It is the registration (in deeds registry) of transactions relating to land, in terms of land of the provisions of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1037 of 1986 and the Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986.
A Title deed is a registered legal document which evidences ownership in respect of a defined a piece of land or an apartment in a block of flats.
Verification of registration of property is achieved by requesting from any Deeds Office a computer printout for the registration facts in respect of the property concerned or, in the case of registered users of the DeedsWEB, by obtaining the said computer printout from the DeedsWEB.