Overseas Witnessing – Who is acceptable to the Land Titles Office in Queensland

Sep 5, 2019 | Conveyancing, Home owner

If you are overseas when it comes time to sign important documentation in relation to your conveyance it can often be difficult to find a witness who is accepted by the Land Titles office in Queensland.

To make things easier the Land Titles office has set out a list of persons and their qualifications who are acceptable to witness documents which will be lodged with the Land Titles Office

An example of the accepted witnesses are:

1.   an Australian Consular Officer;
2.   a competent Officer of the Defence Force
3.   Notary Public; or
4.   an Australian Legal Practitioner