{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-2002/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-2002/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/9",
  "legislation_title": "Land Registration Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-2002",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Right to lodge",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person may lodge a caution against the registration of title to an unregistered legal estate if he claims to be—\n(a) the owner of a qualifying estate, or\n(b) entitled to an interest affecting a qualifying estate.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a qualifying estate is a legal estate which—\n(a) relates to land to which the caution relates, and\n(b) is an interest of any of the following kinds—\n(i) an estate in land,\n(ii) a rentcharge,\n(iii) a franchise, and\n(iv) a profit a prendre in gross.\n(3) No caution may be lodged under subsection (1)—\n(a) in the case of paragraph (a), by virtue of ownership of—\n(i) a freehold estate in land, or\n(ii) a leasehold estate in land granted for a term of which more than seven years are unexpired;\n(b) in the case of paragraph (b), by virtue of entitlement to such a leasehold estate as is mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii) of this subsection.\n(4) The right under subsection (1) is exercisable by application to the registrar.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/9/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:41.419234+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}