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Land Registry Search
Land Registry Search & Property Check
Quick Answer
A land registry search retrieves the current registered record for a property: the folio, which names the owner and lists every registered burden, with the title map available alongside it. Order online with an address, Eircode or folio number - results are delivered to your email, usually within 24 hours.
“Check the property before you commit” is the oldest advice in Irish conveyancing, and this is the check it refers to. A land registry search shows you what is actually registered – the owner of record, the boundaries as mapped, and every registered mortgage, right of way and condition on the folio. It is the difference between what you have been told about a property and what the record says.
Send an address, Eircode or folio number. The register entry - registered owner, class of title and every burden - is delivered electronically within 24 hours.
Buy Folio SearchKey Facts
Covers
Ireland
Delivery
Delivered electronically within 24 hours
Format
Electronic
Needed to order
An address or Eircode is normally enough
If unregistered
We tell you, and point you to the record that does apply
What Is This Document
A land registry search is the retrieval of a property’s current entry in the Land Register, maintained as the official national record. The search returns the folio as it stands on the day of the search, with the title map available as a bundle. Because the register is conclusive about what it records, the search result is not an opinion or a summary – it is the authoritative statement of registered ownership and burdens for that property.
Which Document Do I Need
For a quick ownership and burdens check: the standard folio search. For a document you can put before a court, lender or public body: the certified copy. For unregistered property – no folio exists – the deeds search through the Registry of Deeds. For a complete picture on a major transaction, the full title search combines them. Order what fits, or start with the address and let us route it.
| Need | Product | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Find out who owns a property | Folio Search | €32.99 |
| See the burdens registered against the land | Folio Search | €32.99 |
| See the registered extent as well | Folio + Map Bundle | €57.99 |
| Prove the entry to a lender or court | Certified Folio | €149.99 |
| Read the wording of a burden | Instrument Copy | €349.99 |
| No folio exists for the address | The title is unregistered; search the deeds record | — |
What Information Is Included
The check covers the registered owner’s name and address; the class of title; the property description with map reference; all live registered burdens – charges and mortgages, rights of way, wayleaves, covenants and conditions. Add the title map with the Folio + Map bundle where boundaries matter. The search also reveals what is absent: a charge you expected that is not there, or one you did not expect that is.
What Is Not Included
A registry search does not cover planning status, building compliance, boundary disputes on the ground, or occupational rights that were never registered. It is the legal-record check, and it pairs with the physical and planning checks rather than replacing them. Where the search raises a question, your solicitor is the right reader of the answer.
Why People Order
Buyers check before offers because burdens survive the sale. Lenders check before drawdown. Solicitors check as a first act on every file. Family members check before land changes hands informally, because “everyone knows it’s ours” and “registered to” are different things. And sellers increasingly check their own title first, because a surprise found by the other side mid-transaction costs more than one found early.
No folio number? An address is enough - finding the folio is what the search does.
Order Folio SearchReal World Use Cases
Home Buyers
A search before bidding turns an assumption into a fact. The charge that was supposed to be released, the right of way across the back garden, the possessory title - all appear here first
Lenders and Brokers
Confirm registered ownership and charges on a search dated this week, not last quarter, before funds move
Solicitors
Standard pre-contract and pre-completion checks, returned within 24 hours, with multi-folio holdings identified in full
Neighbours and Landowners
Most fence and access disagreements are resolved by reading what is actually registered rather than by argument
Executors
Establishing what the deceased actually held, parcel by parcel, before the estate is administered
Land Registry Context
Irish registered titles carry a class – absolute, qualified or possessory, with good leasehold for leasehold titles – and the class matters when you read a search result. Most rural land is registered with long-settled titles; urban property registered more recently can carry possessory class where the paper trail was incomplete. A search that returns a possessory title is not a dead end, but it is information a buyer’s solicitor wants early rather than late.
Common Mistakes
Checking once, months before completion, and not re-checking – the register changes as charges are added and released. Reading only the ownership line and skipping the burdens, which is where the surprises live. Assuming no folio means no records rather than an unregistered title. Relying on a screenshot someone sent instead of a search in your own hands.
Need it proved to a lender or a court? The Certified Folio is the sealed version, posted within 15 working days.
Order Folio SearchHow To Order
Enter the address, Eircode or folio number and order the search – folio only, or with the title map. We identify the folio, retrieve the record, check the result, and email it to you. If anything unusual surfaces – multiple folios, unregistered land – we contact you before proceeding.
Turnaround & Delivery
Folio searches are delivered within 24 hours. If your transaction has a date attached, note it at checkout and we prioritise accordingly. Certified copies are posted within 15 working days and add production and postage time.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I check who owns a property in Ireland?
Order a land registry search with the address or Eircode. If the property is registered, the folio names the current registered owner. If it is unregistered, we trace ownership through the deeds records instead.
What does a land registry check show?
The registered owner, class of title, property description, and every live registered burden - mortgages, charges, rights of way, covenants and conditions. The title map is available as a bundle where the boundary extent matters.
How current is the search result?
It reflects the register on the day the search completes. For transactions, order close to the decision point and re-check before completion if time has passed.
Can I check a property I do not own?
Yes. The register is public - anyone can search any registered property. That is exactly what makes pre-purchase checking possible.
What if the search finds a mortgage on the property?
Registered charges appear as burdens on the folio. A charge is normal on most owned property; what matters is that it is released before or at completion - something your solicitor manages using the search result.
Is a land registry search enough before buying?
It is the essential legal-record check, but pair it with planning and structural checks. The search tells you what is registered against the land; a surveyor tells you what condition it is in.
How much does a property check cost?
The standard search is including folio, title map and email delivery. Certified copies and combined title searches are priced separately at checkout.
Do I need the folio number to run a Irish search?
No. An address or Eircode is normally enough - finding the folio is part of what the search does. If you already have the folio number and its county, supplying it saves a step.
Order a Folio Search
Registered owner, class of title and burdens, delivered electronically within 24 hours. If no folio exists for the address, we tell you before you are charged.
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