Form

Change the register (AP1)

Use the AP1 form to change the register for a property including changing your name.

• From: HM Land Registry
• Published: 24 October 2012
• Last updated: 23 December 2025
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  1. 23 December 2025

     Guidance has been updated to what documents can be certified by the customer.

  2. 7 October 2024

     We have added a side note to panel 4 to explains the ways a private individual can pay fees to HM Land Registry and a side note to panel 7 to explain which customers can and cannot apply for a key number.

  3. 5 August 2024

     We have added a side note to panel 7 to explain that we will only send an acknowledgement of receipt of a postal application by way of email.

  4. 15 July 2024

     Section 9 of ‘Guidance: completing form AP1’ has been updated to refer to panel 4 also being completed if you are making an application to change an existing address for service for a proprietor of the registered estate. We have also added a side note to panel 9 in form AP1.

  5. 1 February 2024

     Updated the applications for registered land checklist.

  6. 15 January 2024

     We have amended the side note to panel 8 in form AP1 and Guidance: completing form AP1. From 15 January 2024 we will not be sending notifications to third parties.

  7. 29 August 2023

     A side note to panel 9 has been amended to replace a reference to "electronic address" with "email address" for clarity. A side note to panels 12 and 13 have been amended to remove reference to now withdrawn practice guide 67A.

  8. 1 August 2022

     Panel 6 has been amended as a result of the Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2022.

  9. 14 October 2021

     Added a new guide on how to change your name after marriage or civil partnership using an AP1 form.

  10. 4 May 2020

      We've amended the side note to panel 12 to refer to new practice guide 67A.

  11. 19 September 2018

      The guidance notes for the completion of the form have been amended to clarify that we will not send a notification to someone else at the same firm that has lodged the application.

  12. 25 May 2018

      We added a guidance note about our personal information charter, which explains how we process customer data. We also added a note to clarify that only professional customers will have a key number and a note about the identity evidence panels, to specify that a separate box must be used for each party.

  13. 30 October 2017

      We have added a side note to panel 4 to clarify that the order of applications must be made clear and it is the applicant's responsibility to specify which has priority.

  14. 3 November 2016

      Welsh version of checklist added.

  15. 7 October 2016

      Checklist and video: applications for registered land added.

  16. 11 January 2016

      We have added a side note to panel 7 as a result of a change in our procedures. From 11 January 2016 we will change how we send warning of cancellation letters and what they contain.

  17. 3 August 2015

      Advice as to the completion of the form has been added

  18. 24 October 2012

      Added translation

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Change the register (AP1)

MS Word Document, 165 KB

Change the register (AP1)

PDF, 237 KB, 7 pages

Guidance: change your name after marriage or civil partnership

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Guidance: completing form AP1

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Checklist – Applications for registered land

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Checklist: applications for registered land

MS Word Document, 29.7 KB

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Details

Land registration is complex, designed to protect legal and financial interests in property. There can be significant consequences for any error. Please consider seeking legal representation. Before making an application without legal representation, it is important to consider the benefits of using a conveyancer.

Use this form to register most transactions on a property. You will normally need to submit another form and/or appropriate evidence as well.

Fee and address

Send the completed form with the correct fee to our standard address.