Changes to VOIAs reported in Landgate CIB 305, 31 January HERE“Change to Registrar and Commissioner of Titles’ Joint Practice: Verification of Identity and Authority – fraud mitigation” will see ensure the “updated VOI Practice more closely aligns to the requirements for national electronic transactions.” AICWA partners TIMG, CSolutions, ZipID and GlobalX all recognise the importance of VOI that’s why they all offer unique solutions. Please take the time learn how these providers can solution your VOI needs. Here’s some helpful links:...
CIB 305 Change to Western Australian Registrar and Commissioner of Titles’ Joint Practice: Verification of Identity and Authority – fraud mitigation 31 January 2018 As foreshadowed and as part of their fraud mitigation strategy, the Western Australian Commissioner of Titles and the Registrar of Titles have updated their Joint Practice for Verification of Identity and Authority (VOI Practice) for paper-based transactions. The updated VOI Practice more closely aligns to the requirements for national electronic transactions. The changes seek to improve...
New Commonwealth Government legislation came into effect on 1 July 2017 requiring more information to be provided to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) when ownership of a property changes. This applies to all buyers and sellers across Australia. The requirements are a COAG initiative to enable the ATO to develop consistent and comparable datasets in the national database, which will reduce tax error and increase tax compliance. Every state and territory is implementing the data collection in accordance with individual...
THE REGISTRAR OF TITLES’ WITNESSING AND IDENTITY VERIFICATIONREQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER OF LAND DOCUMENTS EXECUTED BY THETRANSFEROR(S) OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIAAn example of documents requiring a qualified witness; Application for Lost TitleApplication by Personal RepresentativeTransfer of LandWhen a client is overseas, the witnessing and verification of identity must be by consular officials, so be aware some travel may be required in order to attend an Australian Embassy or Consulate to have documents witnessed and certified. Some relevant information for Overseas SellersLandgate (The...
