Queensland title search: the current title for any QLD property

Titles Queensland keeps the State's land register, and a Current Title Search is a copy of one title as it stands today. It also records whether a paper certificate of title has been issued.

• Title reference: an 8-digit number, such as 51141198, and any previous titles.
• Registered owner: each owner's name and the dealing number that made them owner. Queensland titles don't print an owner's address. 'Trustee under instrument' means the land is held for a trust.
• Estate and land: the lot on plan (for example Lot 1 on Survey Plan 287744) and the local government area.
• Easements, encumbrances and interests: mortgages, leases, covenants, easements (and whether your land carries the burden or gets the benefit) and rights reserved to the Crown.
• Administrative advices and unregistered dealings: notices recorded against the title, and documents lodged but not yet registered.

In Queensland they're different numbers. The lot on plan describes the land, such as Lot 3 on RP123456; the plan can be a Registered Plan (RP), Survey Plan (SP), Building Units Plan (BUP) or Group Titles Plan (GTP). The title reference identifies the title itself.

Most council rates notices show the lot on plan, and Queensland Globe, the State's free online map, finds it from an address. The title reference is on earlier title searches and conveyancing papers. You don't need either to order from us: we show both before you pay.

Yes. Titles Queensland sells a Current Title Search to the public for A$25.71, with no GST, through its online shop, by phone or by post. Lawyers and conveyancers usually buy through approved distributors. See Titles Queensland's title search page.

If you already know the title reference or lot on plan and just need the PDF, buying direct is the cheapest way to get it.

Our Queensland title search is A$79. For now, Queensland orders are the official title PDF only. The plain-English summary and the Title + Full Report are coming to Queensland but aren't available yet.

• The Titles Queensland Current Title Search PDF, unchanged, emailed usually within minutes.
• The lot on plan and title reference shown before you pay, so you order the right title.
• Every title we find for the address listed, for unit complexes and properties on several lots.
• If we can't deliver the title, the hold on your card is released and you pay nothing.

1. 1Type the property's street address.
2. 2Check the lot on plan and title reference, and choose the right title if there's more than one.
3. 3Pay by card.
4. 4The Current Title Search arrives by email as a PDF, usually within minutes.

A unit or townhouse in a community titles scheme has its own lot and title reference, on a BUP, GTP or SP. The common property belongs to the scheme and is managed by the body corporate, so if you own a unit, order your own lot's title.

Acreage and farms are often several lots, sometimes on different plans, each with its own title; we list every one we find. Where an easement runs is shown on the survey plan, which we don't sell yet. Titles Queensland sells plan copies to the public for A$27.56.