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Queensland Globe can show you useful property information for free, including the lot and plan, land area, valuation and approximate boundaries. But if you need to see the registered owner, mortgages, caveats, easements or other registered interests, you’ll need a current QLD title search.

A dealing number on a title search points to a separate registered document. Learn how to use it to order the full instrument or plan.

"Subject to interests" on a title means ownership is qualified by rights recorded elsewhere. Learn what it can point to and how to check the detail.

Registered property interests get the protection of the Torrens title system. Learn how that differs from an unregistered claim, and why it matters.

An encumbrance on title is a right or restriction affecting land. Learn the common types, and which ones a standard title search may not show.

A right of way on a property is an easement letting others pass over part of the land. Learn how it's recorded and what its terms may cover.

A mortgage on title records a lender's security interest in a property. Learn what a title search shows about it, and what happens at sale.

A caveat on title is a notice that someone claims an interest in a property. Learn what it may mean for a sale and how it can be removed.

A covenant on title is a promise or obligation relating to land. Learn what it can restrict, and what it may take to vary or remove one.

Want to find easements on property? Learn how a title search and registered plan work together, and what each one may or may not show.

What is an easement? It's a legal right to use or access part of a property for a specific purpose. Learn what title records show and don't show.

Before You Dig Australia helps identify underground utility infrastructure—but it doesn’t show the complete property picture. Learn how utility plans, registered property plans and title searches work together before excavation begins.

A subdivision plan legally divides one lot into two or more new lots. Learn what it shows, what it doesn't, and when it becomes official.

A strata plan divides a building into individual lots and common property. Here's what it shows, what it doesn't, and what to check before buying.

A Tasmania folio plan shows the lot linked to a title's volume and folio reference. Learn what it covers and how it relates to the Folio Text.

A WA deposited plan (DP), administered by Landgate, records a lot's boundaries and layout. Here's how to find and read one for your property.

A Victoria plan of subdivision (PS) or lodged plan (LP) defines a lot's boundaries. Learn the difference and what each type of plan shows.

QLD survey plans are registered as RP or SP numbers. Learn what the difference means and what each type of plan shows about a property.

A deposited plan in NSW records a lot's boundaries and layout, referenced as a DP number on title. Here's how to find and read one.

Registered property plans look dense at first — lot numbers, bearings, abbreviations. Here's how to read one, element by element.