This is Queensland's first title certificate, issued under the Torrens system of State guaranteed title, that, with some modernisations, still operates today.

The need for paper certificates of title was removed when the Automated Titles System was introduced in 1994.

Titles Registration and the Land and Water Registries

The department's Titles Registration business unit provides the community, industry, governments and other stakeholders with accurate, secure and readily accessible registers for the recording of ownership and other interests and transactions relating to freehold land, State tenure land and water allocations in Queensland.

The State's land and water registers maintained by the Registrar of Titles and Registrar of Water Allocations include:

• freehold land register
• leasehold land register
• register of unallocated State Land
• power of attorney register
• register of reserves and trustees of trust land (i.e. reserves and deeds of grant in trust)
• register of licences and permits
• register of State housing leases
• register of foreign ownership of land
• register of deeds (part 18 of the Property Law Act 1974, for dealings affecting any estate in land)
• register of Harbour Board leases
• register of Water Allocations.

Statutory covenants

In Queensland, a statutory covenant is a written agreement that may be registered on title to ensure that the obligation to comply with the covenant is transferred with the transfer of title to the land. Covenants over freehold land can be registered under the Land Title Act 1994 Part 6 Div. 4A and covenants over non-freehold land can be registered under the Land Act 1994 Chapter 6 Part 4 Div. 8A.

Land Title Practice Manual (Queensland)

The Land Title Practice Manual is the officially sanctioned text of the Land and Water Allocation Registries regarding titling law, practice and procedure in Queensland.

The Land Title Practice Manual is available for purchase from the Queensland Law Society. Further enquiries should be directed to the Queensland Law Society. Telephone 07 3842 5888 or email bookshop@qls.com.au

Registrar of Titles directions for the preparation of plans

The standards and specifications for the different types of plans acceptable to the Land Registry are contained in the Registrar of Titles directions for the preparation of plans.