Step 1
A Bond Attorney appointed by the financial institution that is registering your bond will request the draft deed and guarantee requirements from the transfer attorney.
The Transfer Attorney gets the draft deed and guarantee requirements from the Cancellation Attorney, appointed by the bank cancelling the seller’s bond.
Step 2
The transfer documents are signed by the buyer and seller.
Step 3
The buyer pays transfer costs and the Transfer Attorney pays the rates & taxes, which allows them to obtain a rates clearance certificate.
The Transfer Attorney also pays the transfer duty.
Step 4
Bond documents are drafted to be signed by the buyer and the guarantees are forwarded to the Transfer Attorneys, who in turn forward the guarantees to the cancellation attorneys to obtain consent for cancellation from the seller’s bank.
Step 5
The buyer pays the bond costs to the Bond Attorneys.
Step 6
Once all the documents have been signed and the costs paid, the transfer, bond, and cancellation attorneys lodge the documents.
Step 7
Once the documents have been lodged, the deeds office takes approximately 7 – 10 working days to process the documents before registration.
Step 8
Payment of the guarantees is made on the date of the registration of the bond.
The same Attorney could be appointed Transfer Attorney, Bond Attorney and Cancellation Attorney.
The registration process typically takes between 8 and 12 weeks to complete if there are no delays.