Access tolanddirect.ieand use of the information contained therein is governed by the terms, conditions and notices set out below. Persons using theservice are deemed to have read and accepted these terms, conditions and notices.
1. General Terms and Conditions
2. Copyright
3. Disclaimer
4. Use of landdirect.ie Title Plans
5. Using Land Registry Digital Maps and Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) Orthophotography
6. Legend of Colours and Symbols on Land Registry Digital Maps, ITM Title Plans and Special Registration Maps
7. Pending Applications
1.General Terms and Conditions:
1.1 This website is owned by the Property Registration Authority and is operated for and on behalf of the Property Registration Authority.
1.2 This website is established in Ireland in accordance with and subject to the laws of Ireland. The Courts of Ireland shall have exclusive jurisdiction inrelation to any disputes which may arise in relation to the website, its uses or any information contained therein.
1.3 In order to uselanddirect.ie, you must open and maintain an account with us. When the account has been opened, we will assign a password to you.You are advised to change this password when you first use the service and periodically on an ongoing basis. You must ensure that your password is not disclosed to another person or party and you are responsible for ensuring that access through your firm's account is conduccted only by your authorised personnel.
1.4 You may not use the website in any manner which could damage, disable or impair the services provided through the website or interfere with any otherparty's use of those services.
1.5 We reserve the right to alter the terms, conditions and notices under which the services available through the website are offered. Users of the site areresponsible for regularly reviewing the terms, conditions and notices posted on this website.
1.6 This website may provide links to other websites or resources. These links are provided solely as a convenience to the user of this site and not as anendorsement of the contents of such third-party sites. Additionally, no responsibility shall arise in respect of the availability of such external sites or resources,or for any content, products, services or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. Access fromthis site to third-party sites is undertakenentirely at the user's own risk. Any issues regarding external links should be directed to the administrator or webmaster of that third party site.
2.Copyright:
2.1 Save where otherwise appearing, the material provided throughlanddirect.ieis subject to Property Registraton Authority copyright in accordance withthe provisions of the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 (No. 28 of 2000) http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/front.html
2.2 Permission to reproduce Government copyright material does not extend to any material on this site which may be the property of a third party.Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.
2.3 Land Registry Title Plans available throughlanddirect.ieare produced and published by the Registrar of Titles and may incorporate OrdnanceSurveyIreland (OSi) mapping data under a licence from OSi. Copyright OSi and Government of Ireland.
2.4 Land Registry digital maps accessible through thelanddirect.ieservice and the aerial photographs which may be viewed online incorporate OrdnanceSurvey Ireland (OSi) mapping data and orthophotography respectively, under a licence from OSi. CopyrightOSi and Government of Ireland.
2.5landdirect.iealso incorporates information licensed from GeoDirectory, a product developed by An Post and OSi. Copyright GeoDirectory.
3. Disclaimer:
3.1 Reasonable care has been exercised in the compilation of the information available through this Website. However, apart from the records providedthrough the landdirect.ie service (folios, title plans, indices) which are subject to the provisions of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act1964 & 2006,there is no representation or warranty made as to the accuracy, completeness or currency of such information.The use of any such information, which maybe altered or updated at any time without notice, is at the sole risk of the user.
3.2 Persons accessing folio records through landdirect.ie before official business hours (currently 10.30 a.m. to 4. 30 p.m. Monday to Friday)should beaware that the information will be current as of the close of business the previous day.
3.3 Persons accessing folio records through landdirect.ie after official business hours (currently 10.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Monday to Friday) should be aware that the information will be current as of the close of business on that day.
3.4 There is no representation or warranty made that access to this website will be uninterrupted, timely, or error-free.
3.5 No responsibility shall arise for any error, corruption of data or any amendment of information transmitted, which occurs at any time during or subsequent to transmission from the Land Registry host system
3.6 Seedpoints displayed on the Land Registry map are intended to indicate the general location of registered plots and are provided to assist customers to locate the particular folio details or object of their search. These details should be confirmed by inspection of the folio itself. Seedpoints do not indicate the extent or location of registered boundaries. Until boundary detail for each county is digitised, boundaries for registered property can be ascertained by inspection of the Filed Plan, where one exists. Alternatively, an inspection of the Land Registry map may be conducted. In some instances, seedpoints may not be co-incident with the revised ITM vector data published by OSi. Additionally, in a small number of cases, the link between a seedpoint and its corresponding folio may not yet have been established. These items are being addressed as part of the overall Land Registry digital mapping programme.
4.1 Images of Land Registry Title Plans (Imaged Filed Plans) made available through this website are electronic copies of paperdocuments retained in the offices of the Land Registry and are offered for information and inspection purposes only to assist in the general identification of the property in question and for no other purpose. Imaged Filed Plans greater than A3 in size will be displayed as a seriesof tiled images.
4.2 Imaged Filed Plans may be printed by you for your convenience. Control over the printing of images of folios and filed plans is determinedby the user'sprinter and no responsibility shall arise in respect of the quality of such printed output. Printouts of Filed Plans from your printerare not to scale nordimensionally accurate.
4.3 Imaged Filed Plans are being gradually superseded by Filed Plans derived from new Land Registry digital maps (ITM Filed Plans).The latter will beimplemented on a county-by-county basis over a five year period commencing in May 2006. Details of this programme, including progress reports, will bepublished at What's Planned
4.4ITM Filed Planswill be issued by the Land Registry in hard copy format based on the scales published by OSi (1/5000, 1/2500 and 1/1000).Consequently, some areas that were formerly covered by 1/2500 scale OSi mapping may now only be covered by 1/5000 scale OSi mapping.
4.5 Smaller sites/land parcels (up to 0.202 hectares) may be difficult to mark clearly on paper maps at the 1/5000 scale in particular. If customers find thatthe ITM Filed Plan at 1/5000 scale map is too small to mark their boundaries on hard copy, they will be able to request an ITM map from the Land Registryat the next largest published scale of 1/2500. Such maps are known asSpecial Registration Maps (SRMs). Similarly, in areas covered by 1/2500 scaleonly, customers will be able to request an SRMat 1/1000 scale. However, SRMs, where enlarged from the smaller scale, cannot be expected to givemeasurements to a greater degree of accuracy than that of the smaller scale. The Land Registry is available to discuss with customers special issues orcircumstances relating to scale in the preparation of particular maps for registration purposes.
4.6 SRMs may also be requested for marking boundaries for First Registration applications.
4.7 A plain printout or photocopy of an Imaged Filed Plan, ITM Filed Plan or SRM will not be accepted by the Land Registry forregistration purposes. Acertified office copyof these records will be accepted for registration purposes.
5. Using Land Registry Digital Maps and Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) Orthophotography
From its launch,landdirect.iewill provide access to the register through a digital map showing the Land Registry detail in conjunctionwith a backdrop ofeither a rasterised OSi topographical digital map or OSi orthophotography (aerial photos). Use of this digital map is subject to the following terms of use:
5.1 Parcels and plans shown on the Land Registry digital map should be read in conjunction with the relevant folio(s).
5.2 The description of the land on the folio and map is not conclusive as to the boundaries or extent of the land (see Section 85 of theRegistration of TitleAct, 1964 (No. 16 of 1964) http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/front.html).
5.3 Land Registry digital maps are based on Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM projection) topographic maps that are supplied in digital formby OrdnanceSurvey Ireland (OSi). Published scales are 1/5000 rural, 1/2500 urban/rural, 1/1000 urban.
5.4 Land Registry maps are subject to the limitations of scale and survey accuracy of both OSi maps and the maps lodged for registration purposes.
Where boundaries have been transferred to a larger scale or to a different map series, whether on paper or in a digital environment,measurements must notbe expected to give a degree of accuracy greater than that of the smaller scale or older map series. Since the commencement of land registration in 1892,almost all registrations have been recorded by reference to the topographic detail thatis shown on OSi published map scales. OSi Cassini/County Series andIrish Grid published scales in the paper system were 1/10560,1/2500 and 1/1000, 1/1250, 1/1056, (both 1/1250 and 1/1056 were enlarged by OSi from1/2500 mapping). Accuracy of the Land Registry's boundary data is, accordingly, limited to the survey accuracy and scale of the source map originally lodged and upon which registration was based.
5.5 OSi orthophotography is made available in conjunction with the Land Registry map as a visual aid in asistinglanddirect.iecustomers to locate theparticular property or object of their search and for no other purpose. These aerial photos do not form part of the Land Registry map or register.
6. Legend of Colours and Symbols on Land Registry Digital Maps, ITM Title Plans and Special Registration Maps
6.1 The legend of colours and symbols appearing on Land Registry Digital Maps, ITM Title Plans and SRMs will appear here shortly. Find out more about Legends and Symbols.
7.Pending Applications
7.1 The note of applications pending that heretofore appeared on Part 2 of the folio will now be listed on a separate page and will nolonger appear as part ofthe folio itself. This change is necessary to facilitate our ongoing Imaging Programme of existing paper documents.If there are applications pending on thefolio selected for viewing, a message will appear in red on screen alerting the user to this.The user can then view details of the pending application(s) andprint the list if required.
First published 31st May 2002
This document was last updated on 28th July 2006