About the Property

How to complete the 'About the Property' section of the online LBTT return.

About the Property

Note: If there are two or more properties involved in the land transaction, in the ‘List of Additional Properties’ area near the bottom of the screen select ‘Add’ each time you need to add an additional property (there are no limits to the number of properties that can be added).  You can edit or delete the information about any additional properties by selecting ‘Edit’ and ‘Delete’ respectively.

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Local authority number

You must answer this question.

From the drop-down list select the local authority in whose area the property in the transaction is situated.  If a property straddles a local authority boundary enter the code for the local authority in which most of the property falls.

Title Number

Note: Only complete this question if you know the full title number.

Firstly, from the drop-down list select the appropriate county code for the property’s title number e.g. for Aberdeen select ‘ABN’.

Secondly, in the free-text field to the right of the county code enter the property’s title number (if known).

Parent Title Number

Note: Only complete this question if you know the full parent title number.

If you do not know the title number of the property it is possible that it forms part of a larger area. Where this is the case, firstly select from the drop-down list the appropriate county code for the property’s parent title number e.g. for Aberdeen select ‘ABN’.

Secondly, in the free-text field to the right of the county code enter the parent title number(s) to which the property relates.

Address

You must answer this question.

Enter the full postal address of the property, including where possible the house (or office) name, the house (or office) number and the postcode.  Where there is no recognised postal address, enter a description of the property.

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