What are Subsidiary Strata Certificates of Title?
Subsidiary Strata Certificates of Title, or strata titles, are provided for individual units within a strata subdivided building or development, allowing for the legal transfer of ownership for each specific unit.
Essentially, this title serves as evidence of this ownership.
When to apply for Subsidiary Strata Certificates of Title?
- When a development with three or more strata units is completed up to the roof level, and the Chief Planner of URA has granted strata subdivision approval.
- When the Chief Planner of URA grants subdivision approval for a strata lot, such as when an office strata lot is divided into two new office strata lots.
- When the Chief Planner of URA grants planning permission to amalgamate strata lots, such as when two existing office strata lots are combined into one larger strata lot.
- When owners of flats constructed before implementing the Land Titles (Strata) Act, with leases registered under the Registration of Deeds Act or Land Titles Act, apply to convert their leases into strata titles.
What to do if the Subsidiary Certificate of Title is lost, damaged, or wrongfully withheld?
In such cases, you have the option to request a replacement document.
To initiate this process, you’ll need to fill out the required form, which can conveniently be submitted online during the specified lodgment hours. A hardcopy application must be provided, accompanied by the following:
- A statutory declaration from the owner(s), chargee, and/or mortgagee (in cases where the property is charged or mortgaged) outlining the circumstances surrounding the loss, destruction, or wrongful withholding of the Subsidiary Strata Certificates of Title.
- The application should also include the endorsement of consent from the chargee and/or mortgagee (if applicable).
- In situations where the Subsidiary Strata Certificates of Title are declared lost, all relevant parties possessing the document before its loss, including the legally entitled party, should make a statutory declaration supporting the application.
For instance, if the Certificate of Title was released to a representative of the solicitors acting for the mortgagee, the proprietor, the solicitor’s representative, and the mortgagee should declare that they do not possess the Certificate of Title and have not used it as collateral.
- The required fees should also be submitted.
