ID1 form: proving your identity to HM Land Registry
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The short answer
Form ID1 is how a private individual without a conveyancer proves their identity to HM Land Registry for a transfer, lease, mortgage or discharge. A conveyancer, Chartered Legal Executive or Licensed Probate Practitioner verifies you and signs it; you add a passport-size colour photo taken in the last three months. It must be dated and signed no more than three months before the application is lodged (HM Land Registry guidance).
- Offer acceptedSeller's informationTA6TA10
- Exchange and completionThe transfer deedTR1
- Within 14 days (England) or 30 days (Wales)Tax on the purchase: SDLT in England, LTT in WalesSDLT return
- Within 30 working daysRegistrationAP1ID1
- After lodgingHM Land Registry's questionsRequisitions
Who needs it, and who can verify
A private individual who is a party to a transfer, lease, mortgage or discharge and isn't represented by a conveyancer, or who sends the application to HM Land Registry themselves, fills in form ID1; each person fills in their own, and companies use form ID2. The verifier can be a conveyancer authorised under the Legal Services Act 2007 with a current practising certificate, a Chartered Legal Executive, or a Licensed Probate Practitioner; a paralegal can't verify. If you live abroad and a UK conveyancer can't do it, a lawyer or notary public qualified where you live can (HM Land Registry). HM Land Registry doesn't charge for the form, though the professional who verifies your identity may charge for doing it (HM Land Registry). Identity confirmation isn't needed where the land is worth £6,000 or less, with a valuer's certificate, and in a few other cases listed in the guidance; a buyer or seller with a conveyancer acting doesn't fill one in, as the conveyancer confirms identity on the AP1 (HM Land Registry; Practice Guide 67).
The three sections
| Section | Completed by | What it covers (form ID1) |
|---|---|---|
| A | You | Your details, signed and dated by hand. |
| B | The verifier, in person | A conveyancer, Chartered Legal Executive or Licensed Probate Practitioner who has seen you and your identity evidence. |
| C | The verifier, digitally | Used instead of B when a conveyancer verifies you under HM Land Registry's digital identity standard (added June 2025). |
Checklist
- One ID1 for each individual who isn't represented. Companies use ID2 (HM Land Registry).
- A passport-size colour photo taken within three months, on photographic paper; two copies if a conveyancer verifies you, as they keep one (HM Land Registry).
- The identity evidence the verifier asks for, seen in person (section B) or checked digitally (section C) (HM Land Registry).
- Signed by hand and dated no more than three months before lodging. No electronic signatures (HM Land Registry).
- Sent with the application (usually the AP1) to HM Land Registry's Citizen Centre (address for applications).
A missing or out-of-date ID1 is one of the reasons HM Land Registry raises a requisition. See HM Land Registry requisitions.
Questions
Who needs to fill in form ID1?
Who can verify my identity on an ID1?
How recent must the ID1 be?
Can I sign the ID1 electronically?
Is there a fee for the ID1?
When isn't an ID1 needed?
Sources
- HM Land Registry: Verify identity: citizen (ID1)
- HM Land Registry: completing forms ID1 and ID2
- HM Land Registry Practice Guide 67: evidence of identity (conveyancers)
- HM Land Registry: address for applications
Checked against these sources on 30 October 2026. Updated . General information, not legal advice: Instrukt is not a law firm and doesn't provide conveyancing. Always use the current form from GOV.UK.