Victorian title search: a Register Search Statement for any property

Victoria's titles register is public. Searches of it are supplied by LANDATA, operated by SERV (formerly Victorian Land Registry Services) under a concession from the Victorian Government. A Register Search Statement is a copy of one title, or folio, on the day you search.

• Volume and folio: the title reference, such as Volume 8111 Folio 721, with the land description and any parent titles.
• Registered proprietor: each owner's name and an address, and how they hold the land (for example joint proprietors or tenants in common). The address is the one given at registration, so it can be old.
• Encumbrances, caveats and notices: mortgages, caveats, covenants, section 173 agreements and standard easement wording.
• Diagram location: the plan the land sits on, such as a plan of subdivision (PS), lodged plan (LP) or title plan (TP). The plan is a separate document.
• Activity in the last 125 days: dealings lodged recently, a sign that something such as a sale is under way.

Victoria is the one state where the reference you have changes the registry's price. LANDATA charges A$8.30 for a Register Search Statement on its website when you enter the volume and folio. Search by address and it adds a A$9.57 Land Index Search to find the title, so the total is A$17.87.

If you bought the property, the vendor's statement (Section 32) in your contract usually includes a copy of the title showing the volume and folio. VicPlan's free Planning Property Report shows the lot and plan (the Standard Parcel Identifier), which is a different number. Not every Victorian address is matched to a parcel yet, which is one reason we show you the title before you pay.

Yes. Anyone can search Victoria's register without owning the property or giving a reason. Register on the LANDATA website, pay by card and download the PDF. LANDATA's public accounts are for personal use.

• LANDATA, by volume and folio: A$8.30.
• LANDATA, by address: A$17.87, including the land index fee.
• Title Registry, by address: A$79, with the title confirmed before you pay, a plain-English summary and support.

Our price is A$79, whether or not you know the volume and folio.

• The LANDATA Register Search Statement PDF, unchanged, emailed usually within minutes.
• A one-page plain-English summary: the owners and how they hold the land, mortgages, caveats, covenants, easements and any recent activity.
• The volume, folio, lot and plan shown before you pay.
• An optional Title + Full Report for A$109: every entry explained beside its original text, red flags, a mortgage-discharge check and questions for 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. 2We show the volume and folio and the lot and plan. Units and multi-lot properties can have several titles; pick yours.
3. 3Pay by card.
4. 4The Register Search Statement and your summary arrive by email, usually within minutes.

A unit or townhouse in a subdivision has its own folio; common property is on a separate folio held by the owners corporation. If you own a unit, order your own lot's title.

The title tells you a covenant or section 173 agreement exists, not what it says. The terms are in the instrument or agreement, and the plan of subdivision shows where easements run. We don't sell these separately yet; LANDATA's website sells plans from A$7.90 and instruments from A$5.90 each.