Declaration of Trust
Declaration of Trust
Declaration of Trust
DATED
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DECLARATION OF TRUST
between
FIRST OWNER
and
SECOND OWNER
CONTENTS
CLAUSE
1. Declaration of trust..........................................................................................................1
2. Registration OR Endorsement.........................................................................................1
3. [Additional provisions.....................................................................................................1
THIS DEED is dated [DATE]
PARTIES
(1) [INDIVIDUAL NAME] of [INDIVIDUAL ADDRESS] (First Owner).
(2) [INDIVIDUAL NAME] of [INDIVIDUAL ADDRESS] (Second Owner).
BACKGROUND
(A) On [DATE] the property known as [BRIEF DESCRIPTION] [registered at HM Land
Registry under title number [NUMBER] OR as comprised in a conveyance/lease of that date
made between [PARTIES]] (the Property) was [transferred/conveyed/leased] to the First
Owner and the Second Owner to hold on trust for themselves as [joint tenants OR tenants in
common].
(B) [[The joint tenancy of the Property has been severed OR The First Owner and the
Second Owner wish to sever the joint tenancy with effect from the date of this deed.]]
(C) The First Owner and the Second Owner wish to declare the extent of their respective
beneficial interests in the Property.
1. DECLARATION OF TRUST
The First Owner and the Second Owner [agree to sever their joint tenancy of the
Property with effect from the date of this deed and] declare that they hold the
Property on trust for themselves as tenants in common in [equal shares OR the
following proportions:]
(a) [[NUMBER] % for the First Owner; and]
(b) [[NUMBER] % for the Second Owner.]
2. REGISTRATION OR ENDORSEMENT
The First Owner and the Second Owner agree to [apply to HM Land Registry for the
entry of a standard form [A] [and] [B] restriction against the title to the Property OR
endorse a memorandum of this declaration on the [conveyance OR lease] to
themselves].
3. [ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
This document has been executed as a deed and is delivered and takes effect on the date stated
at the beginning of it.
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Signed as a deed by [NAME OF .......................................
FIRST OWNER] in the presence
of: [SIGNATURE OF FIRST
....................................... OWNER]
[SIGNATURE OF WITNESS]
[NAME, ADDRESS [AND
OCCUPATION] OF WITNESS]
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