Search the Title makes it easy to access New Zealand property title records, plans, and related land documents online. Below are answers to the most common questions about ordering titles, delivery times, property searches, billing, and document requests. If you cannot find what you need, our team is available to help.
Approximately 20 minutes during working hours, but often much faster.
Any order placed outside of our standard business hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm) will be delivered by 9:20 am the next working day.
All title searches and documents supplied by Search The Title are official records sourced from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).
Current Title Search – Recommended for most customers. It provides the latest ownership details and registered interests affecting the property, including easements, covenants and mortgages. This is the search most commonly used for property due diligence, council applications, banks and solicitors.
Historical Title Search – Choose this option if you need information about previous owners or historical title records. Historical searches can trace the ownership and history of a property back through earlier titles and subdivisions.
Guaranteed Search – Recommended where additional verification is required for legal, commercial or high-value transactions. This search may identify relevant land registration information that has not yet appeared on the current title.
If you’re unsure which search to order, a Current Title Search is the best choice for most situations. (Order Here)
If you don’t have the property address, you can use our Search by Number option if you already know the specific Title, Survey Plan, or document number.
If you don’t know the address or the document number—or if you have a unique request—simply click on our Advanced Search link. Enter any details you do have, and our team will be in touch to help.
In the unlikely event of that happening we will replace it at no extra cost with the correct title.
No they do not, however you can order them via the “Order By Number” link, just quote the document/ plan number/s you require, if more than one change the quantity accordingly.
Should you request an historical copy of a title with the reference such as 23473 as opposed to NA34C/123 LINZ do not attach diagram plans to those computer freehold register titles.
If there is an interest registered against the title you have ordered, you can click on the “Order By Number” link, select either document or plan from the selection dropdown box, then enter the document/plan number/s you require.
Yes! We offer an automatic discount for high-volume orders placed together. Our standard price is $19.90 per search, but when you order 6 or more items in a single transaction, the price drops to $15.00 per search for the 6th and all subsequent items.
This discount applies to all Titles, Survey Plans, and documents, whether you search by property address or by specific document number—provided they are added to the same cart and paid for in one order.
If you are a frequent user and wish to pay on a monthly statement, go to the login page and when registering click on “request a business account”, we will verify and set up within business hours. Once confirmed you will have the choice of pay as you go or charge to your account on each order.
You can put your order number, name or property address or all of these.
A copy of a historic title will provide all current and historic information regarding that title from the date that title issued. If that title comes from subdivided land (and most titles have been subdivided from a larger block of land at some point) and you want historic information dating back further, a search will need to be conducted on the title/titles prior to it, and the title before that and so on. This type of historic searching backwards to a specific date ie; 1890 or a specific action ie; when a relative sold the land, can take considerable time and will attract the charges of all the titles involved in the search and time and attendance charges. You will need to enquire at [email protected] for more information on this type of search.
Sometimes a property may have a different address on google addresses to the property you require, in this case utilize the “Advanced Search” tab and provide as much information as you can.
Individual flats and units will often not show on the google address options, please utilize the “Advanced Search” tab and provide as much information on the flat or unit as you can, we will be in contact should we require additional information
