Transfer of Land / Transfer of Real Property — Electronic Lodgement via PEXA (All States)

Issuing authority

NSW: NSW Land Registry Services (via PEXA/Sympli); VIC: Land Use Victoria / Land Services Victoria (via PEXA/Sympli); QLD: Titles Queensland; WA: Landgate; SA: Land Services SA; TAS: Land Tasmania; ACT: ACT Land Titles Office; NT: NT Land Titles Office

Official source

How to apply

1. Engage a licensed conveyancer or solicitor — Transfer of Land is a legal instrument that must be prepared and lodged by a registered PEXA/Sympli subscriber (lawyers and conveyancers); individuals cannot lodge directly.
2. Verify the vendor's identity and right to deal: your conveyancer must conduct an identity verification check (VOI — Verification of Identity) on all vendor and purchaser parties as required by state participation rules.
3. Sign the Contract of Sale and, in Victoria, receive the Section 32 Vendor Statement before exchange — the Transfer instrument itself is prepared after contract exchange.
4. Your conveyancer creates (or is invited to join) a PEXA or Sympli electronic workspace for the transaction, and invites the other side's conveyancer and each party's lending institution.
5. Both conveyancers draft and validate the electronic Transfer document within the workspace — details are automatically cross-checked against the state Land Registry's title data.
6. A settlement statement is prepared and agreed showing all financial adjustments (rates, water, owners corporation fees, taxes) to determine the exact balance payable at settlement.
7. All parties digitally sign their respective documents in the PEXA/Sympli workspace — both sides must agree on an identical balance before settlement can proceed.
8. On the agreed settlement date and time, PEXA/Sympli simultaneously transfers funds via the Reserve Bank system and electronically lodges the Transfer (and any mortgage or discharge documents) with the state Land Registry — completion typically occurs within 1–2 hours.
9. The state Land Registry registers the Transfer and updates the title — both parties receive confirmation; the new owner's name appears on the registered title.

Related topics

Related forms

• Swimming Pool Safety Certificate / Pool Barrier Compliance Certificate (QLD Form 23 / NSW + VIC council pool inspection)Form 23 (QLD); Form 36 (QLD — Notice of No Pool Safety Certificate)
• VIC Vendor Statement (Section 32) — Sale of Land Act 1962Section 32 (Sale of Land Act 1962)
• Discharge of Mortgage05DM (NSW paper form; all states now primarily electronic via PEXA)
• Priority Notice (Lodgement of Interest)No paper form number — electronic only via PEXA/Sympli; QLD extension form: PNE
• Land Subdivision Application (Plan of Subdivision)VIC: Plan of Subdivision lodged via SPEAR (spear.land.vic.gov.au); NSW: Development Application via NSW Planning Portal (planningportal.nsw.gov.au); QLD: Titles Queensland survey plan; WA: Landgate subdivision application