Caveats on a property

In South Australia, caveats can be lodged over land if you have an equitable (‘real’) connection with the land in question.

It is not possible to lodge a caveat over another person’s land ‘simply because they owe you money’.

Some of the equitable reasons for which a caveat can be lodged are:

• unregistered mortgages
• unregistered leases
• Contract of Sale and Purchase of the land which is still to settle
• claims of contributing to the land by a party to the relationship
• beneficiary to a Will
• Government Authorities for unpaid rates and taxes