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Conveyancing is the act of transferring property title from one person to another when buying or selling a property. When you buy a property, conveyancing includes:
- Title searches
- Checking for encumbrances and restrictions on the property
- Ensuring any special conditions mentioned in the contract are met
- Making sure rates and water consumption charges are paid by the appropriate party
- Arranging for the payment of fees and charges
- Preparation of legal documents
Our directory lists local conveyancing companies to help you with the legal aspects of buying or selling your property.
The Brisbane City Council can assist with some conveyance searches. Some searches required for conveyancing can be lodged online through Brisbane City Council. You can also search for existing building plans and Brisbane property through Brisbane City Council.
The standard searches generally include:
- Company search
- Contaminated land search
- Council property search
- Full Council inspection of records search
- Land tax search
- Main roads search
- Registered plan search or building units/group titles plan search
- Titles search & check title search
For units or townhouses add:
- Body corporate inspection of roll search
- Body corporate notices search
The non-standard searches may include:
- Bankruptcy search
- Energex search
- Heritage search
- Limited town planning certificate search
- Mines search
- Powerlink search
- Rail search
- Water meter reading
