Property check before you pay
See what the records and the site show about a property you have been offered. We search the Deeds Registry, visit the property, photograph it with place and time, record whether anyone was seen there and any visible signs of occupation, and compare the seller's documents with the registry record.
- Usual time
- 5 to 10 working days
- Charged now
- USD 10, fees paid to others
- Charged when delivered
- USD 130, Plontiv service fee
- Originals needed
- None
We search the Deeds Registry record for the property. Our team visits the property and photographs it, with the place and time recorded for each photo. We record whether anyone was seen there and any visible signs of occupation, and compare the seller's documents with the registry record. Tell us how to identify the property: stand number, deed reference, address or map coordinates. Upload any documents the seller has given you. Intake check
Second check, by a different person
Every fee, the usual time and what the office needs
The report sets out what we found and saw, with dates and photos. It gives no opinion on the property or the sale; the decision is yours.
This report records what our team saw and the documents we collected, with dates, places and photos. It is not a structural or engineering inspection. It gives no view on what the property is worth, and no opinion on the property, the people there or any sale.
Usual times are our current estimate for each step. Offices set their own pace.
What we do
What you do
This service needs no originals from you. Upload photos or certified copies and keep your originals.
Order received
Upload photos or certified copies and give the details the office asks for. You confirm the details are true before you send.
The Deeds Registry search fee is charged now so we can pay the registry when the search is done. Our own fee is charged when your report is ready.
Checked by two people before anything is lodged
One member of our team reviews the order. A second person checks the documents again. Both checks are recorded against the order, with the time and the name.
Site visited and photographed
Our team searches the Deeds Registry record, visits the property and photographs it. Each photo carries its place, the time our server received it and a file fingerprint.
The report is in your order, and the Plontiv service fee is charged
The report states what we found and saw, with dates and photos. It gives no opinion on the property or the sale. Only now is our fee charged: the figure shown before you paid anything.
Power of attorney, legalised for Zimbabwe
You'll usually need this as part of a property check, a title deed validation or digitisation, or an estate matter, and the app adds it to those orders when it's required.
Power of attorney signed in South Africa
Charged when each step starts
USD 130
- Embassy of Zimbabwe, Pretoria: authentication feeUSD 50 to USD 100
USD 75 Estimate
- Courier of the authenticated document to our team
USD 35 Estimate
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Harare: legalisation fee
USD 20 Estimate
Charged when your legalised power of attorney is delivered
USD 115
USD 115
Total
USD 245
- Our prices are set in US dollars and charged in USD. You see the exchange rate before you pay, and your receipt shows it.
- If an office changes its fee before we pay it, we tell you the new amount before charging it.
- Fees paid to others for the legalisation steps, such as an embassy, the courier and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, are charged when each step is about to start, so we pay each office when your document reaches it. Where you pay an office yourself, its step says so and shows no amount. Our own fee is charged when the legalised document is delivered.
- Any fee for this step is paid to the notary directly, in the way it accepts. Call ahead to check the fee, how to pay and what to bring. Plontiv does not charge, collect or receive that fee.
- This total does not include the fee of the notary public or lawyer who notarises the power of attorney. You agree that fee with them and pay them directly.
Signing and legalisation
Zimbabwe is not a party to the Apostille Convention, so a power of attorney signed outside Zimbabwe is notarised, authenticated where the country of signing requires it, then authenticated by the Zimbabwe embassy or consulate that serves that country and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Harare.
Then these steps follow, for the country where you sign:
1. A notary public or lawyer you choose, anywhere in South Africa
Sign the power of attorney we prepared in front of a notary public or lawyer of your choice.
Any fee for this step is paid to the notary directly, in the way it accepts. Call ahead to check the fee, how to pay and what to bring. Plontiv does not charge, collect or receive that fee. Usual time: 2 working days 2. Registrar of the High Court, then DIRCO Legalisation Section, Pretoria
Send the notarised document to our team in South Africa, as your order shows. Our team takes it to the Registrar of the High Court and to DIRCO for authentication, then to the embassy. DIRCO publishes that its legalisation service is free.
Usual time: 3 working days 3. Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Pretoria
Our team in South Africa then takes the document to the embassy for authentication. The embassy's fee is a fee paid to others, at cost.
Fees paid to others (at cost)
- Embassy of Zimbabwe, Pretoria: authentication fee USD 50 to USD 100 USD 75 Estimate
Usual time: 7 working days 4. Courier service, Pretoria
The authenticated document goes by courier to our team in Mutare. The courier is a fee paid to others, at cost.
Fees paid to others (at cost)
- Courier of the authenticated document to our team USD 35 Estimate
Usual time: 3 working days 5. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (legalisation), Harare
Our team in Zimbabwe takes the document to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Harare for authentication, then delivers it to the person you appoint. The ministry's fee is a fee paid to others, at cost.
Fees paid to others (at cost)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Harare: legalisation fee USD 20 Estimate
Usual time: 5 working days
Read the guide: How to check a stand before you pay
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