Land Registry and conveyancing forms: which ones you will meet

The two kinds of form

Conveyancing forms explained

• TR1 form: The TR1 deed transfers a whole registered home. Who signs, who can witness, what goes in panels 8 and 10, what differs in Wales and why HMLR sends it back.
• ID1 form: HM Land Registry’s ID1 form: who needs one, who can sign it, what ID and photos to take, the 3-month limit, video calls and the rules if you live abroad.
• The AP1 form: The AP1 asks HM Land Registry to update the register after you buy. Which fee applies, why requisitions happen, and what changes in Wales.
• TA6 form: The TA6 property information form, 6th edition: what it covers by theme, when to answer 'not known', papers to find first, and what differs in Wales.
• LPE1 form: The LPE1 is answered by the landlord or managing agent, not the seller. What it covers, who pays, the 2023 building safety update and where Wales differs.
• RX1 form: HM Land Registry form RX1, panel by panel: which standard restriction to ask for, who is told and how one comes off. Same form in Wales.
• DS1 form: What a DS1 form is, who signs it, when lenders use an e-DS1, and how a paid-off mortgage leaves the register in England and Wales. No HM Land Registry fee.

In what order do the forms turn up when you buy or sell?

A sale and a purchase use the same set of forms, passed between the two conveyancers. The seller’s side fills in the property forms first. The buyer’s side checks them, then searches the register. The transfer is signed before completion and dated on completion day. The tax return and the registration come after completion.

Lenders also use their own mortgage deed. It is not an HM Land Registry form, and your lender’s conveyancer explains it.

Which forms do you fill in yourself, and which does your conveyancer handle?

If you are selling, you fill in the property forms. On our selling page we say it plainly: “We send them to you at the start and check your answers before they go to the buyer’s solicitor.” That covers the TA6 and the TA10, plus the TA7 if your home is leasehold. If your home is leasehold, the LPE1 is answered by your landlord or managing agent, not by you.

If you are buying, you fill in very few forms. You read the seller’s answers, sign what we send you, and give us what we need for the tax return. We draft or check the transfer, run the priority search, file the return and send the registration to HM Land Registry.

If you are changing the owners of your home, our transfer of equity page sets out our part. We “Prepare the transfer deed (usually HM Land Registry form TR1) and explain your choices for owning the home together”, then “Send the transfer to HM Land Registry so the register shows the new owners.” On signing: “Each person signing the transfer deed (TR1) does so with a witness physically present. The witness cannot be one of the people on the deed.”

Selling a leasehold flat

You meet the most forms: TA6, TA10, TA7, and the LPE1 from your landlord or managing agent. As our selling page says, the buyer’s solicitor will want that information, “so we ask for it as early as possible.”

Buying a new build

A plot on a new estate is usually transferred with a TP1, not a TR1, because it is part of the developer’s bigger title. More on new build conveyancing.

Owner, seller or buyer outside the UK

Where a UK conveyancer cannot check your identity, HM Land Registry lets a lawyer or notary qualified in your country complete the identity sections of form ID1.

Which version of each form is current?

HM Land Registry puts the version date in each form’s file name. We use the current version, check these dates against GOV.UK and the Law Society, and show the date we last checked.

HM Land Registry forms also come in Welsh. Completed ID1 and ID2 forms must be signed and dated no more than three months before they reach HM Land Registry. The Law Society forms are sold through form suppliers, not on GOV.UK, so your conveyancer sends you the right edition.

Do you have to prove your identity to HM Land Registry yourself?

Usually not. When a conveyancer acts for you, they check your identity and confirm it to HM Land Registry on the application. Form ID1 (or ID2 for a company) is for people who are not represented by a conveyancer, for example someone on one side of a transfer who has not instructed anyone.

If you do need it, the form is free to download, and someone approved must check your identity. A conveyancer can do this in person or, under HM Land Registry’s digital identity standard, digitally. If you go in person, take the identity evidence the form lists and a passport-size colour photo taken in the last 3 months. If you live abroad and a UK conveyancer cannot check your identity, a lawyer or notary qualified in your country can complete it. More in our guide to the ID1 identity form.

Which HM Land Registry fee goes with which form?

Most forms cost nothing to download. The fee is paid when an application is sent, and it depends on what is being registered. A purchase pays on the price. Most transfers not for money, such as many transfers of equity, pay on the value of the share. Our fees are separate.

Work out the fee for your price with our Land Registry fee calculator. HM Land Registry is consulting on simpler fixed fees in place of Scale 2 (open 27 Oct to 22 Dec 2026). No fee has changed yet.

What changes if the home is in Wales?

HM Land Registry registers land in both England and Wales, so the TR1, AP1, DS1 and the rest are the same forms, and each has a Welsh-language version. The tax return is what changes. In England the buyer’s conveyancer sends a Stamp Duty Land Tax return to HMRC and pays the tax within 14 days of completion. In Wales it is a Land Transaction Tax return to the Welsh Revenue Authority, within 30 days of the day after completion. Most purchases need a return even when no tax is due, in England and in Wales. There are a few exceptions. See the Land Transaction Tax calculator.

Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own land registers and forms. This page does not cover them.

43 of the 670 buying-only quote requests we received were for a home in Wales (website quote requests, 2 Sep–29 Oct 2026).

Which forms did the people who asked us for a quote meet?

Our quote form asks the same questions as the finder above. The answers show which forms come up most often. Counts are from 980 website quote requests, 2 Sep–29 Oct 2026. Totals only.

What do our fees cover on the form work?

• Buying a residential property: our fee includes “Preparation of SDLT forms” and “Application for Registration”. They are already in the range below, not added twice.
• Selling a residential property: with a mortgage to clear, the “Mortgage Redemption Fee” is already inside the sale range.
• Leasehold or new build: a leasehold home, on either side of the deal, adds our “Dealing with Leasehold” line; a new build adds our “New Build Property” line.
• Remortgaging: includes “Redeeming your existing loan”.
• Transfer of equity: we give you a written, itemised quote before you instruct us.

HM Land Registry fees and Stamp Duty Land Tax or Land Transaction Tax are government charges, shown separately and never added to our fee.

What happens next

• Buying a house with us
• Selling a house with us
• Changing the owners: transfer of equity