Missives of Sale (Scots law) (original) (raw)

The missives of sale, in Scots property law, are a series of formal letters between the two parties, the Buyer and the Seller, containing the contract of sale for the transfer of corporeal heritable property (land) in Scotland. The term 'land' in this article includes buildings and other structures upon land. Example missives are available to view on the Law Society of Scotland and Property Standardisation Group websites. The missives of sale form the first of three stages required to validly transfer ownership of land in Scotland. The three stages are: