Assuming you still want to use the same solicitor, may be best just to contact them and ask them what they would expect?

Land_Registry

You can apply to update the register to match passport or driving licence. Lodge it as a change of name from XYZ to XZ and submit a certified copy of either his passport (name page) or driving licence 
Many lenders insist on names matching precisely and solicitors can follow suit. Whilst we will often accept a certificate from a conveyancer confirming the right name many will match lender requirements and insist the register is updated first before completing a transaction 

Gmg1

Land_Registry said:

You can apply to update the register to match passport or driving licence. Lodge it as a change of name from XYZ to XZ and submit a certified copy of either his passport (name page) or driving licence 
Many lenders insist on names matching precisely and solicitors can follow suit. Whilst we will often accept a certificate from a conveyancer confirming the right name many will match lender requirements and insist the register is updated first before completing a transaction 

Thank you ! Would this need to be done with the AP1 form ?