Registers of Scotland (RoS) is the non-ministerial government department responsible for compiling and maintaining 20 public registers. These relate to land, property, and other legal documents.
Our main registers are:
Get permission from Registers of Scotland to build a new development on land you own.
The full legal process involved in buying a house or flat.
How to find a will if someone dies.
Use the Registers of Scotland site to find information on land and property owners.
Find out how to check title deeds or how to change them.
Find out how to register as a letting agent, including information on the Code of Practice.
Making an agreement with your ex-partner about arrangements for your children, money and property if you're divorcing or separating.
Find out who needs to register a birth and how and where to do it, including how to register a birth during coronavirus.
Add your land or property title to the Land Register.
Help getting map data for your plan when registering your deeds on the Land Register.
A guide to renting out a property if you're a landlord.
Information on how to resolve a dispute with your neighbour including noisy neighbours, nuisance neighbours, barking dogs and a boundary dispute like high hedges.
Use the Crofting Register and Register of Crofts to find information on crofts.
Find out how much properties in a certain area have sold for recently.
Make sure your application for a deed over an unregistered plot will be valid.
