Residential Conveyancing

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Residential Houses & Land

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We pride ourselves on providing you with a comprehensive service to ensure that you are informed of all legal information and documentation relevant to your transaction.

Verification of Identity and Right to Deal

Verification of Identity is a requirement of the NSW Government Office of the Registrar General for all conveyancing matters (even if you are known to us). The purpose of carrying out verification of identity is to reduce the risk of identity fraud and the registration of fraudulent or incorrect land transactions. Verification of identity of Clients and mortgagors is considered to be part of the due diligence required of conveyancing professionals. With the introduction of electronic conveyancing, a Subscriber (in this case, your Solicitor or Conveyancer) who is representing a you will sign instruments or other Documents on the your behalf.

We utilise the Verification of Identity service provided by Infotrack to verify and cross reference your identification documents against government records. This ensures all parties are protected as far as possible against fraudulent transactions. In order to verify your identity we require the following documents: -

Your birth certificate OR Passport
Your driver’s licence
Your Medicare card
If you have changed your surname, your marriage certificate or other change of name certification

The Right to Deal verification matches your identity documents with the person who is entitled to deal with the particular property. When selling, your name is matched with the name on the Certificate of Title. When buying, your name is matched with the name of the purchaser on the Contract. Your Solicitor is also required to undertake the Right to Deal verification.

(ARNECC, 2019) (NSW Office of the Registrar General, 2017)

National Online Settlement System - PEXA

e-Conveyancing is currently used in five states in Australia. It is a collaboration between many industry participants, including financial institutions, Land Registries and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).
PEXA is an e-Conveyancing platform and that was created to bring together an network of practitioners and financial institutions to work collaboratively and to digitise the settlement process.

Using the e-Conveyancing platform PEXA streamlines the way we process conveyancing transactions and even provides us with the option to share settlement tracking information with you through the PEXA Key app.

(PEXA, 2020)

Our Fees in Conveyancing Matters

Denman Legal provides a professional fee cost-estimate based on the complexity of your conveyancing transaction and the relevant fees that are required to be paid to local councils, the mortgagor, and the Land Registry Services. You will be asked to provide a small upfront payment to cover the costs of Contract preparation for Sales, or initial negotiation and searches in Purchase matters. The remainder of our fee will usually be paid from the proceeds of sale, or in a purchase matter added to the funds needed for settlement. This means there is no need to provide the total cost upfront, and that you may even be able to have the cost included in your purchasing finance. To receive a cost estimate for your transaction please contact our office.