Titles are overseas

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  1. Martinez22

    Martinez22 Well-Known Member

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    My client is buying a house, they were due to settle in 2 weeks but we have been informed the seller has the titles who lives in South Africa, apparently he now has fly to Perth to hand over Thw titles. Is there a way around this that anyone knows of?
     
  2. Westminster

    Westminster Tigress at Tiger Developments Business Member

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    Surely the titles could be couriered or mailed from South Africa?
    Titles aside the seller will also need to have identification checks done - edit found the link in case it's relevant - VOI-03 Western Australian Registrar and Commissioner of Titles Joint Practice: Verification of Identity and Authority. Paper Based Transactions - Foreign Countries - Landgate
     
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    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    get new titles issued
     
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    Surely they could just be changed over to electronic titles ?
     
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    How could they do this without being in Australia? Is it possible ?
     
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    Westminster Tigress at Tiger Developments Business Member

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    I don’t believe we have electronic titles in WA where I assume the OP is talking about as that is their location.
     
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