Get Severance Deed - Notice of Unilateral Severance of Joint Tenancy

Changing from Joint Tenants to Tenants in Common It requires service of a written notice of change – the 'severance'. It can be done without the other owner's cooperation or agreement. It is recorded at the Land Registry, and the other owner will know it has been done but only 'after the event' so to speak.

Severing the joint tenancy – which can be done with or without the agreement of the other joint owner – now means that you and your husband still jointly own the property but as “tenants in common” rather than joint tenants. As tenants in common, you now own a distinct 50% share in the property.

Severing the joint tenancy – which can be done with or without the agreement of the other joint owner – now means that you and your husband still jointly own the property but as “tenants in common” rather than joint tenants. As tenants in common, you now own a distinct 50% share in the property.

When they die, their share in the property will pass in accordance with their will, or if they have no will, in accordance with the intestacy rules. If a co-owner no longer wishes to hold the property as joint tenants, they can sever the joint tenancy.

The four unities are the so-called unities of possession, interest, title, and time.

Only one joint tenant leaves You may, for example, have to pay a penalty fee or find a new tenant to take over your share of the rent. You could also take legal action against the tenant who left to try to recover the rent he or she should have paid. You could do this through Small Claims Court.

It requires service of a written notice of change – the 'severance'. It can be done without the other owner's cooperation or agreement. It is recorded at the Land Registry, and the other owner will know it has been done but only 'after the event' so to speak.

A Notice of Severance, signed and dated by the party who wishes to sever, will need to be served upon the co-owner. This could be done by simply sending the Notice of Severance to the other party in the post and asking that they sign and date the notice themselves and return it.

Changing from Joint Tenants to Tenants in Common It requires service of a written notice of change – the 'severance'. It can be done without the other owner's cooperation or agreement. It is recorded at the Land Registry, and the other owner will know it has been done but only 'after the event' so to speak.

In order to terminate a joint tenancy, one of the four unities must be destroyed. You may do this by conveying your joint tenancy interest to any third person. This can be done through gift or sale. Upon termination, a tenancy in common is formed between the third person and the remaining co-tenant(s).