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Guidance

Electronic signatures accepted by HM Land Registry (PG82)

Information about the types of electronic signature accepted by HM Land Registry (practice guide 82)

From:: HM Land Registry
Published: 28 March 2022

Applies to England and Wales

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Practice guide 82: electronic signatures accepted by HM Land Registry

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Our practice on Mercury signatures taken from the version of practice guide 8 that was current between 4 May 2020 and 19 May 2020

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Our practice on Mercury signatures taken from the version of practice guide 8 that was current between 20 May 2020 and 14 February 2021

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Our practice on electronic signatures taken from the version of practice guide 8 that was current between 27 July 2020 and 6 September 2020

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Our practice on electronic signatures taken from the version of practice guide 8 that was current between 7 September 2020 and 14 February 2021

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Our practice on electronic signatures taken from the version of practice guide 8 that was current between 15 February 2021 and 8 August 2021

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Our practice on electronic signatures taken from the version of practice guide 8 that was current between 9 August 2021 and 31 October 2021

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Our practice on electronic signatures taken from the version of practice guide 8 that was current between 1 November 2021 and 27 March 2022

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This guide provides information about when HM Land Registry will accept electronic signatures. It is aimed at conveyancers, and you should interpret references to ‘you’ accordingly.

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Published 28 March 2022

Update history

2024-07-15 06:00
Sections 2.2 and 3.2 have been amended to remove the requirement for Mercury signatures and conveyancer-certified electronic signatures that all the conveyancers involved agree to their use; and the term ‘other electronic signatures’ has been replaced by ‘simple electronic signatures’.

2024-04-15 06:00
Section 3.3 has been updated to provide more guidance on amending deeds with conveyancer-certified electronic signatures; in addition, several minor amendments have been made to other parts of the guide for clarification purposes.

2023-01-30 06:00
Section 3.2 has been amended to clarify that an individually regulated conveyancer must give the certificate mentioned in STEP 7.

2023-01-16 06:00
Section 9 has been added following the withdrawal of practice guide 80.

2022-08-15 06:00
The table in Appendix 1 has been updated to confirm that HM Land Registry will accept consents, certificates and application forms signed electronically by non-conveyancers as long as these documents are lodged by a conveyancer (see also practice guide 19). Conveyancers can now sign statements of truth in their own name using all forms of electronic signature. Statements of truth signed in this way must be lodged by a conveyancer.

2022-03-28 08:05
First published.