Registration for Private Landlords
Since 30th April 2006, all private landlords letting properties in Scotland must have applied for registration in the register of landlords.
The aim of landlord registration is to ensure that all private landlords in Scotland are 'fit and proper' to be letting residential property.
Do I Need To Register?
You will have to register if you are a private landlord letting residential property in Scotland, unless one or more of the exemptions covers all the houses you let. Letting part of your own home is exempt as is a house let to the tenant of an agricultural holding or croft. There are some other minor exemptions. If you are just entering the market, you should register before letting property.
I am an agent managing private rented property – do I need to register?
Although you are not obliged by law to register, you are encouraged to do so. In any case, the landlord whose properties you manage will need to list you on his or her application and the local authority will check that you are fit and proper to be acting as a landlord. You may wish to register independently in order to be able to market yourself to clients as 'fit and proper'.
How do I go about registering?
Registration is simple. Register online or contact a member of the Landlord Registration Department
More information:
Further information on landlord registration across Scotland