Does the Land Registry only go back as far as 2000?

[erebus]

I am trying to ascertain ownership of a property that may have changed hands in 1996, in Cornwall.

Am I reading the LR site correctly as it seems to say it can only provide details of property that changed hands after 2000!

I don't really want to pay them a fee to find they have no record.

[Collaborate]

Goes back to 1925 - but not all property has been registered since then.

[mumblechum1]

I have a feeling (tho' any conveyancers on here may correct me!) that 2000 was when they stopped issuing paper deeds such as Charge Certificates. As Collaborate says, the records go back a long way. All transactiions since 1986 have to be registered.

[Collaborate]

The cost is incredibly cheap anyway.

[erebus]

OK, probably worth me doing then. I jut didn't want to be an idiot and ask for info which their website may have made clear didn't exist

[erebus]

But if the 'free' enquiry says, having found the correct address:

Sorry, we do not have a record of any titles for this property. This does not necessarily mean that the property is unregistered.

AM I wasting my time & money?!

[Collaborate]

Just do an index map search. I think it costs £4. sometimes the address you might know a property as doesn't match the address the LR knows it as. If there's a risk of that, you should literally go and inspect the map.

[erebus]

It's a bit frustrating as I know the house was bought by the tenant from the Council back in Thatcher's time so there MUST be a record of who by! It's not a 350 year old property with no provenance!