From: "The Todal" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance uk.legal
Subject: Re: mortgage company sent me the title deeds
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 16:27:46 +0100


"Alan G"  wrote in message
news:qqsv7053j480j2sfu23ek5b95eeu90o4rm@4ax.com...
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> Very few solicitors will store documents for free anymore. Storage
> space costs money. We got a letter a few years ago saying it would
> cost us £80 per year to keep our deeds safe. I now have them in a tin
> document case at home.

There has been a change in the Land Registry rules within the last 6 months
or so, whereby they no longer issue "land certificates" or "charge
certificates" and all you get is an office copy of the computer record.
This means that what you are given is not something a thief could use to
steal your property from you. Anyone can apply to the Land Registry for an
office copy of any entry. Needless to say, if it was valuable the
bank/building society would insist on keeping it.