The Deeds Office Property Search provides online information from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on registered properties at any of the 11 Deeds Offices in South Africa.
Searches are performed by providing the Deeds Office property description or the 21-digit LPI code as search criteria. A batch search facility is also available and can be accessed from the Deeds Office Property Search input page (unfortunately, the batch facility does not support searching by LPI code).
- Select ‘Deeds Office Property’ under the ‘Property’ offering on the search Menu.
- Supply required search criteria and select ‘Search’.
- Select ‘Deeds Office Property’ under the ‘Property’ offering on the search Menu.
- Select the ‘Batch Search’ option on the Deeds Office Property input page.
- Supply required search criteria or upload a file. Select ‘Search’.
If you are not sure of the Deeds Office description to use as search criteria, the Find Utility on the user interface is very helpful.
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform charges for every query to their database. This includes searches with the result of “Not Found” since in many cases, “Not Found” is a meaningful search result.