DIY Conveyancing NZ - The Lodgement

In my previous post I covered the Settlement.

Sign the Transfer Instrument

So now that you have the executed Transfer Instrument you have to sign it in the box at the bottom provided for the Transferee.

For our fictitious example it then would look like this:

The Lodgement

For the lodgement you will need all of the following:

1. Private Individual Photo ID Form that you got from the LINZ website
2. Two copies of the LINZ Manual Dealing Lodgement Form
3. A cheque for the Lodgement Fee (at this date that's $176)
4. The executed and countersigned Transfer Instrument
5. The Statutory Declaration

You can either post/courier to the addresses provided in the post The LINZ Manual Dealing Lodgement Form or you can take it in person to an LINZ office that has a drop box provided for that purpose.

That's pretty much everything.

You will receive in the mail one of your copies of the Lodgement Form with the receipt for your Lodgement Fee stapled to it.

Some time later (a week or two) you will receive in the mail a Registration Confirmation Statement. They will also return to you the Transfer Instrument, Statutory Declaration and the other Lodgement Form with various stamps and signatures added to it.

If one of the steps covered in this blog were done in error or there was some other problem you will get a different letter - which could indicate simply that you forgot to enter some information or sign something or it could be worse. I've not had a negative experience so sorry, if that happens you better try and sort it out yourself or seek legal assistance.

That's it.

Thanks for taking the time to read through my effort to help others.

Remember - most people use a solicitor - a LINZ staff member stated that manual lodgements were less than 1% of all lodgements. So though there are obviously quite a few people prepared to do it themselves, they are the minority.

Good luck.

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