HM Land Registry Documents Deeds Query

bery_451

What is the difference between forms OC1 and OC2?

peb

Office copy register and

Office copy document as referred to in register

If you don't have a separate declaration of trust realistically you need the solicitor who acted to supply a copy of the transfer. This won't be retained by the land registry.  The solicitor will have recommended a declaration of trust but few clients will pay the cost so the declaration will be cited in the transfer, the client will have been recommended to retain a copy as evidence. 

bery_451

peb said:

Office copy register and

Office copy document as referred to in register

If you don't have a separate declaration of trust realistically you need the solicitor who acted to supply a copy of the transfer. This won't be retained by the land registry.  The solicitor will have recommended a declaration of trust but few clients will pay the cost so the declaration will be cited in the transfer, the client will have been recommended to retain a copy as evidence. 

What if we cant find that solicitor that did it over a decade ago?

peb

No record kept?  That's why a declaration of trust should have been entered into.

bery_451

peb said:

No record kept?  That's why a declaration of trust should have been entered into.

Okay which form do you think is best suited for me OC1 or OC2?

peb

Neither.  This isn't a document that the land registry retain.   You need to speak with a specialist trusts lawyer.   I know what should happen, it seems either it didn't or if it did no record was kept. I don't know what the presumption is if the split of the beneficial interest isn't recorded 

bery_451

peb said:

Neither.  This isn't a document that the land registry retain.   You need to speak with a specialist trusts lawyer.   I know what should happen, it seems either it didn't or if it did no record was kept. I don't know what the presumption is if the split of the beneficial interest isn't recorded 

If the Land Registry doesn't have it then how will a lawyer/solicitor get it?