The Queensland Titles Registry was, until 18 June 2021, part of the Department of Resources. After that date, Queensland Titles Registry Pty Ltd (Titles Queensland) became the operator of the Titles Registry pursuant to the Queensland Future Fund (Titles Registry) Act 2021 and now maintains land registers on behalf of the State of Queensland with the powers of the Registrar of Titles delegated to Titles Queensland.
Our primary role is administrative and depends upon the lodgement of the necessary documentation in the Titles Registry to record real property transactions. When all legislative and practice requirements have been satisfied, the interest is registered. The register is updated by including the details of the transactions and guarantees title under the Land Title Act 1994, which is our primary governing legalisation.
The Acts or parts of Acts administered in titling function:
- Land Title Act 1994
- Land Act 1994
- Building Units and Group
- Titles Act 1980
- Body Corporate and
- Community Management Act 1997
- Foreign Ownership of Land
- Register Act 1988
- Aboriginal Land Act 1991
- Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991
Registration of all dealings with freehold and State tenure titles is in accordance with these Acts and other legislation which impacts.
Other Acts which impact on titling function:
- Trusts Act 1973
- Property Law Act 1974
- Surveyors Act 2003
- Public Trustee Act 1978
- Coastal Protection and
- Management Act 1995
- Survey and Mapping
- Infrastructure Act 2003
- Planning Act 2016
- Water Act 2000.