When we submit a document to the land registry office, the registration number of the submission and a brief summary of the marginal note are entered into the title deed of the property in question by the land registry office within a short period of time. Once the land registry office has made the change requested in the application, the marginal note is deleted.
The marginal note therefore indicates that an application has been submitted and/or a procedure is in progress in relation to the property, which the land registry office has not yet assessed. However, the content of the marginal note on the title deed does not always provide comprehensive information about the underlying legal transaction. For example, if the buyer purchases only a part of a property held in undivided joint ownership, only the buyer's name will be indicated in the marginal note, but not which co-owner's ownership share the sale relates to.