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Compliance certificate for anti-fraud restriction
Compliance certificate for anti-fraud restriction
Posted
Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:06:37 GMT
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J Lee
My husband and I live outside the UK and we own a rental property in England. As an anti-fraud measure, we registered a counter-fraud restriction in the Register in 2014. The entry that has been made reads: "RESTRICTION: No disposition of the registered estate by the proprietor of the registered estate is to be registered without a certificate signed by a conveyancer that that conveyancer is satisfied that the person who executed the document submitted for registration as disponor is the same person as the proprietor." I have the following questions now: (1) We now plan to sell the property in the near future and want to be well-prepared for the transaction process in advance to avoid delay. We understand that we need to get a compliance certificate from a conveyancer to confirm that we are the same persons as the proprietors. May I know if form RXC is the standard form for the conveyancer to complete for this compliance certificate? At which stage of the transaction process should we obtain this compliance certificate? (2) Meanwhile, when we applied for the anti-fraud restriction in 2014, we put our names with the surname first then first name in the "Name" column of "The individual(s) making the request" in the application form (form RQ). Our apology that we were not aware that we need to put our names in the same order of first name first then surname as our names in the Register. As there are no separate columns for surname and first name (only a "Name" column) in the form RQ, and also because in the place where we reside, we always put surname first, then first name. After HM Land Registry processed our application, it sent us (as registered proprietors of the title) a “B244 Notice of registration of a counter-fraud restriction” in 2014 by post and email to notify us about the entry of restriction that has been made in the registry, it also said our names on the form lodged are different to the names in the register and It is important that we keep our name in the register up to date. As our names on the register are correct and up to date (our passports can prove our first name and surname, and our names in the register are in the order of first name first then surname which follows the same order of first name and surname in UK), we feel it was not necessary to contact the HM Land Registry further to clarify the matter. Now we plan to sell our property in the near future and will have to obtain a compliance certificate from a conveyancer to confirm our identity. I want to ask if we need to clarify with the HM Land Registry why our names on the form RQ in 2014 are different from the names on the register (simply due to the order of first name and surname). We of course will get a compliance certificate from a conveyancer to confirm that we are the same persons as the proprietors (same names, and same order of first name and surname). We just don’t want the order of surname and first name on the form RQ 12 years ago to be an issue and potentially cause any delay during the transaction process after we provide the compliance certificate. We just hope to take action to resolve any possible issue as soon as possible. (3) Pls kindly advise the email and address of HM Land Registry if I have any further enquiries. Our anti-fraud restriction application was processed by the Land Registry Wales office previously.
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