National mortgage

About the National Mortgage Form design specifications

This document is a design specification of the National Mortgage Form for use by financial institutions and other mortgagees in readying their systems and procedures for implementation in May 2017 of new national arrangements for preparing and lodging real property mortgages.

The marked-up copies of each version show the amendments made to the earlier version.

Please note:

The addendum relating to the update to Certifications published on 25 February has been amended following industry feedback.

There is a design specification specific to WA (WA Addendum – published on 11 April 2017).

There is a design specification specific to NSW (NSW Addendum – published on 11 May 2018 and subsequently updated on 19 September 2018, 17 January 2019 and 12 September 2019).

There are design specifications specific to SA (SA Addendum – published on 11 May 2018 and subsequently updated on 20 August 2018 and 12 September 2019).

About the information sheets

Requirements for signing and witnessing in the relevant jurisdiction. This information sheet attaches to all mortgage forms for presentation to the mortgagor. They do not get lodged in the Registry.

About the webform user guide

The webform user guide has been produced to assist users with their use of the National Mortgage webform. The guide covers how to open, print and save the form, and how to restore a saved version of the form.

For Western Australia please note: the WA eForm is available from the Jurisdiction drop- down menu in the Form link on the National Land Registry Forms portal.