Registers of Scotland

We are the government department responsible for public registers of land, property and other legal documents.

Our organisation has its roots in 17th century Edinburgh when the General Register of Sasines, the world’s oldest national land register, began to record ownership officially for the first time.

We look after 21 public registers, including the Land Register of Scotland, the Crofting Register, the Scottish Landlord Register and the Register of Community Interests in Land. 

We are headed by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland who is accountable to the Scottish Parliament. As a non-ministerial department of the Scottish government, we raise our own funds by charging fees for our services. 

We rely on our nearly 1,000 skilled & talented people to move our organisation forward, who are passionate about providing an effective service for the people of Scotland.

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