HM Land Registry issues update on its services in time of coronavirus (COVID-19)

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HM Land Registry is currently reviewing how it continues to deliver its services during the coronavirus pandemic and will provide further details shortly. Its business e-services, which receive the majority of all applications, are running as normal. It is prioritising the services that allow property transactions to continue as normal. HMLR anticipates minimal disruption to bankruptcy searches, land charges searches, local land charges searches, MapSearch, official copies of documents, official searches of the index map, official searches of part, official searches of whole and Property Alert.  HMLR anticipates that some of its services will be affected by the current situation with some applications taking slightly longer than its usual service standards. HMLR anticipates moderate disruption to discharge updates. HMLR confirms that it is  working hard to ensure its most important services continue and, as a result, services which have less impact on the normal operation of the property market are likely to...