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As a provider of legal and ancillary services since 1890, Ellis & Ellis occupies a unique position of both longevity and perspective in the law searching industry. In our ongoing partnership with large, small, and multi-disciplined practices, we regularly encounter certain ‘gaps in understanding’. This is particularly so when it comes to conducting ‘title investigation’ searches, but also affects other stand-alone search types.

While eminently experienced, Ellis & Ellis are not solicitors and, as such, do not and cannot provide legal opinion. However, our intention is to lend some of the 130 years of that insight to the more commonplace queries that arise from time to time. With this in mind, we trust you will find the following articles helpful.

Residential Zoned Land Tax Searches – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

What are Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) Searches? As part of the ‘Government’s Housing For All’ programme, a new annual tax called …

Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ) Searches – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

What are Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ) Searches? At a time of ever-increasing rental costs, and as part of a governmental approach to …

Register of Shipping Searches – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

What are Register of Shipping Searches? A division of the Department of Transport and operating under the Irish Maritime Administration (IMA), the …

Intellectual Property Office of Ireland (IPOI) Searches – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

Intellectual Property – a brief understanding In as much as physical objects like land, houses, vehicles, and other goods can be owned …

Credit Union Searches – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

What is a Credit Union search in the context of a conveyance?  Credit Unions bear many similarities to Friendly Societies which are …

Probate Searches in a Conveyancing Context – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

What are probate searches? Typically, when an individual passes away within the State, a procedure is initiated to grantsomeone the legal authority …

What is a National Archives Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

The National Archives – A brief synopsis Born of a merging of the State Paper Office (SPO) (Founded in 1702 and holding …

What is an Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle (ICAV) Register Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

What is an Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle (ICAV) search? In order to respond to the above premised question, we must first ask …

Closing Searches – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

What are Closing Searches? Typically, when a premises goes ‘Sale Agreed’ the selling and purchasing solicitors will generate a contract which commits …

Retrospective Payments Online

Ellis & Ellis are delighted to introduce our new online feature, enabling retrospective payment of invoices and/or statements. In continuation of our …

Beneficial Ownership Searches – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

What is a Beneficial Ownership search? Ever since European Anti-Money Laundering legislation was transposed into Irish law from 2015onwards, it has become …

What is a Valuation Office Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

Extending from the Townland Valuation Act (1826) and the Irish Poor Law Act (1838), attempts to create valuation of land evolved over time in Ireland into the Tenement Valuation Acts of 1846 and 1852. 

Registry of Friendly Societies Searches – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

Friendly Societies have been described as ‘mutual aid’ associations. At their outset, they were organised on a voluntary basis to ‘…protect members against debts incurred through illness, death, or old age’.

What is a Land Commission Search?  – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

The Irish Land Commission (ILC) was founded in 1881 and its primary role was to oversee the dissolution of large land estates and enable tenants to purchase the subdivided holdings.

What is a Proceedings Search?  – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

The intention of a Proceeding search is to flag whether there any High Court actions (or referred actions from lesser courts) initiated that could potentially affect the ownership of a property, or impact on the boundaries/ right/ interests of a sale property. 

What is a Petition Search?  – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

To better understand what is a ‘petition search’ it is perhaps first worthwhile exploring the nature of petitions, and then specifically address petitions in context to conveyancing.

What is a Sheriff (Revenue) Search?  – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

The Sheriff (Revenue) offices – Their role and record keeping in a conveyancing context. The origins of the State’s various Sheriff’s Offices …

What is a Sheriff (Civil) Search?  – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

The Role and Record Keeping of Sheriff (Civil) Offices in Conveyancing The Sheriff’s Office origins lies in Irish pre-independence and English legal …

What is a Sheriff (Receiver of Fines) Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

The Functions and Documentation Practices of Sheriff (Receiver of Fines) Offices in the Context of Conveyancing. Predating Irish independence, and with a …

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What is a Planning Search? – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

When the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 came into force in October 1964 all local authorities (except town commissioners) were …

Closing Searches – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

What are Closing Searches? Typically, when a premises goes ‘Sale Agreed’ the selling and purchasing solicitors will generate a contract which commits the buyer to the purchase of the property (right or interest) as seen, yet subject to the contract’s agreed terms and conditions. Invariably the contract to purchase will include a deliberation on the outcomes of title investigations, in the form of closing searches. Closing searches thus can be defined as ‘…a series of investigations made to (a) establish title, (b) flag impediments or burdens, (c) address undertakings to lending institutions, and (d) provide the instructing solicitor with insights

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Retrospective Payments Online

Ellis & Ellis are delighted to introduce our new online feature, enabling retrospective payment of invoices and/or statements. In continuation of our recently introduced Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) feature, this new functionality aims to aid users in simplifying their invoice and statement payment procedures. In simple terms, this option enables clients to conveniently pay for services rendered by credit or debit card directly on our website. First go to www.ellis.ie and login. Secondly, post log-in, navigate to the ‘Pay invoice(s) or Statemen(s)’ section of the website. Then merely complete the online payments process and submit payment. A confirmatory e-mail of successful payment

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Beneficial Ownership Searches – An Ellis & Ellis Explainer

What is a Beneficial Ownership search? Ever since European Anti-Money Laundering legislation was transposed into Irish law from 2015onwards, it has become a requirement for companies, industrial and provident societies, andCertain Financial Vehicles (CFVs) to (a) maintain an internal register of their beneficial ownersand (b) to file this information with a central register. In Article 3(6), 4AMLD, a Beneficial Owner is defined as any natural person(s) who either directly or indirectly ultimately (a) owns more than 25% of the company/society’s shares, (b) controlsmore than 25% of the company/society’s voting rights or (c) exercises control via other meanssuch as a shareholders’

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Dublin

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