Update your details in the land title register
If your name or postal address has changed, you should tell the Land Titles Office (LTO).
It's important to keep these details up to date so you can continue to receive notices from the LTO, such as a:
- statutory charge
- land caveat against your property.
Your address may also be used by other government organisations to contact you about your land.
This includes the Power and Water Corporation, Valuer-General's office and local councils.
Who can apply
To apply, you must be the register owner or owners.
You can also authorise a legal practitioner or conveyancer to do this on your behalf.
Fee
A $181 fee applies to change your name.
There is no fee to change your address.
Before you apply
Before lodging with the LTO, read the guidelines relevant to you:
Apply in person
Follow the process that applies to you.
To change your name, follow these steps:
Print application
Print the below application on a single sheet of A4 paper using double-sided printing.
Application to note change of name PDF (246.5 KB)
Application to note change of name DOC (68.5 KB)
Fill in and sign application
Fill in and sign the application in front of a qualified witness, who will also add their signature.
If you need your title details, you can use the NT Title Search. Find out how to search for a land title.
Attach proof
Attach proof of change of name. This can be one of the following:
- an original birth, marriage or change of name certificate issued by a Births, Deaths and Marriages (BDM) office
- an original current passport
- a certified copy of the certificate of change of name - for a company name change:
- you can get the certificate from the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.
If you're changing back to your maiden name, you must attach your original marriage and birth certificate.
LTO may also ask for more proof. For example, a statutory declaration.
Submit application
Submit all of the below to the LTO in person:
- original application
- evidence of the name change
- original title certificate, if you've had one issued.
All original identity documents will be sighted and returned to you.
To change your address, follow these steps:
Print application
Print the below application on a single sheet of A4 paper using double-sided printing.
Application to note change of address PDF (202.9 KB)
Application to note change of address DOC (64.5 KB)
Fill in and sign the application
You must do this in front of a qualified witness, who will also add their signature.
Submit application
Submit the application to the LTO in person or by mail.
Apply online (eConveyancing for practitioners)
If you’re a legal practitioner or conveyancer, you can lodge a change of name or change of address for your client online (eConveyancing).
To lodge a change of name or change of address via eConveyancing, you must be a subscriber.
To lodge a change of name online, follow these steps:
Access instrument and enter land details
Enter the land title reference (volume and folio reference). This will prefill the land description.
Select owner whose name has been changed
Only one owner’s name can be changed per instrument.
Enter new name of the owner
Select a justification reason
Options include:
- Change of name
- Approved abbreviation
- Incorporated name change
- Legislative change
- Marriage
- Resumption of maiden name
Select supporting evidence type
You will need to retain evidence for your records. The documentation does not need to be provided as part of the application.
To lodge a change of address online, follow these steps:
Access instrument and enter land details
Enter the land title reference (volume and folio reference). This will prefill the land description.
Select owner whose address is to be changed
More than one owner address can be changed in the same instrument.
Enter the new address
Enter the new address for service of notices.
Contact
For more information, contact the LTO.