• Do I Need To Provide Certified ID Copies To Vendors Solicitor?

    By Guest on 18th Jan 2018

    I am completing my own conveyancing for a property purchase and the vendors solicitor has requested me to provide them with certified copies of my passport/ driving license and a utility bill certified by a solicitor. I will be completing an ID 1 form and submitting the application to change the register in person to Land Registry who I will ask to verify my ID. Does the vendors solicitor have the right to ask for this information and do I need to provide it? Thank you

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    By Guest on 25/07/2019

    Yes under he Money Laundering Act solicitors will require this information as will estate agents. You could get the documents certified by the Post Office or get someone to certify them who is a person able to so. There is a government website on this. However, my advice is to ring up a firm of solictors and ask how much they would charge to sign ID1. I have done this and have been been charged £8-£10. You then satisfy the requirements of the solicitor and Land Registry for registration purposes.

  • By Guest on 25/07/2019

    Thanks for the advice, this is similar to the advice that the vendors solicitor had given me. However, I obtained clarification from the Law Society who advised "the due diligence requirements apply to your client and the beneficial owners of your client only. There is no obligation on you to verify the identity of a third party under the Money Laundering Regulations".

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