TA6 form: the property information form, 6th edition

TA6 form at a glance

Which edition of the TA6 should I be filling in?

The 6th edition. The Law Society launched it on 13 October 2025, and from 30 March 2026 firms in its Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) must use it for every new sale. If your conveyancer was instructed before 30 March 2026 and you had already filled in an older edition, that sale can carry on with it.

Many TA6 copies and guides you find online are older editions. If a form in your hands mentions council tax or building safety questions, it is probably the 5th edition. Use the one your conveyancer sends you.

The Law Society lists its current forms on its transaction forms page.

What does the TA6 ask about, theme by theme?

The 6th edition has 15 sections, ten fewer than the 5th. We group what it covers into the themes below. This is our summary, not the form’s own wording or order.

• The land and its edges: who looks after which boundary, and any changes to where they run.
• Neighbours and disputes: complaints made or received, and anything that could turn into one.
• Work done to the home: extensions, conversions, new windows, and the permissions and sign-offs behind them.
• Guarantees and warranties: for work, products or treatments that come with the home.
• Services: how the home gets its electricity, heating, water and drainage, and who maintains shared parts.
• Risks to the home: such as flooding.
• Who lives there: anyone other than the sellers who lives in the home, and whether they will leave.
• Your sale: whether you are buying another home, and whether you can move out by completion.

For the full list of questions, read the form your conveyancer sends you, with the Law Society’s notes.

When is ‘not known’ the right answer on the TA6?

The 6th edition gives you a “not known” option on more questions than before. Use it when you really do not know, for example a boundary that was never marked or work done before you bought.

“Not known” is not a way round a question. If you know the answer, give it, even if it might put a buyer off. If you have papers, send them with the form. If you half-know, say what you know and where it came from.

If you are selling as an executor, you may know little about the home’s history. Say so, and answer from what you have seen and the papers you have found.

What can go wrong if a TA6 answer turns out to be wrong?

The buyer’s conveyancer reads your answers and the buyer relies on them when deciding to buy. If an answer was wrong and the buyer lost money because of it, the buyer can claim against you after completion. Under the Misrepresentation Act 1967, that claim can succeed even if you did not mean to mislead, unless you can show you had reasonable grounds to believe, and did believe, your answer was true up to exchange of contracts.

So take your time, check your papers, and tell us if anything changes after you return the form, such as a new complaint from a neighbour. We can then correct the answer, as long as contracts have not yet been exchanged.

Why did council tax and building safety questions leave the TA6?

The 5th edition added questions so that estate agents could meet National Trading Standards guidance on “material information” in property listings. That guidance was withdrawn on 8 May 2025, after the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 replaced the consumer protection rules it was based on. The 6th edition dropped those questions, including council tax, building safety and accessibility.

Your estate agent still has to give buyers the information they need about the home. That is the agent’s duty, not a TA6 question. If you are selling a flat, building safety still matters to your buyer.

Which papers should I dig out before I start?

Tick what applies to your home in the list at the top of this page. It shows the papers that help you answer the TA6 and that the buyer’s conveyancer often asks for. It runs in your browser and saves nothing. The full list:

Missing a certificate? Tell us before you try to get one from the council. We will tell you the options.

Selling in Wales: does the TA6 change?

No. The TA6 is a Law Society of England and Wales form, and the same edition is used for homes in Wales. Two things around it differ:

• People who rent from you. Since 1 December 2022, most tenancies and licences in Wales have been occupation contracts under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, and tenants are “contract-holders”. If a tenant rents from you, send us their occupation contract. If a lodger shares your home, send us their written agreement.
• The buyer’s tax. Your buyer pays Land Transaction Tax to the Welsh Revenue Authority, not Stamp Duty. It is not a TA6 question and you, as the seller, do not pay it. See the Land Transaction Tax calculator.

Which other forms go to the buyer with the TA6?

Under the Law Society’s Conveyancing Protocol, the seller’s conveyancer sends the buyer’s conveyancer a contract pack. Your TA6 goes in it with these (see all conveyancing forms):

35 of our 143 sale-only quote requests were for a leasehold home (website quote requests, 2 Sep–29 Oct 2026). Those sellers fill in the TA7 too.

Who checks my TA6, and what does it cost?

We send you the TA6 and TA10 (and the TA7 if your home is leasehold) at the start, and check your answers before they go to the buyer’s solicitor. Our published range for selling a house is in the fee box below. Selling and buying at the same time? See buying and selling together for one quote for both.

What happens next

• LPE1: the landlord’s replies on a leasehold sale
• DS1: clearing your mortgage from the title
• Selling a house with us
• To-do list before selling your home
• More conveyancing forms, explained