Plain-English guides to England’s landlord register (PRS Database), checked against GOV.UK.https://register-ready.pages.dev/en-gbhttps://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/28-day-update-rule/https://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/28-day-update-rule/There are two 28-day rules. First, when you register a let property, you must add the tenancy and safety information (rent, occupants, licences, gas, electrical and EPC certificates) within 28 days, or the entry can become inactive. Second, once registered, you must update anything that changes or expires within 28 days. Updates are free.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/company-landlords-joint-owners-trusts/https://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/company-landlords-joint-owners-trusts/Every joint landlord must register. One registers the property and invites the others. Companies, charities, trusts, LLPs and Scottish partnerships register as organisation landlords and give extra details, such as a Companies House or charity number, a nominated contact and, where there is no Companies House number, details of directors, trustees or members. Ordinary English partnerships register each partner as an individual joint landlord.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/gas-safety-eicr-epc-requirements/https://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/gas-safety-eicr-epc-requirements/For each let property, the register asks for a copy of the gas safety record and its issue date (if there is a gas supply), a copy of the EICR and the date the next inspection is due (or an appropriate EIC and its issue date), and a copy of the most recent EPC where you had to give one to the tenant. If the EPC is below the minimum rating, it also asks whether a MEES exemption is registered.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/hmo-and-selective-licences/https://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/hmo-and-selective-licences/For each let property, the register asks whether it needs an HMO licence, an additional licence or a selective licence, and if so, the licence numbers if available. An HMO is registered once as a whole property, not room by room, so it is one registration and one fee. You also give the number of occupants and the number of households.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/landlord-register-fees/https://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/landlord-register-fees/The landlord register fee is £65 per property per year, with no VAT. Registering yourself as a landlord and updating your records are free. During the rollout the fee is pro-rated so that you do not pay for any days before 15 November 2027. A property registered on 15 December 2026 costs £5.34 for its first year, according to GOV.UK.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/mees-and-epc-exemptions/https://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/mees-and-epc-exemptions/If the most recent EPC for a let property gives an energy rating below the minimum level of energy efficiency (currently band E), the register asks whether the property has a MEES exemption registered on the PRS Exemptions Register, and which type. An exemption you rely on but have never registered does not count, so register it before you start.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/penalties-for-not-registering/https://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/penalties-for-not-registering/Landlords in England who fail to register themselves and their let properties can be fined up to £7,000 by their council. Knowingly or recklessly giving false or misleading information, or continuing or repeated breaches, can lead to penalties of up to £40,000. Tenants may be able to claim rent repayment orders in some cases. From winter 2027 a court will not make a possession order unless the landlord and property are registered.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/receivers-lenders-third-party-registration/https://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/receivers-lenders-third-party-registration/Some third parties can register a landlord and their properties if they have legal authority over the landlord’s rental property. The list includes attorneys, executors, court-appointed deputies, receivers, trustees in bankruptcy, liquidators, administrators and mortgagees. They must give a certified or sealed copy of their evidence of authority. At launch, third parties register by contacting the service rather than online.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/using-a-letting-agent/https://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/using-a-letting-agent/A letting agent or property manager cannot register a property for you. The landlord must create every registration and pay the fee. After that, the landlord can send the agent a link for each property, and the agent can fill in and update the tenancy and safety section (licences, occupants, furnishing, rent, bills, and the gas, electrical and EPC certificates) using a password they set.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/what-is-the-prs-database/https://register-ready.pages.dev/guides/what-is-the-prs-database/The PRS Database is England’s new register of private landlords and rented homes, created by the Renters’ Rights Act 2025. GOV.UK runs it as the “Register your rental property” service. Every private landlord with a property let on an assured or regulated tenancy must register themselves and each property, region by region, between 15 December 2026 and 14 November 2027, and pay £65 per property per year.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT