When buying, selling or owning real estate, it is all about the paperwork, which ensures that you own the real estate. And all this paperwork has to be registered with the relevant Deeds Regitries Office in South Africa. But they don't put up 6 foot bill boards so you can find the deeds offices easily, so here are the contact details for the various South African Deeds Offices:
Chief Registrar of Deeds for South Africa
The offices of the Chief Registrar of Deeds for South Africa is in the Poyton Building, at the corner of Church and Bosman Streets, PRETORIA, 0002. The postal address for the Chief Registrar of Deeds for South Africa is Private Bag X918, PRETORIA, 0001, and the telephone and fax numbers are (012) 338-7227 and (012) 328-3347. Mr S Lefafa (slefafa@dla.gov.za) is the contact person for the offices of the Chief Registrar of Deeds for South Africa. You could also visit the Deeds Office website for South Africa, and find your title deed information online.
Bloemfontein Deeds Office
The Bloemfontein Registrar of Deeds serves the whole Free State Province, and is located at the New Central Government Offices, Nelson Mandela Drive, BLOEMFONTEIN, 9301. The postal address for the Bloemfontein Registrar of Deeds is Private Bag X20613, BLOEMFONTEIN, 9300. The Bloemfontein Deeds Registries Office can also be contacted at telephone number (051) 403-0300, or fax number (051) 403-0308. The contact person for the Bloemfontein Registrar of Deeds is Mrs C Knoesen (cknoesen@dla.gov.za).
Cape Town Deeds Office
The Cape Town Registrar of Deeds serves the whole Western Cape and Part of Eastern Cape & Northern Cape. The Cape Town Deeds Office can be mailed at Private Bag X9073, CAPE TOWN, 8000, or visited at the New Revenue Building, 90 Plein Street, CAPE TOWN, 8001. Ther telephone number is (021) 462-3530 and the fax number is (021) 462-3539. Mr K Pillay (kpillay@dla.gov.za) is the contact person for the Cape Town Registrar of Deeds
Johannesburg Deeds Office
The Johannesburg Registrar of Deeds serves a portion of the Gauteng Province from their offices at 2 Rissikstreet, JOHANNESBURG, 2001. The Johannesburg Deeds Office can also be contacted at P.O.Box 61873, Marshalltown, 2107, telephone number (011) 378-2111, or fax number (011) 378-2100. MR AH Stephen (ahstephen@dla.gov.za) is the contact person for the Johannesburg Registrar of Deeds.
Kimberley Deeds Office
The Kimberley Registrar of Deeds serves part of Northern Cape. Their offices are in the New Public Building, cnr Knight and Stead streets, KIMBERLEY, 8301. The Kimberley Deeds Office can be contacted through Ms L Smith (lsmith@dla.gov.za) at Private Bag X5026, KIMBERLEY, 8300, telephone number(053) 832-7228/9, or fax number (053) 832-5888.
King William's Town Deeds Office
The King William's Town Registrar of Deeds serves part of Eastern Cape from their offices at 113 Alexander Road, KING WILLIAM'S TOWN, 5601. The King William's Town Deeds Office can also be contacted at Private Bag X7402, KING WILLIAM'S TOWN, 5600, telephone number (043) 642-2741, or fax number (043) 642-4539. Mr J Badenhorst (jbadenhorst@dla.gov.za) is the contact person for the King William's Town Deeds Registries Office.
Pietermaritzburg Deeds Office
The Pietermaritzburg Registrar of Deeds serves the whole Kwazulu Natal Province. Their offices are at 300 Pietermaritz Street, PIETERMARITZBURG, 3201, and they can be mailed at Private Bag X9028, PIETERMARITZBURG, 3200.
The telephone number for the Pietermaritzburg Registrar of Deeds is (033) 355-6800, and the fax number is (033) 345-5101. Mr HP Basson (hpbasson@dla.gov.za) is the contact person for the Pietermaritzburg Deeds Registries Office.
Pretoria Deeds Office
The Pretoria Registrar of Deeds serves part of Gauteng, part of North West, the whole of the Mpumalanga & Limpopo Provinces. The Pretoria Deeds Registries Office is located at the Central Government Offices, Cnr Vermeulen/Bosman Streets, PRETORIA, 0002, and can be mailed at Private Bag X183, PRETORIA, 0001. The telephone number is (012) 338-7034 and the fax number is (012) 338-7103. Mr PE Mesefo (pemesefo@dla.gov.za) is the contact person for the Pretoria Registrar of Deeds.
Umtata Deeds Office
The Umtata Deeds Registries Office serves part of Eastern Cape. The deeds office in Umtata is located in the Botha Sigcau Building, UMTATA, 5100, and can be mailed at postal address Private Bag X5040, UMTATA, 5100, telephoned at (0475) 312-150, or faxed at fax number (0475) 312-873. The contact person for the Umtata Deeds Registries Office is Mr NM Mantanga (nmmantanga@dla.gov.za).
Vryburg Deeds Office
Vryburg Registrar of Deeds serves part of the Northern Cape and part of the North West Province from the Government Building, 26 De Kockstreet, VRYBURG, 8601. The Umtata Deeds Registries office can be mailed at postal address Private Bag X1, VRYBURG, 8600, telephoned at (05392) 71-076/7/8, or faxed at (05392) 74-002. The contact person for the Umtata Deeds Registries office is Mr M Sechele (msechele@dla.gov.za).
