2011 your guide to caveat

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Land Registration ServicesLand VictoriaLevel 9, 570 Bourke Street

Melbourne VIC 3000Oice Hours 8:30 am4:00 pm

T: (03) 8636 2010W: www.dse.vic.gov.au/property

Your guide to

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When to use the C form

The C caveat orm is or entry o a caveator's interest in land* under Section 89 o the Transfer of Land Act 1958.The C orm is available online as an interactive PDF at www.dse.vic.gov.au/property > land titles > orms, guidesand ees or can be obtained over the counter at:

Land VictoriaLevel 9

570 Bourke StreetMelbourne 3000Phone (03) 8636 2010

I completing this orm manually, the caveat should be typed or legibly written in ink. The use o correction fuid isnot permitted. The back o the orm must not be used, the approved Annexure Page (Form A1) must be used orany additional pages. This is also available online.

* land includes vacant land, house and land, strata units etc.

What does it cost?Land Victoria ees or lodging your caveat are set out in the current Transer o Land (Fees) Regulations. Feesguides are available online. Note, additional ees are payable i you lodge your caveat by post.

Documents to be lodged at Land VictoriaA completed C transer orm.

Supporting documentation is not required to be produced at Land Victoria to substantiate the claim in the caveat.

When the caveat is recorded the Registrar o Titles noties the registered proprietor.

The Registrar o Titles will notiy the caveator (at the address or service o notices set out in the caveat) o anydealing lodged or registration where the dealing:

- does not satisy the interest o the caveator;- is not allowed or in the caveat; or

- is excepted under Section 90(1) o the Transfer of Land Act 1958.

The caveator then has 30 days to either:

- consent to registration o the dealing; or- legally restrain the Registrar o Titles rom registering the dealing.

Further informationwww.dse.vic.gov.au > Property, Titles and Maps > Land Titles > Forms, guides and ees

The State o Victoria Department o Sustainability and Environment, November 2011

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