# Land Registration Act 2002, Section 15: Right to lodge


(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—
(a) the owner of a qualifying estate, or
(b) entitled to an interest affecting a qualifying estate.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a qualifying estate is a legal estate which—
(a) relates to land to which the caution relates, and
(b) is an interest of any of the following kinds—
(i) an estate in land,
(ii) a rentcharge,
(iii) a franchise, and
(iv) a profit a prendre in gross.
(3) No caution may be lodged under subsection (1)—
(a) in the case of paragraph (a), by virtue of ownership of—
(i) a freehold estate in land, or
(ii) a leasehold estate in land granted for a term of which more than seven years are unexpired;
(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.
(4) The right under subsection (1) is exercisable by application to the registrar.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/9/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-2002/section-15
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