![]() Order the whole unit and then manually select your application number record. The quickest way to find your number is to browse the units online listing link below) then observe the number range in the unit description field until you find the right unit. The applications for certificates of titles were catalogued in semi-random number ranges. Step 2: Browse listings for application number Once you have the application number, proceed to step 2 to search for the application. If you only know the name and not the date, you will need to look in all three indexes. Find the family name of the applicant, noting down the application number. The contents are arranged alphabetically by family name. Order one of the index books using the links below. ![]() Step 1: Finding an application number using indexes If you have not traced the application number using the above method, for the period 1862-1904 you can also find an application using indexes if you know only the name of the applicant and a rough date for the application to convert the title (see step 1 below). If you already have the application number (see above on how this can be done), proceed to step 2 below. The files vary but can hold a trove of other information so are well worth pursuing. PROV holds these application files (VPRS 460) and they will usually contain (at minimum) an application, with typically some or all of the original conveyance and mortgage documents relating to the property. This number refers to the application under the Transfer of Land Act to transfer the land from the original ‘Old Law’ system to the Torrens System. Most properties purchased before October 1862, when the Torrens System was introduced, have now been converted to the Torrens System and for these parcels of land the same process for tracing land title can be used, however these title documents lead back, not to the Crown grant but to the first Certificate of Title for that land with an application number at the top of the second page. Title documents created as a digital record are available through the Landata website.įor the period prior to October1862 (Old Law System of Land Title) Land Victoria has now transitioned from creating paper title documents to digital records. Note: the Land Titles index contains digitised copies of paper titles only. Once you have a volume and folio number, copies of land titles can be downloaded for free from the Land Titles index using the computers in the PROV North Melbourne Reading Room. Land Title documents will have the previous volume and folio number at the top of the second page or on the first page, and this enables you to search back to the original Crown grant. You can find your volume and folio number for a fee via the Landata website. The volume and folio number of the Land Title of the property you are interested in. ![]() From October 1862-1996 (Torrens System of of Land Title)
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