Electronic conveyancing

Electronic conveyancing (or eConveyancing) allows instruments and documents needed for property transactions to be digitally prepared, signed, settled and lodged.

Currently 2 approved electronic lodgement network operators (ELNOs) offer eConveyancing subscription services to financial institutions and legal practitioners:

• Property Exchange Australia Ltd (PEXA)
• Sympli Australia Pty Ltd (Sympli)

For further information on how to subscribe, please contact the ELNOs. Transactions currently available are listed below. However, not all transactions are available through all ELNOs.

Benefits of eConveyancing

eConveyancing offers substantial benefits and efficiencies and will replace many of the paper and manual processes that are currently used in traditional property transactions.

Some of the benefits include:

• Confirmation of lodgement and registration - you will receive immediate confirmation of your lodgement and be notified once the transaction is complete
• Financial settlement - you can settle transactions in a secure environment and pay fees and disbursements
• Requisitions - checks and verifications built into the eConveyancing system should significantly reduce the number of requisitions
• Number of settlements - you can settle multiple transactions at the same time

Operating requirements and participation rules

Under the Electronic Conveyancing National Law (Queensland), the Registrar of Titles can determine the requirements for electronic lodgement networks and their operators (operating requirements), and set rules for participation in the networks by subscribers such as legal practitioners and financial institutions (participation rules). In some circumstances, the Registrar can waive compliance with these requirements.

Refer to the following for more information:

• Participation rules for electronic conveyancing
• Operating requirements for electronic conveyancing
• Waivers for operating requirements
• Waivers for participation rules
• Electronic conveyancing compliance plan (PDF, 159KB)

Available transactions

The following transactions can be lodged using eConveyancing in Queensland, by one or more of the current ELNOs. Please check with each ELNO as to which transactions can be lodged through their networks.

Fee simple transfers

• to or from (as applicable) people, companies, trustees, personal representatives, State of Queensland, Commonwealth of Australia, charitable bodies, other organisations
• all tenancy types
• whole of the land, all lots on title (not timeshares or other undivided moieties)
• all of the registered owners (not mortgagee or council sale, not minors)
• for monetary consideration
• by way of a gift or natural love and affection
• due to retirement or appointment of a trustee
• due to desire to change tenancy

Mortgages

• mortgages over freehold land – whole of land and all of the owners
• releases of mortgages over freehold land – whole of land and all of the owners

Caveats

• caveats
• withdrawal of caveats

Priority notices

• priority notices
• extension of priority notices
• withdrawal of priority notices

Other transactions

• transmissions by death (probate obtained) – whole of the land