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GAZETTE
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SEPTEMBER 1992
Automat ing the Regi str ies
by John Furlong, Solicitor
The Land Registry and its sister
office the Registry of Deeds which
both come under the statutory
control of the Registrar of Deeds
and Titles, are engaged in an
extensive programme of
computerisation.
This year, the Land Registry marks
its one hundredth anniversary as the
statutory authority maintaining the
registration of title system and at
present processing over 230,000
applications per year. These
comprise approximately 85,000
applications for registration as well
as requests for copy documents and
certificates. An average of 25,000
new land titles are added to the
registration system annually. The
Land Registry at present maintains a
register of over 1.4m folios which
document titles throughout the State
by reference to description,
ownership and rights or changes
affecting the particular title.
The Registry of Deeds which dates
from 1707 maintains registers of all
Acts affecting land titles which are
not registered in the Land Registry.
This system is based on the filing of
relevant extracts of deeds and
conveyances and the provision of an
extensive facility for public
inspection and searching of the
registers and various indices. The
All of the titles for the county of Dublin are now stored on computer
abstract database comprises
approximately 3m files and the
Registry processes approximately
45,000 new registrations each year.
In addition it deals with 6,000
vacates and satisfactions per annum.
The scale of work and processing
operations in both Registries is
substantial with a statutory
obligation to maintain accurate and
true records of applications
registered.
Land Registry
The Land Registry commenced
computerisation of its folio records
in 1982. The present system is based
on a case tracking procedure which
records details of each application
lodged including name of applicant,
folio number, date of lodgement,
solicitor, etc. The progress of the
case is then recorded on the system
allowing for immediate enquiry and
updating on any of the stored detail.
Allied to this, the folio itself is held
in computerised format. Any change
in the status of an application can
be recorded on the computerised
folio and on completion of a
registration, it is updated using
codified text.
All of the titles for the county of
Dublin are now stored on this
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Court and Conference Verbatim Reporting
Specialists in Overnight Transcription
2, Arran Quay, Dublin 7.
Tel: 722833 or 862097
(After Hours)
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