What Does A Conveyancing Attorney Do?

Once an offer to purchase has been signed by the purchaser and the seller of immovable property, an attorney must be appointed to attend to the registration of the property into the purchaser's name.  Ownership in the property is passed from the seller to the purchaser by registering a deed of transfer at one of the 11 deeds offices across the Republic of South Africa, being an entity of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform.

Upon registration, the deed of transfer becomes the owner's title deed and will serve as proof that he/she is the owner of the property. Only conveyancers are qualified to attend to the process of transferring and registering properties in the deeds office. A conveyancer is a qualified attorney who has been admitted as a conveyancer of the High Court of South Africa after having successfully completed the prescribed conveyancing examinations.