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For UK conveyancers (2026)
UK conveyancers carry concurrent obligations under MLR-2017 (customer due diligence on buyer and seller) and the Solicitors Regulation Authority Code of Conduct (source-of-funds, professional standing). Most firms split this into an ID check (£4 to £8) plus an environmental search (£25 to £60) plus a separate AML screen, then stitch the result into a matter file by hand.
Certaby handles the whole matter in one place. Open a Property sale transaction for the buyer and the seller (and anyone paying or acting for them), screen them against the UK, UN, EU and US sanctions lists with PEP and adverse media, check the company and its owners for any company party, and add the property risk pack (flood, crime, EPC). Keep one signed certificate per matter with the list versions and a public verify link, and add the Compliance plan for the firm-level AML records your SRA file audit and an HMRC inspection ask for. It sits alongside your regulated, insured searches, not in place of them.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a sale check include?
For everyone you add to the sale (buyer, seller, anyone paying or acting for them): the sanctions check against the UK, UN, EU and US (OFAC) lists, 99p a person, or £1.39 with PEP and adverse media. For a company party, the company and owners check (£2.99). For the property, the property risk pack (£1.29). An ID record for each person at no charge, and one signed certificate for the whole sale. A typical sale with a buyer and a seller is £4.07.
Does it replace an environmental search?
No. The property risk pack covers flood risk, crime and the EPC for the postcode; it does not cover contaminated land, landfill, radon, mining or knotweed. Order your usual environmental and mining searches as normal.
How does the certificate support MLR-2017 customer due diligence?
The certificate records each party (with date of birth and nationality where you add them), the results with the sanctions list versions, the company ownership chain where relevant, and a SHA-256 hash binding them together, kept for 7 years. Your firm risk assessment, this certificate and any enhanced due diligence you carry out make up the file.
What is PSC walking and when is it required?
When the buyer or seller is a UK company, MLR-2017 requires you to identify the beneficial owner (the person who ultimately owns or controls it). The company and owners check follows the Companies House Persons with Significant Control records through each layer of companies until it reaches the people, then screens every current director and owner against the sanctions lists and lists them on the certificate.
Source of funds: does Certaby support Open Banking?
Not yet. Certaby does not check source of funds or pull bank statements today, and the sanctions screen is name screening, not document or biometric identity verification. Record your own source-of-funds evidence on the file; for enhanced due diligence (for example a PEP, or a high-risk country) it remains a manual step. Open Banking source of funds is on our list.
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