Conveyancing Searches Scotland

Millar & Bryce are the experts in property searches, title information, conveyancing searches and land referencing to the Scottish legal profession.

Part of Landmark Information Group, Millar & Bryce is a leader in providing search and property reports to the Scottish legal profession. Our unmatched expertise, technology and customer service help solicitors, estate agencies and commercial clients complete their property transactions successfully. We offer dedicated customer care through our Customer Success Team to help better understand and resolve our customers’ challenges, delivering certainty and trust in an unpredictable market.

Whether you are a seasoned conveyancing practitioner or a Paralegal supporting solicitors through a range of different types of property transactions we have the resources and access to unrivalled data and insights across the industry to help you navigate the changing market for conveyancing services in Scotland. Our market-leading data, together with our years of experience, delivers certainty and trust in an unpredictable and volatile market.

Property law and conveyancing in Scotland

The fourth edition of the Millar & Bryce conveyancing manual brings together a range of commentaries, both topical and practical, on specific areas of interest to professionals involved in property law and conveyancing in Scotland.

Supporting Conveyancing Transactions for the next 150 years

We have 150 years in supporting pre-registration activities for the legal profession in Scotland, and will continue to develop and evolve our services, easing conveyancing for every solicitor we work with.

Q3 2024 Residential Property Trends Report

In our latest quarterly Property Trends Report from parent company, Landmark Information Group, presenting July-September 2024 data on listings, Sold Subject to Missives, completions and registered sales, Scotland’s figures offer a valuable perspective in comparison to the rest of the UK.

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Change to Advance Notices shown on Legal Report Updates

Change to Advance Notices shown on Legal Report Updates

Effective from May 2025, we are making a change to how we show outstanding Advance Notices (ANs) on our Legal…

Property searches in Scottish conveyancing

Property searches in Scottish conveyancing

The Land Register and the Sasine Register are the two systems for recording property ownership in Scotland. They play a…

What does the completed Land Register look like and how does that affect your firm?

What does the completed Land Register look like and how does that affect your firm?

In October 2024, the Economy and Fair Work Committee of the Scottish Parliament, who’s remit includes support for business, shared…

The Solution for Online Conveyancing

The easiest way to procure searches from Millar & Bryce is through our modern and user friendly online ordering portal, MB Online. Login from our website to gain direct access to all our services.

Not registered? Complete the easy registration process and one of our team will be in touch to get you set up as soon as possible.

Webinar & Events for Conveyancing Searches Scotland

Millar & Bryce at 150: Property Excellence Past, Present & Future

Millar & Bryce at 150: Property Excellence Past, Present & Future

Find out what will be shaping the Scottish property market in 2025 and beyond at the Millar & Bryce at…

Aberdeen CPD Event: The Future of Conveyancing

Aberdeen CPD Event: The Future of Conveyancing

Join the Millar & Bryce CPD Roadshow 2025 in Aberdeen. The third flagship CPD event of the year – The…

Glasgow CPD Event: The Future of Conveyancing

Glasgow CPD Event: The Future of Conveyancing

Join the Millar & Bryce CPD Roadshow 2025 in Glasgow. The second CPD event of the year - The Future…

Our incredible milestone year will be an opportunity to celebrate the heritage, expertise and achievements throughout the property legal profession in Scotland, and a chance to reflect on the changes and innovations across the conveyancing sector that will support the industry for the next 150 years.

Our Conveyancing Searches Scotland Reports

Title Insurance (DUAL)

Title Insurance (DUAL)

An insurance solution provided by our partner, DUAL, which protects Solicitors and their clients when you need to distribute an estate but are concerned about the potential legal pitfalls and…

Executor and Inheritance Protection

Executor and Inheritance Protection

An insurance solution provided by our partner, DUAL Asset, which protects Solicitors and their clients when you need to distribute an estate but are concerned about the potential legal pitfalls…

Site Assembly Solution

Site Assembly Solution

Our Site Assembly Solution is a unique and powerful resource that brings together Title information in one place and places you and your clients in control of the information and…

Register Community Interests in Land

Register Community Interests in Land

The Register of Community Interests in Land (RCIL) was created after the introduction of the Right to Buy in the Part 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. Any…

Property Enquiry Certificates

Property Enquiry Certificates

Our Property Enquiry Certificates (PECs) provide you with the answers that satisfy the UK Finance handbook requirements, such as whether the proper consents are in place for any building work…

Portfolio services

Portfolio services

Our Portfolio Services solution could save you a whole lot of time and money. Simply provide us with a list of the properties in your portfolio, together with the searches…

Plans Reports

Plans Reports

As the Land Register in Scotland matures, Plans Reporting is an even more essential aspect of modern conveyancing. It flags up any potential issues with a plan or description that…

Plans Services

Plans Services

Our experienced Plans’ Team combine their extensive knowledge of interpreting Sasine Deeds, Land Registered titles, plans and archaic descriptions, with advanced GIS Software, to produce compliant Deed Plans for your…

Multi County Searches

Multi County Searches

Property records in Scotland have traditionally been held on a geographic county basis. Therefore trying to ascertain whether an individual or an organisation owns land or property countrywide isn’t a…

Legal Reports

Legal Reports

Essential for every property transaction, we provide Legal Reports for all types of land and property, ranging from straightforward registered properties to complex unregistered land and estates or new build…

Land Referencing

Land Referencing

Land referencing is the formal investigation of rights held in land. It includes data relating to factors including ownership, environmental investigation and property rights. It is often supported by additional…

Environmental Reports Residential

Environmental Reports Residential

Whether you’re looking for a basic screening or full consultant-completed reports, we provide a range of services to support every type of transaction in the residential property sectors. To support…

Financial Asset Search

Financial Asset Search

A range of services to create peace of mind for legal professionals and executors during the executory administration process. We partner with EstateSearch for a broad range of Asset and…

Flood Reports

Flood Reports

With flood risk an ever-present consideration for many transactions and the impact of climate change on future risks now moving quickly up the agenda for purchasers and lenders, it is…

Title Investigations

Title Investigations

Establishing definitively who owns a property or piece of ground can be challenging depending on the circumstances. At M&B we have experience to establish ownership even in the most difficult…

Utilities Report

Utilities Report

Designed for environmental and property professionals, this report instils confidence and supports best practice in progressing your project safely. The Utilities Report is a complete search of all known utility…

Environmental Reports Commercial

Environmental Reports Commercial

Whether you’re looking for a basic screening or full consultant-completed reports, our range of services to support due diligence of all types in support of commercial property transactions. To support…

Company Searches

Company Searches

We have an experienced, dedicated team who can assist with the production of Searches in the Register of Charges and more specialist Company information.

Coal Mining Reports

Coal Mining Reports

We offer Residential and Commercial Coal Reports from Landmark Information Group and from The Coal Authority (TCA). These reports fulfil the requirements of both the Law Society of Scotland and…

Anti-Money Laundering AML

Anti-Money Laundering AML

Designed to meet and exceed UK and international anti-money laundering regulatory compliance requirements, AML Search v4.0, from our partner Searches Group, keeps you on the right side of the law,…