Documenting Interests in Land: The American and British Systems

E drejta: Univ. Prishtina L. Rev. 2018 (Forthcoming)

70 Pages Posted: 16 Jul 2018

Date Written: June 21, 2018

Abstract

While Britain and the United States are bound by their shared system of common law, they differ in the way they document and protect interests in lands. The United States retains the older system of recordation—a model where the government simply maintains public records of documents affecting title, but does not guarantee ownership. The UK employs a “title registration” scheme, in which the government not only maintains relevant documents, but also determines the owner and the owner’s interest. The British model is clearly advantageous. But the recording system has worked well for America, where the private sector has developed effective means of assuring land titles, and wide-reaching reforms would be unnecessary and counterproductive.

Keywords: real property law, real estate transactions, land registry, registration, recordation, cadaster, title assurance, title insurance, comparative law, common law

Suggested Citation

Mjeku, Getoar, Documenting Interests in Land: The American and British Systems (June 21, 2018). E drejta: Univ. Prishtina L. Rev. 2018 (Forthcoming), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3200697

Getoar Mjeku (Contact Author)

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Prishtina, 10000
Kosovo

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