Trust Details Form (Form 20)

Under section 110 of the Land Title Act 1994 (Qld), a transfer may be lodged to transfer an interest to a trustee, or by a registered owner to declare that they hold it as trustee. A document stating the details of the trust, in the form the Registrar requires, or a certified copy of the document creating the trust, must be deposited with the transfer, and it does not form part of the register (s 110(3), (4)). The Trust Details Form is that document. It is one of several different Titles Queensland forms numbered Form 20: unlike the Form 20 alteration/minor correction schedule (a statement about changes to a form) or the Form 20 Declaration (a statutory declaration giving evidence), it records the trust's name, date, beneficiaries and trustees, and includes the trustee's own statement that the details are correct, that any change of trustee is authorised and that any transfer duty under the Duties Act 2001 has been accounted for.

When you need it

• A Form 1 Transfer is being lodged with 'as trustee' after the transferee's name in Item 5, and the trust already exists under a trust deed or will (LTPM [51-2022]).
• The Form 1 Transfer itself is the writing that will create the trust. Select 'Schedule of Trusts' and set the trusts out in Item 2 (LTPM [51-4120]).
• A registered owner is declaring that they hold the land on trust, or new trustees are being recorded after a retirement and appointment.
• Not needed for a lessee recorded 'as trustee' in a Form 7 lease (LTPM [7-4030]).

1. 1

   Title reference and Item 1: authority for the trust

   Insert at least one title reference from Item 2 of the transfer. In Item 1 select 'Trust Document(s) creating the Trust' if the trust was created by other writing such as a trust deed or will, or 'Schedule of Trusts' if the transfer itself creates the trust (LTPM [51-4110], [51-4120]).

2. 2

   Item 2: schedule of trusts

   Complete only if 'Schedule of Trusts' was selected. Identify the purpose or the beneficiaries, and give the date of birth of any beneficiary who is a minor. Otherwise leave blank or insert 'N/A'.

3. 3

   Items 3 and 4: name and date of the trust

   Insert the name of the trust, or 'N/A' if it has none. In Item 4 insert the date the trust was created, such as the date of the first trust deed or the date of death for a testamentary trust; leave it blank if you selected 'Schedule of Trusts'.

4. 4

   Item 5: beneficiaries or charitable purpose

   For a private trust, give the clause of the trust document that defines the beneficiaries (for example 'Clause 4 of the Deed dated 1 February 2017'), or the beneficiaries' names or class. A sole trustee cannot be listed as the sole beneficiary, or a requisition will issue. For a charitable trust, describe the charitable purpose (LTPM [51-4160]).

5. 5

   Item 6: trustees

   Insert the current legal names of the current trustees. When lodged with a Form 1, they must match the transferees named in Item 5 of the transfer (LTPM [51-4170]).

6. 6

   Item 7: declaration and signature

   At least one current trustee, or a solicitor on behalf of a trustee, signs, with the signer's name, authority, entity (if any) and the date. A company trustee signs in line with the company execution rules, and an attorney may sign only under a registered power of attorney (LTPM [51-4180]).

• Deposit an original Trust Details Form with the transfer. It cannot be lodged on its own, and a form deposited with an earlier dealing cannot be relied on: each transfer needs a newly completed original (LTPM [51-2022]).
• If you deposit a Trust Details Form, do not also deposit copies of the trust deed (LTPM [51-2022]). The alternatives are to deposit all documents creating the trust, or to refer in the transfer to the dealings with which those documents were previously deposited.
• No Titles Queensland fee is payable for a Form 20 (LTPM [20-8000]); the transfer attracts its own fee.
• Because a Form 1 Transfer is a required instrument for industry professionals under the eConveyancing mandate, most transfers to trustees are lodged electronically. In that case the trust details are entered in the electronic Form 20 (Trust Details Form) fields in the lodgment network and digitally signed, not uploaded as an attachment (LTPM Part 51).

• 'As trustee' in the transfer and a deposited Trust Details Form must go together. If one is present without the other, the dealing will be requisitioned (LTPM [51-2022]).
• Do not abbreviate 'as trustee for' to 'ATF'; uncommon acronyms are not accepted on Titles Registry forms (LTPM [59-2001]).
• The declaration in Item 7 now refers to the Trusts Act 2025. Use the current version from the Titles Queensland forms page.