Major Land transaction documents/Procedures

Statement from Ministry of Lands on Land transaction services

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Where and how to report complaints on the land registry

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Customary land tenure

1. Application for a Certificate of Customary Ownership. Click here to download
2. Application for conversion from Customary Tenure. Click here to download
3. Demarcation form for Certificate of Customary Land Ownership. Click here to download
4. Notification of Survey of Customary land. Click here to download

Fees payable for land transactions

1. Fees payable for communal land. Click here to download
2. Fees payable for land transactions [1-11]. Click here to download
3. Fees payable for land transactions [12-24]. Click here to download

Freehold land tenure

1. Registration of freehold. Click here to download
2. Notice of hearing of application for grant of freehold. Click here to download
3. Grant of freehold by district land boards. Click here to download

Land institutions:

Institutions for land administration. Click here to download

Leasehold land tenure

1. Application for lease. Click here to download
2. Grant of lease by Land Boards. Click here to download

Mailo land tenure

1. Notice to show cause why tenancy should not be terminated. Click here to download
2. Transfer forms-Mailo Land. Click here to download
3. Caveat. Click here to download
4. Affidavit accompanying Caveat. Click here to download

Other important documents

• Statutory Declaration. Click here to download
• Form of Statutory Declaration. Click here to download
• Sale Agreement. Click here to download
• Tenancy Agreement. Click here to download
• Mutation form. Click here to download

Land Registration Procedures

1. Procedure of application for conversion from Customary to Freehold. Click here to download
2. Procedure of application for conversion from Leasehold to Freehold. Click here to download
3. Procedure of application for grant of a Leasehold. Click here to download
4. Procedure of application for a Certificate of Occupancy. Click here to download
5. Procedure of application for Certificate of Customary Ownership. Click here to download
6. Procedure of application for Freehold. Click here to download
7. How to carry out a sub division on Mailo land. Click here to download
8. How to register a Caveat. Click here to download
9. How to remove a Caveat based on a request by the person who placed it> Click here to download
10. How to amend a Certificate and rectify the Register with Notice. Click here to download
11. How to register a Mortgage. Click here to download
12. How to register a Court Order. Click here to download
13. How to acquire a Substitute Certificate of Title. Click here to download
14. How to carry out a physical search on a Land Title. Click here to download
15. How to register Administrators or Executors of a will on a land title. Click here to download

Information Guide on services offered by the Ministry of Lands.

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Land Law and its processes- A general Analysis

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Conveyance of Land (Customary Land)………..Click here to download