ErfCheck
Deeds Office extracts · Municipal valuation rolls · Street imagery

Every property in South Africa has a paper trail. Read it in twenty seconds.

Type an address. ErfCheck pulls the registered description, erf number, last transfer price, and the municipal valuation the rates are based on, and lays it out like the record it comes from.

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— records on file4 metro valuation rollsRe-checked every 30 days
Registered as Example record

1 Agate Street, Farrarmere, Benoni

Deeds extractfetched 10 Sep 2026
Last transfer
R 190 000
registered 1993
Municipal value
In the R 99 report · City of Ekurhuleni
Extent
—
Residential
Street-level view of the propertyStreet View
Satellite viewSatellite

Full report for this property

The record above, plus what it sits among.

  • The municipal value the rates are based on, checked against recent sales on this street
  • Every last sale on this street, or every unit in this scheme
  • Suburb snapshot: sales and medians by year from records on file
  • Objection links for the city, record history, imagery, a link that prints to PDF
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Rates objections

Think the city valued your home too high? Check it against your street before you object.

Every metro re-values on a four-year cycle and opens supplementary rolls in between. An objection only succeeds with market evidence as at the valuation date. The report puts that evidence on one page: the roll value, every recent sale on your street or in your scheme, your own transfer, and a plain verdict on whether the gap is worth contesting.

MunicipalityCurrent rollValues as atGeneral objection windowWhat is open now
City of Cape TownGV20251 July 202520 Feb to 30 Apr 2026, closedSupplementary rolls, dates on the City's valuations page
City of TshwaneGV20251 July 2024Closed 8 May 2026Supplementary rolls, notices on the valuations portal
City of EkurhuleniGV20251 July 2024Closed 2025Supplementary rolls and section 78 queries
City of JohannesburgGV20231 July 2022Closed 2023; next general roll 2028Supplementary rolls about twice a year

The report links to each city's objection form and portal, and the record keeps re-checking the roll, so a supplementary revaluation shows up as a change.

Pricing

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The public record stays free. You pay when you need what sits around it: the street, the scheme, the suburb, and a document you can hand to someone.

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  • Registered description, erf and township
  • Last transfer year and price
  • Street and satellite imagery
  • Ten live pulls an hour; records on file are unlimited
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R 99 per property
  • Municipal value from the current valuation roll
  • Rates check: the roll value against recent street sales, with a verdict and the city's objection links
  • Every last sale on the street, or every unit in the scheme
  • Suburb snapshot, record history, imagery, a live link that prints to PDF
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  • 20 property reports a month included
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Coverage

National sales history. Municipal values where the city publishes them.

Transfer records come from the Deeds Office and cover the whole country. Valuation rolls are published per municipality, and each one behaves differently.

MunicipalityRollErf & extentMarket valueSectional units
City of Tshwane (Pretoria, Centurion, Akasia)GV2025YesYesYes
City of Cape TownGV2025YesYesYes
City of Ekurhuleni (Benoni, Boksburg, Kempton Park)GV2025YesYesYes
City of JohannesburgGV2023YesOwner login onlyYes
eThekwini (Durban)GV2022Portal blocks automated access——
Everywhere else—From the Deeds extract—Yes
Questions

What people ask before they search

How do I find the erf number of a property?
Type the street address above. The record shows the erf number, portion, township and deeds registry exactly as the Deeds Office has them, free of charge. Sectional units show the scheme name and unit number instead.
What is a municipal valuation?
Each municipality values every property on a general valuation roll, normally every four years, and your rates are a percentage of that value. Cape Town, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni all published new rolls in 2025.
Can I object to my valuation?
Yes, in the window after a general or supplementary roll is published. You need market evidence as at the valuation date. The report puts the roll value next to recent sales on your street, tells you plainly whether the gap is worth contesting, and links to your city's objection form.
Where does the data come from?
Sale prices, erf and township come from the Deeds Office extract published per property. Municipal values come from each city's own valuation roll. Imagery is Google Street View and satellite. Owner names are never collected or shown.
How current is it?
A record is pulled live the first time and re-checked every 30 days after that, so a new transfer or a supplementary revaluation shows up as a change in the record's history.
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