Transfer of title on property from single to joint

[hattsus]

My husband and I are in the process of completing the land registry forms to transfer ownership of his property into joint names. We have had some fabulous advice from this site on this and I therefore wondered if anyone could help us on the last part of the TRI form - Execution. It states that the transferor must execute this transfer as a deed and my husband seems to think this means it must be witnessed although there is no mention of this on the form. Can anyone advise what we need to do to complete this last part. Many thanks.

[Ethel]

Yes, it means signed by the transferor and properly witnessed.

This is easily done using the following wording:

Signed as a deed by (print husband's full name)
Husband's signature

in the presence of (witness signature here)
Witness full name and address.


This assumes your husband is in full mental health and the witness is able to read, write and understand that he is witnessing a signature. Make sure the witness name and address is clearly legible.

[MustafaTickl]

Ethel's advice is not complete. You must also sign Form TR1 as a deed in the same way as your husband otherwise the LR will reject it (in effect it is a statement by you to the LR that you also contract to be bound by the covenants and matters relating to the property).