What characterizes a Qualified Title?

• A. It is granted where the leasehold title has been produced to the registrar and guaranteed, but the freehold title has not
• B. It guarantees both freehold and leasehold titles
• C. It applies only to freeholds
• D. It exempts the owner from any obligations

Answer: (A)

Qualified Title means the title is not fully guaranteed because part of the estate has not been proven or guaranteed. In this scenario, the leasehold title has been produced to the registrar and guaranteed, but the freehold title has not. That incomplete assurance for the freehold creates a qualification on the title, indicating a possible risk or outstanding matter affecting the freehold that a buyer would need to investigate or resolve. This is why the described situation fits a Qualified Title.

It isn’t about guaranteeing both parts (that would be a fully guaranteed or absolute title), it isn’t limited only to freeholds, and it doesn’t exempt the owner from obligations.