Land Registry

The Land Registry was established in August 1993 as one of the first trading fund departments. We are committed to providing secure and customer-friendly land registration and information services for the community. We will continue to enhance our services by pursuing new initiatives and the introduction of land title registration.

In 1841, a Land Officer was appointed to administer lands, collect the revenue derivable from them and oversee public works. The Government required that applications for land should be made in person to the Land Officer. The principle of land registration was then established and the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128) was passed on 28 February 1844. It is one of the oldest ordinances still in force in Hong Kong. In the same year, the Land Office was established under the provisions of the Land Registration Ordinance. On 1 April 1949, the Land Office merged with the other functions including the Companies Registry, the Trademarks Registry, the Office of the Official Receiver in Bankruptcy, the Official Trustee's Office and the Marriage Registry, to form the Registrar General's Department. In May 1993, upon the disestablishment of the Registrar General's Department, the Land Registry was formed to take up the land registration and owners' corporation registration functions of the Land Office and became one of the first trading fund departments.

The responsibilities of the Land Office were originally confined to Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Registration of instruments affecting properties in the New Territories was performed by the District Land Offices administered by District Officers. In 1982, the former Registrar General's Department started a phased programme to take over all District Land Offices and assumed responsibility for land registration throughout the New Territories. The take-over of North District Land Office on 23 July 1990 marked the end of the whole take-over programme. Since 1997, as part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, the Land Registry has continued to provide registration and search services for the entire region.

Contact Us

Tel: 3105 0000

Fax: 2596 0281

Email: csa@landreg.gov.hk

Address: Queensway Government Offices,28th Floor, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong

Website: www.landreg.gov.hk