NT title search: the current title for any Northern Territory property

The Land Titles Office, part of the NT Government, keeps the Territory's land register. A title search shows one title as it stands today.

• Volume and folio, lot and town: for example Volume 829 Folio 953, Lot 5727 Town of Darwin, with the land's area.
• Owner: each registered owner's name and address.
• Dealings: registered interests such as mortgages, caveats and easements, for example a sewerage easement to Power and Water Corporation.
• Record of Administrative Interests and Information: a separate page with details such as tenure, any body corporate and unit entitlements. The NT notes that this record is not part of the land register and is not guaranteed.

NT land is described by a lot number and its location, usually a town, such as Lot 3301 Town of Katherine. The title also has a volume and folio. The NT Government notes that searching by volume and folio may not give you the current title, so the lot and town is the safer starting point. Units are lots on a Unit Plan (UP); other land is on a Survey Plan (S).

NR Maps, the NT Government's free web map, shows land parcels as soon as you open it. You don't need any reference to order from us: we show the lot, town and title before you pay.

Yes. You can search NT titles online, by phone, by email or in person, and the NT Government says an online search is the quickest and most affordable. Fees are set in revenue units and change each July: about A$29.00 for an online search, and about A$43 when staff search for you. Start at the NT Government's title search page.

Industry users doing 10 or more searches a week can apply for an ILIS account. For a one-off search, the online service is cheaper than buying from us.

Our NT title search is A$89, including the registry fee and GST.

• The Land Titles Office title search PDF, unchanged, emailed usually within minutes. Some NT orders are processed by hand and take up to 1 business day; we email you if yours does.
• A one-page plain-English summary: owners, mortgages, caveats, easements and anything pending.
• The lot, town and title reference shown before you pay.
• An optional Title + Full Report for A$119: every entry explained beside its original text, red flags, a mortgage-discharge check and questions to ask your conveyancer.
• If we can't deliver the title, the card hold is released and you pay nothing.

1. 1Type the property's street address.
2. 2Check the lot, town and title we find. Unit complexes and rural properties can have more than one title, so pick the one you need.
3. 3Pay by card.
4. 4The title and your summary arrive by email, usually within minutes and occasionally the next business day.