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Unregistered land is that of which no title has ever been registered with the land registry (see RegisteredTitle). Since there is now a statutory duty to register all transfers of alegal estate in England and Wales, the amount of unregistered land is decreasing. However, about 20% probably remains unregistered.

For a discussion of the issues involved in buying unregistered land, see unregistered conveyancing.