Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

Section II   The publicity of the registers

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    2043.   The Registrar is bound to deliver to any person demanding the same a statement certified by himself or herself of all the real rights affecting the immovable property of any person designated in a written requisition containing a sufficient description of such person.

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    2044.   He or she is bound to deliver, to all persons demanding the same, copies of the acts or documents registered, but he or she must mention thereon the discharges, cancellations, conveyances, or subrogations thereof which are entered in such register or in the margin.

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    2045.   He or she is also bound to allow all persons from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. during his or her office hours to examine the entry book free from charge.

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    He or she must likewise, upon payment of the lawful fee, exhibit the register to any person who has required the registration of an act and wishes to be assured of such registration. (Substituted by Act 10 of 1904)

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    2046.   The entries upon the registers and books kept by the Registrar must be consecutive, without blanks or interlineations.

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    Every document registered must be numbered and transcribed in the order in which it is produced, and mention must be made in the margin of the register of the hour, day, month and year when it was deposited in the office for registration.

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    The Registrar is bound, when required to do so, to give the person who presents a document for registration a receipt indicating the number under which such document is entered in the entry-book.