Real Estate 2019

1 REAL ESTATE LAW

1.1 Please briefly describe the main laws that govern real estate in your jurisdiction. Laws relating to leases of business premises should be listed in response to question 10.1. Those relating to zoning and environmental should be listed in response to question 12.1. Those relating to tax should be listed in response to questions in Section 9.

Irish law was historically based on old legislation which predates the establishment of the Irish State in 1922, such as the Conveyancing Acts, 1881–1911 (the "Conveyancing Acts") and the Settled Land Acts, 1882–1890. The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, 2009 (the "2009 Act") replaced much of the old law, including the pre-1922 statute law, and modernised the law and conveyancing practice. There is modern legislation governing registration of title (Registration of Title Act, 1964 (the "1964 Act") which was modified by the Registration of Deeds and Title Act, 2006 (the "2006 Act")) to facilitate the