Single-Party Form LL Certificate — RXC Option C
When only one owner can be certified — a departing party, often unrepresented, often overseas — you need a certificate scoped to that one person. We draft it. Fixed fee, independent, delivered to the instructing firm.
Why a Standard Form LL Certificate Sometimes Cannot Be Used
Most Form LL certificates cover every person signing the deed. Sometimes that is impossible — and that is where most firms stop.
The classic case is one owner leaving the title. In a transfer of equity after a separation or buyout, the property is in joint names and both owners must execute the TR1 as disponors. But the transaction solicitor acts only for the owner who is staying.
No conveyancer will certify the identity of a party who is not their client. So the departing owner — often unrepresented, often overseas — is stranded, and the whole registration stalls.
The answer is a certificate scoped to one disponor only. That is what we provide, as a distinct service, on HM Land Registry’s Form RXC.
This is the route for the single-owner case. Where every registered owner can attend and be verified, our standard Form LL certificate service covering all owners is the right one — this page is only for situations that cannot be solved that way.
How Does Form RXC Option C Solve It?
Form RXC is HM Land Registry’s standard form for giving a certificate to comply with a restriction on a title — the document conveyancers often call a certificate of compliance for the Land Registry. It accompanies the registration application and offers three options. Only one of them can be scoped to a single person.
Option A
A generic compliance statement — expressly not usable for a Form LL restriction.
Option B
The prescribed all-disponor Form LL wording. All-or-nothing — it cannot be limited to one signatory.
Option C
Free text — the conveyancer sets out the full wording. Only Option C can be scoped to a named disponor.
Our certificate for the departing party and the transaction firm’s certificate for their own client then go to HM Land Registry together with the application. Two certificates, one registration.
When you need Option C
- One owner leaving the title — transfer of equity, divorce settlements and buyouts, where the departing party is unrepresented.
- Non-standard restrictions — bespoke title restrictions whose required certificate wording differs from the standard Form LL form.
- Third-party signing situations — where the terms of the certificate must be set out in full, in advance.
What Does a Single-Party Certificate Cost?
One fixed fee for considered professional drafting — confirmed within the hour once we have seen the restriction wording. No hourly billing, no hidden extras.
Single-Party / Bespoke Certificate
plus VAT — standard turnaround
Title register check, identity verification to HM Land Registry’s digital standard by video worldwide, confirmation of execution, bespoke certificate drafted and scoped to the named disponor, signed in wet ink by a notary of the practice.
Confirm My FeeSend Us the Restriction Wording
Tell us the title number and which disponor needs certifying. We confirm your fixed fee within the hour. No obligation.
How Does the Service Work?
The process mirrors our standard Form LL service, then adds the bespoke drafting that a scoped certificate requires.
Title Register Check
We review the title, the exact restriction wording and which disponor needs certifying.
Identity Verification
We verify the relevant party to HM Land Registry’s digital standard — by video, worldwide.
Confirm Execution
On a recorded video call we confirm the party freely and voluntarily executed the deed.
Bespoke Certificate
We draft the certificate scoped to the named disponor, sign it in wet ink and deliver it to the instructing firm.
Why This Is Drafting Work, Not a Tick-Box
A scoped certificate has to be exactly right. It must never be qualified, must track the restriction’s precise terms, and carries the RXC fraud warning — a false certificate engages section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006, with up to ten years’ imprisonment. A scope error means vouching for a party who was never verified.
That precision is what the fixed fee buys, and it is why instructing firms send these matters to us.
- Certificate scoped to one disponor — drafted from scratch, never a template forced to fit.
- Independent of the transaction — exactly what the departing, unrepresented party needs.
- Evidential-grade identity verification — IDVT to HM Land Registry’s digital standard, not a glance at a passport over a video call.
- Notaries are conveyancers for this purpose under rule 217A(2)(a) of the Land Registration Rules 2003 — the certificate is signed personally, in the signer’s own name.
A Single-Party Certificate We Handled
Transfer of equity, using Form RXC (Option C)
The situation. Two proprietors were disposing of a jointly owned property on a transfer of equity, and both had to execute the TR1 as disponors.
The constraint. The transaction solicitors acted only for the owner staying on the title. Nobody would certify the identity of the other owner — an unrepresented party leaving the title — so the standard all-disponor certificate was impossible and the registration could not proceed.
What we did. We completed HM Land Registry’s Form RXC using Option C, with certificate wording scoped precisely to that one disponor, sitting alongside the transaction solicitors’ own certificate for their client. The verification included a recorded video interview covering identity, free will and understanding of the transaction, with the party seen alone to confirm she was acting freely.
The outcome. Two certificates — ours for the departing party, the firm’s for the staying owner — went to HM Land Registry together with the application, and the registration went through.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can you certify just one owner when the other has their own solicitor?
Yes. That is exactly what a single-party certificate is for. We verify and certify the one disponor on Form RXC Option C, and the transaction firm certifies their own client. The two certificates are submitted to HM Land Registry together.
The departing owner is overseas — is that a problem?
No. We verify identity to HM Land Registry’s digital standard by video, worldwide, and confirm execution of the deed on a recorded video call. The party does not need to attend in person.
Why can’t the transaction solicitor just certify both owners?
Because a conveyancer will not certify the identity of a person who is not their client. On a transfer of equity the transaction firm acts only for the owner staying on the title, so the departing owner needs an independent conveyancer to verify them.
Why Option C and not Option B?
Option B is the prescribed Form LL wording and is all-or-nothing — it cannot be limited to one signatory. Only Option C is free text, which lets the certificate be scoped to a single named disponor. Option A cannot be used for a Form LL restriction at all.
Will HM Land Registry accept two separate certificates for one deed?
Yes. Our scoped certificate for the departing party and the transaction firm’s certificate for the staying owner go in together with the registration application, so that between them every disponor is covered.
What does a single-party (RXC Option C) certificate cost?
A fixed £400 + VAT. Because it is bespoke drafting scoped to a named party, we confirm the fee within the hour once we have seen the restriction wording, before you commit.
Is this the same as a “certificate of compliance” for the Land Registry?
Yes. “Certificate of compliance” is the everyday name for the certificate given on Form RXC to satisfy a restriction on the title. A single-party version is simply one scoped, under Option C, to a single named disponor rather than to every owner.
Is a notary allowed to sign a Form LL certificate?
Yes. A notary public is a “conveyancer” for this purpose under rule 217A(2)(a) of the Land Registration Rules 2003. Every certificate is signed personally by a notary of the practice, in the signer’s own name, as the rule requires.
Speak to a Notary About a Single-Party Certificate
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Notaries are conveyancers within rule 217A(2)(a) of the Land Registration Rules 2003 for Form LL certificates.
One Owner Can’t Be Certified? We Can Help.
Single-party Form LL certificates on Form RXC Option C — fixed £400 + VAT, scoped to your named disponor, delivered to the instructing firm. Your fee is confirmed within the hour.