How to fill in form RX1 — applying to enter a restriction on a registered title
Form RX1 is HM Land Registry's application to enter a restriction on a registered title — a note that stops a sale, transfer or new charge going through unless a stated condition is met first.
In an estate, that's most often a personal representative or beneficiary protecting an interest that arose on death: a severed joint tenancy that needs its Form A restriction added or confirmed, or an equitable interest under a will, intestacy or constructive trust that isn't yet reflected on the register.
This walkthrough covers when RX1 is (and isn't) the right form, the thirteen panels in order, the legal-basis choice in panel 8 that decides whether the application succeeds, and the warning block printed at the foot of the form about false statements and public inspection.
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This walkthrough takes RX1 field by field, in plain English. The form itself is short — five pages, thirteen panels; the hard part is panel 8, where exactly one of five legal-basis boxes has to be right, and knowing before you start whether RX1 is even the form the situation calls for.
The thing most people get wrong
Ticking the wrong box in panel 8 is the single most consequential error on this form — HM Land Registry's own Practice Guide 19 is named on the form itself because the five options (A–E) are easy to conflate.
Picking the wrong evidentiary basis — for instance ticking (A), registered proprietor, when the applicant is actually a beneficiary with an equitable interest under option (E) — can get the application rejected, or accepted on the wrong footing entirely.
The form, in summary
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RX1·5 pages·13 fields guided
With Valoren15 minutes
Without Valoren30–45 minutes
to complete, once you've worked out which of the five boxes in panel 8 applies and gathered the evidence or consent it needs
Deadline
No deadlinebut confirm survivorship doesn't apply first
Who Files
PR or beneficiaryor a conveyancer acting for either
RX1 is HM Land Registry's general-purpose application to enter a restriction on a registered title — a note on the register that stops certain dealings (a sale, a transfer, a new charge) going through unless a stated condition is met first.
In an estate context it typically appears where a joint tenancy was already severed into a tenancy in common before death and a Form A restriction needs adding (or was missed), or where a personal representative or beneficiary needs a restriction to protect an equitable interest arising under a will, intestacy, or a constructive trust during administration.
RX1 is not the form for a straightforward joint tenancy passing by survivorship — that needs no restriction at all, just a death certificate on form DJP — and it is not the primary form for severing a joint tenancy in the first place, which is Form SEV. Panel 8 of RX1 is the panel that decides everything: it asks the applicant to pick exactly one of five legal bases (A–E) for the application, and HM Land Registry's own Practice Guide 19 is cited on the form itself because the five are easy to conflate.
·Who Files — Most commonly, in Valoren's context: a personal representative protecting the deceased's severed share pending administration; a beneficiary under the will or intestacy rules protecting an equitable interest that isn't yet reflected on the register (panel 8's option E is built for exactly this case); a surviving joint tenant or trustee protecting their own position; or a conveyancer acting for any of the above. RX1 is not the form for a joint tenancy passing by survivorship, and it is not the primary way to sever a joint tenancy — that's Form SEV, used instead of RX1 where SEV's own listed severance evidence applies.
·5 pages · 13 fields guided
·Draws from your Estate File — Property Folio, Legal Instruments
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Section 1
Before you use RX1 — is this the right form
RX1 sits beside two other routes that look similar at a glance. Confirm this is the one the situation actually calls for before completing a single panel.
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Not needed where survivorship applies
If the joint tenancy was never severed before the co-owner's death, the survivor takes the whole property automatically — no restriction, and no RX1, is the right tool.
The correct step there is producing the death certificate on form DJP to update the register.
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RX1 vs Form SEV
Form SEV is specifically for severing a joint tenancy, and combines the severance notice with the Form A restriction application in one step, at no separate Land Registry fee, where one of SEV's own listed pieces of severance evidence applies.
RX1 is the fallback: use it where none of SEV's evidence options fit, or where the restriction isn't about severance at all — a declaration of trust, a constructive trust, or a beneficiary protecting an interest during administration.
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Who can apply
A personal representative protecting a deceased tenant-in-common's share; a beneficiary protecting an equitable interest under a will, intestacy, or constructive trust; a surviving joint tenant or trustee protecting their own position; or a conveyancer acting for any of these.
RX1 sits beside two other routes that look similar at a glance. Confirm this is the one the situation actually calls for before completing a single panel.
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Section 2
Panels 1–7 — the property, the application, and who's applying
The first seven panels identify what's being restricted, why, and by whom — before panel 8 gets to the legal basis itself.
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Panels 1–3 — local authority, title number, property
The local authority that serves the property (whichever collects its council tax or business rates), the registered title number(s), and the address or description — with a tick for whether the restriction covers the whole registered estate, only part of it, or a specified charge.
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Panel 4 — application and fee
States the application type — entry of restriction — the fee paid, and the payment method (cheque payable to 'Land Registry', or direct debit under an existing HMLR account).
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Panel 5 — documents lodged
Lists any accompanying evidence. Leave this blank if RX1 is being submitted together with form AP1 or FR1 — the document list goes on those forms instead. Certified copies are generally enough; originals are only needed for a first registration.
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Panel 6 — the applicant
Full name(s) of the person(s) applying for the restriction — the client, not the conveyancer, even where a conveyancer is lodging the application. This panel must always be completed.
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Panel 7 — who's sending the application
Name, address, DX box or key number of whoever is lodging RX1 with HM Land Registry, plus a reference and contact details. An email address here is needed to receive any 'warning of cancellation' letter if a conveyancer is lodging.
The first seven panels identify what's being restricted, why, and by whom — before panel 8 gets to the legal basis itself.
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Section 3
Panel 8 — the box that decides whether this application succeeds
Exactly one of five boxes has to be ticked. HM Land Registry names Practice Guide 19 on the form itself because the five are genuinely easy to conflate.
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(A) You're already the registered proprietor
The applicant is the registered proprietor of the estate or charge described in panel 3.
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(B) You're entitled to be registered as proprietor
Evidence of that entitlement is enclosed, or a conveyancer certifies they hold the original documents, or that an application to register the applicant is pending.
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(C) or (D) — made with someone else's consent
(C) is with the consent of the registered proprietor; (D) is with the consent of someone entitled to be registered as proprietor. Either way, the consent itself is enclosed, or a conveyancer certifies they hold it.
04
(E) Other evidence of the applicant's claim
Used where none of A–D fit but the applicant has some other sufficient interest — the box a beneficiary or personal representative asserting an equitable interest would typically use.
Ticking (E) requires either panel 12 (the applicant's own statement) or panel 13 (a conveyancer's certificate) to explain the nature of that interest — a bare tick on its own is not enough.
05
Without a conveyancer, the evidence has to be physical
If no conveyancer is acting, the actual supporting evidence or consent has to be enclosed with the application — a tick in panels 8's boxes isn't sufficient on its own without a conveyancer's certificate standing behind it.
Exactly one of five boxes has to be ticked. HM Land Registry names Practice Guide 19 on the form itself because the five are genuinely easy to conflate.
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Section 4
Panel 9 — writing the restriction itself
This is the substantive request: the exact wording of the restriction being applied for.
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Standard form, or written out in full
For a standard-form restriction under Schedule 4 of the Land Registration Rules 2003 (Form A, B, J, K, L, M, N and others), insert the reference letter. For non-standard wording, delete the bracketed 'in standard form' language and write the restriction out in full.
02
Address for service
Where the chosen restriction requires one, up to three addresses for service can be given per 'restrictioner' — one must be a physical postal address anywhere in the world; the other two can be postal, DX, or email. An incomplete panel 9 is a common reason applications are rejected or queried.
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Companies and LLPs
A restriction naming a company or LLP must include its registered number.
This is the substantive request: the exact wording of the restriction being applied for.
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Section 5
Panels 10–13 — signing, consent, and the evidence behind an 'E' claim
Who signs depends on whether a conveyancer is acting; panels 12 and 13 only apply where panel 8's option E was ticked.
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Panel 10 — signature
If a conveyancer acts, only the conveyancer signs — even where a named individual is the applicant, and even though the conveyancer must sign if they gave any of the panel 8 certificates.
If no conveyancer acts, every named applicant must sign personally — all of them, if there's more than one.
02
Panel 11 — consent
Where a named third party's consent to the restriction is required, up to four people can print their name and sign here, directly on the form.
03
Panel 12 — the applicant's own statement
Only completed where panel 8's option E was ticked AND no conveyancer is certifying on the applicant's behalf: a signed statement of the nature of the interest, and how it arose.
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Panel 13 — the conveyancer's certificate
The conveyancer's equivalent to panel 12 — used where a conveyancer is lodging on behalf of an applicant using option E, and is certifying the interest rather than having the applicant state it directly.
Who signs depends on whether a conveyancer is acting; panels 12 and 13 only apply where panel 8's option E was ticked.
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Section 6
After you lodge — the warning block at the foot of the form
Three warnings, printed at the foot of page 5, worth reading in full before you sign anything.
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The reasonable-cause duty
Section 77 of the Land Registration Act 2002 creates a duty not to apply for entry of a restriction without reasonable cause. Breach of that duty can create liability in damages to anyone who suffers loss as a result — a real exposure for a lay applicant acting without a conveyancer's certificate to lean on.
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What's public
Section 66 of the Land Registration Act 2002 means most documents lodged with HM Land Registry, including RX1 itself, are open to public inspection and copying. Exemption from this needs a separate application — form EX1, under rule 136 of the Land Registration Rules 2003.
03
The Fraud Act warning
Section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006 makes dishonestly entering untrue or misleading information on the form an offence carrying up to 10 years' imprisonment.
Three warnings, printed at the foot of page 5, worth reading in full before you sign anything.
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FAQ
RX1 questions, answered.
RX1 asks HM Land Registry to enter a restriction on a registered title — a note that stops a sale, transfer or new charge going through unless a stated condition is met first.
In an estate, it's typically used to protect a share or interest that arose on death, rather than to stop a dealing outright.
Form SEV is specifically for severing a joint tenancy — it combines the severance notice and the Form A restriction application in one step, at no separate Land Registry fee, where the applicant can produce one of SEV's own listed pieces of severance evidence.
RX1 is the general-purpose fallback: use it where none of SEV's listed evidence applies, or where the restriction being sought isn't about severance at all.
Only if the joint tenancy was already severed into a tenancy in common before death. If it wasn't severed, survivorship applies automatically — the survivor becomes sole owner without any restriction at all, evidenced by producing the death certificate on form DJP, not RX1.
Panel 8 offers five legal bases (A–E) and exactly one must be ticked — HM Land Registry's own Practice Guide 19 is named on the form itself because they're easy to conflate.
A beneficiary or personal representative asserting an equitable interest that doesn't fit boxes A–D typically uses box E, which then needs a supporting statement in panel 12 or a conveyancer's certificate in panel 13.
If a conveyancer is acting, only the conveyancer signs — even where a named individual is the applicant. If no conveyancer is acting, every named applicant must sign personally in panel 10.
No, not by default. Most documents lodged with HM Land Registry, including RX1 itself, are open to public inspection and copying under section 66 of the Land Registration Act 2002.
Exception from this needs a separate application, form EX1, under rule 136 of the Land Registration Rules 2003.
The form carries two warnings worth taking seriously: section 77 of the Land Registration Act 2002 creates a duty not to apply for a restriction without reasonable cause, with liability in damages to anyone who suffers loss as a result — and section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006 makes dishonestly entering untrue or misleading information an offence carrying up to 10 years' imprisonment.
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Where this fits
RX1 is one form. The file behind it is the rest.
An RX1 application depends on knowing exactly how the property was held before death — joint tenants or tenants in common — and on the paper trail behind whichever panel 8 box actually fits.
The Property Folio record holds the title number and how the property was registered; Legal Instruments holds the severance notice, will, or grant that panel 8 and panel 12/13 need to point back to.
HM Land Registry·13 fields·£20 if lodged electronically (up to 3 titles, +£10 per extra title) or £40 on paper (up to 3 titles, +£20 per extra title) for a standard-form restriction — a fixed fee, not the ad valorem scale fee used for a sale. Sourced from HM Land Registry's published fees guidance rather than the fee order itself, so check gov.uk's current fee calculator before relying on the exact figure.·15 minutes with Valoren