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LAND TITLES ACT 1925 - SECT 54

Joint tenants and tenants in common

    (1)     A transfer to 2 or more persons shall not be registered unless those persons are expressed to be either joint tenants or tenants in common.

    (2)     Where 2 or more persons listed in the register as joint proprietors, but not as tenants in common, they shall be taken to be registered as joint tenants.

    (3)     Except in the case of a Crown lease, a person registered as a joint tenant is entitled to receive a separate duplicate certificate of title, but is not bound to take such a certificate.

    (4)     A person registered as a tenant in common is entitled to receive a separate certificate of title showing the person's interest, but is not bound to take such a certificate.

    (5)     A certificate of title relating to the share of a person registered as a tenant in common shall specify the person's share.



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