Lodgement Clerk (Deeds Office)

You'll move property transfers from signed offer to registration at a bank panel attorneys in White River. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

Home base is a bank panel attorneys on the White River side of Mpumalanga. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Run Deeds Office searches and title deed checks
• Book signing appointments and explain costs to buyers and sellers
• Request bond cancellation figures and guarantees from banks
• Lodge documents at the Deeds Office and track them through examination
• Fix Deeds Office rejection notes quickly and relodge
• Apply for transfer duty receipts on SARS eFiling

• Organised enough to run 60 or more live files
• At least 2 years of conveyancing or bond work
• Matric, with a conveyancing course for secretary posts
• Clear, polite updates to anxious buyers and sellers

• Notarial bonds and servitudes
• Deeds Office lodgement runner experience in your city
• Sectional title and new development experience

• Normal office hours with rare weekend work
• Paid conveyancing short courses
• Parking or taxi allowance for Deeds Office runs

• Mention the Deeds Office you usually lodge at, such as Pretoria or Cape Town, since practice differs slightly.
• State how many files you run at once and whether you do transfers, bonds or cancellations; it tells firms where you fit.