Fees in the Department of the Registers of Scotland (Amendment) Order 1990

1. RECORDING FEES

A.    Conveyances

Recording of conveyance, including absolute conveyance, voluntary or judicial , either for a price or as a gift or in implement of trust or other purpose, completion of title by decree or by Notice of Title, feu-right, lease, deed creating a ground annual or other yearly or periodical payment where there is a transfer of heritable subjects not in security, and generally all deeds transferring an absolute right to heritable subjects.

The fee shall be calculated as follows:–

(a) in the case of a conveyance for a consideration, on the amount of the consideration or the value of the heritable subjects transferred or passing, whichever is the greater, or

(b) in any other case, on the value of the heritable subjects transferred or passing,

at the rate of £11.00 for every £5,000 or part of £5,000, subject to a minimum of £22.00 and a maximum of £550.00, as shown in the following Table.

TABLE

Consideration or value		Fee	Consideration or value		Fee
	£	£		£	£
Notes 1. Where the consideration consists of a feu duty, rent, ground annual or other yearly or periodical payment, the amount of that consideration shall be the capitalised amount of the payment, calculated at 20 years' purchase. 2. Where an excambion is effected by more than one deed, a fee will be charged for each deed on the value of the subjects therein. Where an excambion is effected by one deed, the fee will be calculated on the total value of the subjects therein.
does not exceed	10,000	22.00	does not exceed	135,000	297.00
,, ,,	15,000	33.00	,, ,,	140,000	308.00
,, ,,	20,000	44.00	,, ,,	145,000	319.00
,, ,,	25,000	55.00	,, ,,	150,000	330.00
,, ,,	30,000	66.00	,, ,,	155,000	341.00
,, ,,	35,000	77.00	,, ,,	160,000	352.00
,, ,,	40,000	88.00	,, ,,	165,000	363.00
,, ,,	45,000	99.00	,, ,,	170,000	374.00
,, ,,	50,000	110.00	,, ,,	175,000	385.00
,, ,,	55,000	121.00	,, ,,	180,000	396.00
,, ,,	60,000	132.00	,, ,,	185,000	407.00
,, ,,	65,000	143.00	,, ,,	190,000	418.00
,, ,,	70,000	154.00	,, ,,	195,000	429.00
,, ,,	75,000	165.00	,, ,,	200,000	440.00
,, ,,	80,000	176.00	,, ,,	205,000	451.00
,, ,,	85,000	187.00	,, ,,	210,000	462.00
,, ,,	90,000	198.00	,, ,,	215,000	473.00
,, ,,	95,000	209.00	,, ,,	220,000	484.00
,, ,,	100,000	220.00	,, ,,	225,000	495.00
does not exceed	105,000	231.00	does not exceed	230,000	506.00
,, ,,	110,000	242.00	,, ,,	235,000	517.00
,, ,,	115,000	253.00	,, ,,	240,000	528.00
,, ,,	120,000	264.00	,, ,,	245,000	539.00
,, ,,	125,000	275.00	,, ,,	250,000	550.00
,, ,,	130,000	286.00	exceeds	250,000	550.00

B.    Securities

Recording of security, including the constitution, transfer, postponement, corroboration or extinction of a security, (but excluding a ground annual created by bilateral deed).

The fee shall be calculated as follows:–

(i) on the amount of the security or securities created, transferred, postponed, corroborated or discharged; or

(ii) where there is any combination of transfer, postponement, corroboration and discharge of a security or securities, on the amount of the security or securities affected by such combination.

at the rate of £11.00 for every £10,000 or part of £10,000, subject to a minimum of £22.00 and a maximum of £275.00, as shown in the following Table.

Amount		Fee	Amount		Fee
	£	£		£	£
Notes 1. Where a security secures a yearly or periodical payment, the amount of the security shall be the capitalised amount of the payment, calculated for perpetual payments at 20 years' purchase and for liferent payments according to the value of the expectancy. 2. Where a Standard Security accompanies a conveyance to the granter of the security of the subjects over which the security is constituted, the fee for the recording of the Standard Security will be £22.00. 3. Where two or more Standard Securities or Discharges thereof are recorded in respect of one loan, a fee for the full amount of the loan will be charged on one writ and a fee of £22.00 will be charged on each of the others. This arrangement applies only to Standard Securities or Discharges thereof. 4. In the case of a Discharge and Deed of Restriction the fee will be charged on the amount of the Discharge. 5. In the case of a Deed of Restriction there will be a fee of £22.00. 6. In the case of a Variation of a Standard Security there will be a fee of £22.00, except where the amount secured by the Standard Security is increased, in which case the fee will be charged on the amount of the increase.
does not exceed	20,000	22.00	does not exceed	140,000	154.00
,, ,,	30,000	33.00	,, ,,	150,000	165.00
,, ,,	40,000	44.00	,, ,,	160,000	176.00
,, ,,	50,000	55.00	,, ,,	170,000	187.00
,, ,,	60,000	66.00	,, ,,	180,000	198.00
,, ,,	70,000	77.00	,, ,,	190,000	209.00
,, ,,	80,000	88.00	,, ,,	200,000	220.00
,, ,,	90,000	99.00	,, ,,	210,000	231.00
,, ,,	100,000	110.00	,, ,,	220,000	242.00
,, ,,	110,000	121.00	,, ,,	230,000	253.00
,, ,,	120,000	132.00	,, ,,	240,000	264.00
,, ,,	130,000	143.00	,, ,,	250,000	275.00
			exceeds	250,000	275.00

C.    Miscellaneous writs

Recording of miscellaneous writs not coming under head A or B above:–

(1)	Notice of Payment of Grant	£22.00
(2)	Receipt registered in terms of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965	£ 0.25
(3)	Discharge of feu duty, ground annual or other yearly or periodical sum or Receipt for Redemption thereof	£22.00
	Note: If any such Discharge or Receipt is endorsed on or annexed to a relevant conveyance, no separate fee will be charged.
(4)	All other miscellaneous writs	£22.00
(5)	Writ recorded by Memorandum	£ 2.00 for each Memorandum