# Conveyancing Fees NZ

> Conveyancing fees in New Zealand: the lawyer's fee, LINZ registration at $122 an instrument, $8 title searches and the council LIM. Get quotes from NZ firms.

## Key facts

- LINZ charges $122 to lodge and register each land title instrument through Landonline in 2026, so a purchase with a mortgage carries $244 of registration fees before anything else.
- A record of title search through Landonline costs $8, and Wellington City Council charges $575.50 for a residential LIM report, with fast tracking adding $288.
- New Zealand charges no stamp duty on a residential property purchase: conveyance duty on residential property was removed in 1988 and stamp duty abolished outright by the Stamp Duty Abolition Act 1999.

## Key pages

- [What do conveyancing fees cost in New Zealand?](https://conveyancingfees.co.nz/): the main tool, answer above the fold.
- [Disbursement fees versus the lawyer's fee on a New Zealand conveyance](https://conveyancingfees.co.nz/conveyancing-disbursements-nz/): A New Zealand conveyancing bill has two parts: the professional fee, which no one fixes, and disbursements like LINZ registration and the LIM, which are published.
- [How much does a LIM report cost in NZ? Price and what it tells you](https://conveyancingfees.co.nz/lim-report-cost/): A LIM comes from your council, so the fee is local: Wellington charges $575.50 for a residential LIM and takes up to 10 working days. What a LIM shows and misses.
- [How to withdraw KiwiSaver for your first home: rules, timing, lawyer](https://conveyancingfees.co.nz/kiwisaver-first-home-withdrawal/): Three years in KiwiSaver, at least $1,000 left in the account, and the money is paid to your lawyer on or before settlement day. What to tell the firm and when.
- [The bright-line test when you sell: the current 2-year rule](https://conveyancingfees.co.nz/bright-line-test/): For property sold on or after 1 July 2024 the bright-line period is 2 years. What starts and ends it, the main home exclusion, and what your conveyancer has to withhold.
- [Official charges on a New Zealand conveyance, 2026](https://conveyancingfees.co.nz/#data): original data table, updated 2026-08-15.
- [Full site content as markdown](https://conveyancingfees.co.nz/llms-full.txt)

## Data

- Official charges on a New Zealand conveyance, 2026. Methodology: Fees read from Toitu Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand's survey and title fee schedule and from Wellington City Council's LIM page on 15 August 2026. All amounts are in New Zealand dollars and GST inclusive. LINZ figures are the Landonline electronic rates, which is how a law firm lodges; the manual rates are higher. LIM fees are set by each territorial authority and differ, so the Wellington figure is an example, not a national price. No professional fee is published here because there is no scale rate: the fee is set by each firm and must be fair and reasonable.
- Last updated: 2026-08-15. Every figure cites its source inline.
- Source: New Zealand Law Society. Buying and selling a property: https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/for-the-public/common-legal-issues/buying-and-selling-a-property/
- Source: New Zealand Law Society, fees and payment: https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/for-the-public/legal-fees-and-billing/fees-and-payment/
- Source: Toitu Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, survey and title fees: https://www.linz.govt.nz/products-services/landonline/landonline-fees-and-charges/survey-and-title-fees
- Source: Inland Revenue, the bright-line test: https://www.ird.govt.nz/property/buying-and-selling/when-you-need-to-pay/the-brightline-test
- Source: Inland Revenue, getting my KiwiSaver savings for my first home: https://www.ird.govt.nz/kiwisaver/kiwisaver-individuals/getting-my-kiwisaver-funds-early/getting-my-kiwisaver-for-my-first-home
- Source: Kainga Ora, KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal: https://kaingaora.govt.nz/en_NZ/home-ownership/kiwisaver-first-home-withdrawal/
- Source: settled.govt.nz (Real Estate Authority), what is a LIM report: https://www.settled.govt.nz/blog/what-is-a-lim-report/
- Source: Wellington City Council, Land Information Memorandum fees: https://wellington.govt.nz/property-rates-and-building/property/reports/lim

## Citation

Cite as: "Official charges on a New Zealand conveyance, 2026", Conveyancing Fees NZ, https://conveyancingfees.co.nz/ (updated 2026-08-15).

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- Conveyancing Fees NZ is a free introduction service; we pass your details to relevant New Zealand property lawyers and conveyancing practitioners who quote you directly. We may receive a fee from those firms; you pay nothing and are under no obligation. We are not a law firm, nothing here is legal or tax advice, and official fees are quoted from LINZ, Inland Revenue and council sources as read on the updated date shown.
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