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Certified Folio
Certified Copy Folio - Sealed Copies for Legal & Official Use
Quick Answer
A certified copy folio is an officially certified, sealed copy of a property's folio, produced for legal and formal use. Courts, lenders and public bodies that will not accept a plain printout accept a certified copy. Order online with the address or folio number; the sealed document is posted to you.
There are two kinds of folio copy, and the difference only matters at the worst possible moment. A plain copy answers your questions. A certified copy answers a court’s, a bank’s or a public body’s – because it carries official certification that it is a true copy of the register. If the folio is going anywhere formal, certified is the version to order, and it is the one we produce and post to your door.
Send the address or folio number. The certified copy is issued under seal and posted within 15 working days, with the Certified Map supplied alongside it.
Buy Certified FolioKey Facts
Coverage
All of Ireland
Delivery
By post within 15 working days
Needed to order
An address or Eircode is normally enough
Registered land
Recorded on a folio, identified by number and county
Unregistered land
Evidenced through the Registry of Deeds instead
Boundaries
General boundaries - mapped approximately, not conclusively
What Is This Document
A certified copy folio is produced from the register and certified as a true copy, carrying the official seal. It shows exactly what the folio shows – owner, description, class of title, burdens – with the certification that makes it acceptable as evidence. Because a physical sealed document is produced, it is posted rather than emailed, and it is the standard version requested in probate, litigation, lending and formal applications where certification is requested.
Which Document Do I Need
Order certified when a formal recipient will rely on the document: courts, lenders, public bodies, some employers’ legal teams. Order the plain folio search when the reader is you – checking ownership, burdens or boundaries for your own decisions. If in doubt about what the requesting party needs, ask them one question: “do you require a certified copy?” – and order accordingly. Adding the certified map alongside the certified folio is common where boundaries are at issue.
| Need | Product | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Prove the register entry to a lender or court | Certified Folio | €149.99 |
| Prove the registered extent | Certified Map, supplied with the Certified Folio | €149.99 |
| Simply know who owns it | Folio Search, within 24 hours | €32.99 |
| Read the wording of a burden | Instrument Copy | €349.99 |
| See the extent for your own use | Title Map | — |
| No folio exists | The title is unregistered | — |
What Information Is Included
The sealed, certified folio: registered owner, property description, class of title and complete burdens register, certified as a true copy of the register as at the date of issue. Optionally, the certified copy of the title map to the same standard. Physical documents, posted; tracked delivery available at checkout.
What Is Not Included
Certification proves the copy is true to the register – it does not upgrade what the register says. A possessory title stays possessory; an unregistered burden stays invisible. And a certified folio is not legal advice: what its contents mean for your case is your solicitor’s territory. We provide the document in the form the process demands; the strategy around it belongs with your advisers.
Why People Order
Because formal processes reject informal documents, usually late in the day. Probate applications involving registered land generally need an up-to-date folio, and certified copies are commonly requested. Litigation over boundaries or rights of way needs the register in evidence-grade form. Banks releasing or registering charges ask for them. First registration and mapping applications are grounded on them. Ordering certified at the start costs days less than discovering mid-process that the plain copy will not do.
Need the information sooner? A Folio Search returns the same register content within 24 hours.
Order Certified FolioReal World Use Cases
Executors
An estate with a house and two fields needs certified folios for each before papers are lodged. Ordering all of them at once, early, avoids the second round that a late discovery forces
Litigants and Solicitors
In a boundary dispute the certified folio and certified map together establish what is registered and where, which is a different footing from a printout either side produced
Borrowers
The lender asks for certified title evidence before drawdown. Ordered at the start of the process it is routine; ordered at the end it is the thing everyone is waiting for
Applicants
First registration and mapping applications rest on certified material, and incomplete submissions are the common cause of delay
Land Registry Context
The certification is what carries the weight: the copy is produced from the register and sealed as a true copy at a stated date. Because the register changes over time, the issue date matters – a certified copy from years ago proves what the register said then, not now. For live matters, order a fresh certified copy close to the date it will be relied on; formal readers routinely check the date before accepting it.
Common Mistakes
Ordering a plain copy for a formal process and finding it rejected. Submitting a certified copy old enough that the reader questions it. Certifying the folio but not the map in a boundary matter where both were needed. Leaving the order until the filing deadline, forgetting that a physical document must be produced and posted.
The Certified Map is supplied with the Certified Folio as one order - register entry and extent together.
Order Certified FolioHow To Order
Order online with the folio number, address or Eircode. We confirm the folio, arrange production of the certified copy – and the certified map if selected – and post the sealed documents to your address. You receive email confirmation at order and dispatch.
Turnaround & Delivery
Allow roughly 5-10 working days door to door, covering production of the sealed copy and postage. Deadlines? Note the date at checkout – we flag immediately if it looks tight and prioritise where possible. Plain email copies can be added for reading while the certified original travels.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a certified copy folio?
An officially certified, sealed copy of a property's folio, produced from the register and certified as a true copy at the date of issue. It is the version accepted where formality is required.
Who requires certified copies rather than plain ones?
Courts, probate processes, lenders and public bodies commonly do. If a formal recipient will rely on the document, ask whether they need the certified version - and when in doubt, order certified.
How long is a certified copy folio valid?
It certifies the register at its issue date. Formal readers usually want a recent one, so order close to when it will be used rather than keeping one on file for years.
Can I get a certified copy of the title map too?
Yes, and in boundary matters you usually should - the certified folio and certified map together put both the ownership and the registered extent in evidence-grade form.
How is the certified copy delivered?
By post, because a physical sealed document is produced. Tracked delivery is available at checkout, and we confirm by email at order and dispatch.
How much does a certified copy folio cost?
, including production of the sealed document and standard postage. The certified map and tracked delivery are optional additions at checkout.
What makes a certified folio different from an ordinary copy?
The certification. It states the copy is true to the register at its date of issue, which is what allows a court office, a lender or a planning authority to rely on it without verifying it themselves.
How is the certified folio delivered?
By post, under seal, within 15 working days. If you need the information sooner, a Folio Search returns the same register content electronically within 24 hours.
Order a Certified Folio
Sealed, certified and posted within 15 working days. Fast track delivery available.
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