LAND TITLES
ACCESS CANBERRA
Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate

NOTICE OF DEATH BY SURVIVING PROPRIETOR	
Form 015 - ND	

	Land Titles Act 1925	

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This form is to be used to lodge a notice of death by surviving proprietor under the Land Titles Act 1925 (the Act).  You can access the Act at www.legislation.act.gov.au.  You may also obtain further information and forms at www.act.gov.au/accesscbr.
	
PRIVACY INFORMATION
The Act authorises the Registrar-General to collect the personal information required by this form for the purposes of issuing a registration under the Act.  The Registrar-General prevents any unreasonable intrusion into a person’s privacy in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2014. The Registrar-General provides identifiable information to law enforcement and other Directorates that have legal authority to request information under prescribed circumstances.
These agencies may also use this information to prepare and sell property sales reports to commercial organisations concerned with the development, sale or marketing of land.
	
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION
•	Original registered Death Certificate or certified true copy of original must be supplied with lodgement of this form.
•	A Buyer Verification Declaration must be completed prior to lodgement of this form. The submission date and reference number must be recorded on this form.
•	The certificate of title or production of title consenting to the registration of this document is required for lodgement.
•	All information should be typed or clearly printed.  If completing this form by hand please use a solid black pen only.  
•	This office will not accept lodgement of this form if it is not completed in full.
•	The first named surviving proprietor on this form will be the primary contact for ACT Revenue Office purposes if there is more than one surviving proprietor.
•	Any alteration to information provided on this form must be struck through with a black pen.  Substitute information must be clear and all parties must sign in the margin.  Do not use correction fluid or tape.
•	Ensure all required documents are attached.  If there is insufficient space in any panel, please use an Annexure Sheet.
•	Execution by:
a)	A Natural Person – Should be witnessed by an adult person who is not a party to the document.
b)	Attorney – if this document is executed by an Attorney pursuant to a registered power of attorney, it must set out the full name of the attorney and the form of execution must indicate the source of his/her authority e.g. “AB by his/her attorney XY pursuant to Power of Attorney ACT Registration No…… of which he/she has no notice of revocation”.  (This execution requires a witness).
c)	Agent – if this document is executed by an Agent for the Surviving Joint Tenant – the full name and address of the agent should be provided at the execution.
	
LODGEMENT AND CONTACT INFORMATION	

Website:
accesscanberra@act.gov.au
General Enquiries: 
(02) 6207 3000 
	
In Person:
Environment, Planning and Land Shopfront
Ground Floor South, Dame Pattie Menzies House, 16 Challis Street, Dickson
Opening hours - Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm (excluding public holidays)	

	LAND TITLES
ACCESS CANBERRA
Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate

NOTICE OF DEATH BY SURVIVING PROPRIETOR	
Form 015 - ND	

	Land Titles Act 1925	

LODGING PARTY DETAILS	
Name	Email Address	Contact Telephone Number	
     	     	     	

TITLE AND LAND DETAILS	
Volume & Folio	District/Division	Section	Block	Unit	
     	     	     	     	     	

REPRESENTING SOLICITOR DETAILS (Complete if applicable – otherwise state below “Not Applicable”)	
Name of Firm	Solicitor Email Address	Solicitor Name	
     	     	     	

THE BUYER VERIFICATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED (must be completed prior to lodgement of this document)	
 Yes – (provide date and reference number, if there are multiple submissions provide details for all)
Submission Date:                                                              Reference Code:	

FULL NAME OF SURVIVING TENANT 
(Surname Last)	FULL POSTAL ADDRESS (including post code)	
     	     	

FULL NAME OF DECEASED (Surname Last)	DATE OF DEATH	
     	     	

DEVELOPMENT STATUS (Tick the appropriate box – one box must be completed)	
 Land Only                          or                              Incomplete Building                    or                            Building Completed 	
LAND USE (Tick the appropriate box – one box must be completed)	
 Residential                        or                             Commercial                                  or                            Rural 	

EXECUTION OF SURVIVING JOINT TENANT	

Print full name of Surviving Joint Tenant / Solicitor / Agent

     

Signature of applicant (if Agent – address also required)

Dated -      	
Print full name and address of witness 

     

Signature of witness

Dated -      	

OFFICE USE ONLY	
Lodged by		Certificate of title lodged		
Data entered by		Certificates attached to title		
Registered by		Death certificate sighted		
Registration date		Production