Last updated: 11 October 2021
Jurisdiction: NSW
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Overview
If a Sole Proprietor, a Tenant in Common, or all parties in a Joint Tenancy on a title have passed away, then you can lodge a Transmission Application to appoint a legal representative to an estate. This allows an Executor, Executor by Representation, Administrator, or Trustee to obtain ownership of the title to deal with the Estate.
A Transmission can be lodged:
- As a standalone application
- Together in the same Workspace as a Transfer
When lodging a Transmission Application in NSW, the following information is required:
- Details of Death
- Evidence Details
In NSW, you are not required to submit supporting documents when lodging Transmission Applications in PEXA, however, ensure that you are in possession of the correct documentation.
Alternatively, if a beneficiary has been nominated, then the ownership of title can be directly transferred to the beneficiary by completing a Transmission Direct to Beneficiary.
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Steps
- Create the Workspace with the following settings:
- Transaction Type: Transmission
- Role: Incoming Proprietor
- For a standalone Transmission, select No to Financial Settlement required?.
- For a Transmission lodged with a Transfer in the same Workspace, select Yes to Financial Settlement required? and Will this transaction involve a Transfer?.
- Review the Land Title.
- Register the Proprietor(s) on Title as deceased:
- On the Participant screen, click Edit Party next to the party to be registered as deceased.
- For Representation, select The Proprietor is Deceased.

- Add Details of Death:
- Click Add Details of Death.
- Enter the Date of death.
- Click Confirm.

- Complete the rest of the form as per normal then Save the changes.
Complete the same steps as above for all proprietors who are deceased.
- Create the Legal Personal Representative:
- Navigate to the Participants screen and then click Create Party.
- For the Role, select Incoming Proprietor.
- For Party Capacity to be recorded on Title, select one of the following options:
- Administrator
- Executor
- Executor by Representation
- Trustee

- Complete the rest of the form as per normal.
- Create a Transmission document:
- Navigate to Documents > Create Document > Transmission.
- By default, the Applicant Details is pre-populated with the party you created in step 3.
- For Tenancy, select the deceased tenant. Ensure that Details of Death has been added against the selected tenant.

- Add Evidence Details:
- Select the Evidence Type.
- Enter the reference number and date.
- Click Add Evidence to add additional evidence if required.

- Save the document.
- Edit the Notice of Sale:
- On the Documents screen, click Edit next to Notice of Sale.
- Complete the fields and then Save the changes.
The document status for Notice of Sale should now be Prepared.
- For a Transfer Workspace only—If you are lodging a standalone Transmission then skip this step.
Invite the Incoming Proprietor into the Workspace via the Participants screen and then wait for them to:
- Create and represent the incoming party as a new party in the Workspace.
- Create the Transfer document.
- Edit the Lodgement Instructions.
- On the Documents screen, click Edit against Lodgement Instructions.
- Complete the fields and then Save the changes.
- View, sign, and lodge the documents:
- Once the Transmission Application is Prepared and Successful, select View to view a render of this document. Click Back to go back to the Documents screen.
- Click Sign to sign the Lodgement instructions, Transmission Application, and Transfer.
- Click Submit for Lodgement.
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