Form

Change the register (AP1)

Use the AP1 form to change the register for a property including changing your name.

From:
HM Land Registry
Published
24 October 2012
Last updated
7 October 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Change the register (AP1)

MS Word Document, 165 KB

Change the register (AP1)

PDF, 237 KB, 7 pages

Guidance: change your name after marriage or civil partnership

HTML

Guidance: completing form AP1

HTML

Checklist – Applications for registered land

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Checklist: applications for registered land

MS Word Document, 29.7 KB

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Details

Use this form to register most transactions on a property. You will normally need to submit another form and/or appropriate evidence as well.

Fee and address

Send the completed form with the correct fee to our standard address.

Updates to this page

Published 24 October 2012
Last updated 7 October 2024 + show all updates

  1. We have added a side note to panel 4 to explains the ways a private individual can pay fees to HM Land Registry and a side note to panel 7 to explain which customers can and cannot apply for a key number.

  2. We have added a side note to panel 7 to explain that we will only send an acknowledgement of receipt of a postal application by way of email.

  3. Section 9 of ‘Guidance: completing form AP1’ has been updated to refer to panel 4 also being completed if you are making an application to change an existing address for service for a proprietor of the registered estate. We have also added a side note to panel 9 in form AP1.

  4. Updated the applications for registered land checklist.

  5. We have amended the side note to panel 8 in form AP1 and Guidance: completing form AP1. From 15 January 2024 we will not be sending notifications to third parties.

  6. A side note to panel 9 has been amended to replace a reference to "electronic address" with "email address" for clarity. A side note to panels 12 and 13 have been amended to remove reference to now withdrawn practice guide 67A.

  7. Panel 6 has been amended as a result of the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2022.

  8. Added a new guide on how to change your name after marriage or civil partnership using an AP1 form.

  9. We've amended the side note to panel 12 to refer to new practice guide 67A.

  10. The guidance notes for the completion of the form have been amended to clarify that we will not send a notification to someone else at the same firm that has lodged the application.

  11. We added a guidance note about our personal information charter, which explains how we process customer data. We also added a note to clarify that only professional customers will have a key number and a note about the identity evidence panels, to specify that a separate box must be used for each party.

  12. We have added a side note to panel 4 to clarify that the order of applications must be made clear and it is the applicant's responsibility to specify which has priority.

  13. Welsh version of checklist added.

  14. Checklist and video: applications for registered land added.

  15. We have added a side note to panel 7 as a result of a change in our procedures. From 11 January 2016 we will change how we send warning of cancellation letters and what they contain.

  16. Advice as to the completion of the form has been added

  17. Added translation

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