The personal representative transfers the property to the
transferee
Place 'X' in any box that applies.
Add any modifications.
The personal representative transfers with
Where the transferee is more than one
person, place 'X' in the appropriate box.
Complete as necessary.
The registrar will enter a Form A
restriction in the register unless:
− an ‘X’ is placed:
− in the first box, or
− in the third box and the details of
the trust or of the trust
instrument show that the
applicants are to hold the
property on trust for themselves
alone as joint tenants, or
− it is clear from completion of a form
JO lodged with this application that
the transferees are to hold the
property on trust for themselves
alone as joint tenants.
Please refer to Joint property ownership
and practice guide 24: private trusts of
land for further guidance. These are both
available on the GOV.UK website.
Declaration of trust. The transferee is more than one person
and
they are to hold the property on trust for themselves as
joint tenants
they are to hold the property on trust for themselves as
tenants in common in equal shares
they are to hold the property on trust:
Insert here any required or permitted
statement, certificate or application and
any agreed covenants, declarations and
so on. If you are a conveyancer you can
also include the following certificate
instead of enclosing the documents
mentioned:
“I am the applicant’s conveyancer and
certify that I am holding the original or a
certified or office copy of the grant of
probate, letters of administration or court
order.”
The transferor must execute this transfer
using the space opposite. If there is more
than one transferor, all must execute.
Forms of execution are given in Schedule
9 to the Land Registration Rules 2003. If
the transfer contains transferee’s
covenants or declarations or contains an
application by the transferee (such as for
a restriction), it must also be executed by
the transferee.
If there is more than one transferee and
panel 10 has been completed, each
transferee must also execute this transfer
to comply with the requirements in
section 53(1)(b) of the Law of Property
Act 1925 relating to the declaration of a
trust of land. Please refer to Joint
property ownership and practice guide
24: private trusts of land for further
guidance.
Remember to date this deed in panel 3.