LPL4804 CONVEYANCING-GUIDELINES-MAY-22-
FINAL (1).
, CONVEYANCING: CONVENTIONAL DEEDS (ACT 47/1937)
GUIDELINE OF FEES1
Effective from 16 May 2022
Conveyancing fees are negotiable. These are merely guidelines and not minimum or maximum fees.
1. GENERAL NOTES
The fees recommended in this guideline are in respect of and include inter alia the general conveyancing duties
performed by a conveyancer for procuring the due and proper execution and registration of the relevant deed or
document, or the filing thereof or cancellation thereof, as the case may be, as well as the responsibility placed on him
or her for the accuracy of the facts mentioned in deeds or documents or which are relevant in connection with the
registration or filing thereof as contemplated in section 15A of the Deeds Registries Act, Act 47 of 1937 (the Act), as
amended; for ensuring that copies of any deeds and documents are identical as at the date of lodgement, that all
applicable conditions of title are correctly brought forward in any deed of transfer or certificate of title, that any person
signing a document as principal or representative has been appointed and is acting in accordance within the powers
granted to him or her and that any security required has been furnished to the Master, that parties to deeds are correctly
reflected, that the necessary authority has been obtained for the signing of any document in a representative capacity,
that the transaction in question is authorised by and in accordance with the constitution, regulations or founding
statement or trust instrument of a trust, as the case may be, of any church, association, close corporation, society, trust
or other body of persons, or any institution (whether created by statute or otherwise) being a party to such document,
where applicable, that the relevant particulars in the deed have been correctly brought forward from the power of
attorney, as contemplated in Regulation 44A of the Deeds Regulations; and for this purpose shall include the taking
and giving of instructions, all correspondence, including the perusal of completed deeds of sale; the preparation and
attendance on signature of all powers of attorney, declarations, affidavits, resolutions, status affidavits, company
certificates, exchange control certificates, certificates in terms of section 20 of the Alienation of Land Act 68/1981 and
other necessary preliminary and ancillary documents as well as attendances in connection with the obtaining,
preparation and signature of documents to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Financial Intelligence Centre
Act and the signature of ancillary documents required by a mortgagee in terms of the National Credit Act; the payment
of transfer duty or VAT and of all rates levied by any lawful authority, the obtaining and making of all clearance and
other certificates; including attendances or consultation with an outside agent to obtain clearance certificates; the
perusal of memoranda and articles of association and trust deeds, the making of all necessary financial arrangements,
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,including the issuing of guarantees on behalf of bondholders or the provision and checking of guarantees and attending
payment in terms thereof; the drawing and preparation of any document, including all copies thereof, required for
execution or registration at a deeds registry and the obtaining of registration thereof, arranging simultaneous lodgement
and registration with another conveyancer or other conveyancers, where necessary; the giving of all references
required by the deeds registry for examination purposes; and all attendances at the deeds registry, but shall not include:
1.1 any attendance in connection with the drawing and execution of deeds of sale, deeds of donation, deeds of
exchange, preliminary partition agreements, deeds of suretyship and acknowledgements of debt and documents
of a similar nature;
1.2 any separate act of registration of any other document which may be necessary before or in connection with the
first-mentioned act of registration;
1.3 any attendance in connection with the resolution of a dispute between the transferor and the transferee arising
from a deed of sale or any of the other documents referred to in 1.1 above or from whatsoever cause;
1.4 any attendance arising from negotiations between the parties, resulting in a further agreement or addendum or
amendment to an existing agreement;
1.5 any consultation for the purpose of drafting a marriage contract;
1.6 any attendance or consultation, in addition to taking instructions, relating to the opening of a township register
in terms of section 46 of the Act; or incisions or excisions;
1.7 any attendance in connection with the preparation and obtaining of documents relating to collateral security
required by a mortgagee;
1.8 any attendance on the issue of additional letters of undertaking and guarantees (other than in favour of or for
bond holders, the seller or transferring attorney or undertakings for cancellation/release of bond costs in favour
of the bond cancellation attorney). Suggested fee: R790 per undertaking / guarantee;
1.9 any attendance on investments in trust in terms of section 86(4) of the Legal Practice Act 28/2014.
Recommended fee: R790 per investment, alternatively a fee based on the amount and duration of the
investment;
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, 1.10 any attendance or disbursement paid to a computer software supplier for purposes of receiving or drafting
instructions electronically;
1.11 any attendance or consultation with an outside agent to attend to municipal refunds and reconciliations on behalf
of client. Suggested fee: R550. The aforesaid fee excludes the fee payable to the outside agent;
1.12 any formal certification to any linked attorney or third party of material facts relating to the transaction but beyond
what is required for registration of the transaction itself and which certification a conveyancer may, but is not
obliged, to furnish (such as certification of the sale price, no conditions or servitudes that adversely affect the
value of the property or the security of a mortgage bond, the disposal not forming a major part of seller’s assets,
or compliance with specific sections of the Companies Act, Insolvency Act or any other Act) and that places the
conveyancer at professional risk: A fee of R1 330 per certification or a fee assessed according to the perceived
risk and/or complexity thereof is recommended, payable by the requesting attorney or party.
NOTE: It is recommended that additional charges and disbursements discussed above in 1.1 to 1.12 be agreed upon
in advance with the client.
2. DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of these guidelines -
(a) a folio consists of 100 printed or written words or figures or part thereof and four figures shall be recorded as
one word; and
(b) ‘value of property’ means:
(i) where transfer duty is payable, the purchase price or the amount on which transfer duty is payable,
whichever amount is the higher;
(ii) where no transfer duty is payable in terms of section 9(2) of the Transfer Duty Act 40 of 1949 , the purchase
price or the declared value as determined in the Transfer Duty Act, whichever amount is the higher;
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