Malta
Answer ... If a property falls within a registration area, it must be registered with the Land Registry. Conveyance of land in a registration area must be registered to become operative. Therefore, in a registration area, the following will not be operative against third parties unless the title to the land conveyed or affected, whether beneficially or adversely, by any contract, judgment, judicial sale, redemption or hypothec is registered:
- all contracts conveying the ownership of immovable property or any real right over such property, including transactions relating to immovable property under trusts, or whereby any act having the effect of conveying the ownership of immovable property or any real right over such property is dissolved, rescinded or revoked;
- every judgment whereby any act having the effect of conveying the ownership of immovable property or any real right over such property is dissolved, rescinded or revoked; and
- every conveyance of immovable property by judicial sale and every redemption of ground rent (in the case of an emphyteutical contract).
The registrar may, in his discretion, nonetheless register the title to land situated outside a registration area.
Malta
Answer ... The main requirements for registration are the deed of acquisition and the site plans, apart from the relevant forms, which are generally completed and filed by the notary public who publishes the relevant deed.
Malta
Answer ... In order to complete registration:
- the duty must be paid on the transfer as per the Duty on Documents and Transfers Act; and
- an extract of the deed of transfer must be registered with the Public Registry and with the Land Registration Agency.
Malta
Answer ... Yes, this is essential to ensure that everyone’s rights are safeguarded.