What proves house ownership? Whats difference between deeds land register title register etc?
In law all property is land. Anything attached to the land (eg a building) is part of the land. So you own a piece of land that includes all the buildings, plants, etc on it. Historically ownership of land was proved by the title deeds. These are essentially a series of legal documents transferring ownership. You prove you own the property by having a document transferring ownership from Mr A to you. And you prove Mr A was entitled to sell by having a document transferring ownership from Mr B to Mr A. And so on. In theory you would need to go all the way back to the original grant from the Crown to Lord X. But in practice statute and custom means you only need to go back to the most recent document older than a particular age. At the moment that age is 15 years. This system still exists, so ownership for some properties is still recorded by the title deeds. These are held by the owner, or kept safe on their behalf by their bank or solicitor. In 1926 a new system was introduced. The Lan
