DO LAND REGISTRY SEARCH

DO LAND REGISTRY SEARCH

If the land you want to buy or transact in, is registered at the State Ministry of Lands and Survey, then get a Property Lawyer to do a search at the Land Registry to know the current status of the land.

The search may reveal legal issue like legal transfer, mortgage, pledge, charge, caveat, etc. Any legal issues would ordinarily be recorded in the ownership details of the land in question at the Land Registry.

There are consequences of proceeding to transact in a land affected by any legal issue. Instead, discontinue the buying process. Every registration of land at the Registry is endorsed on the ownership document.

This search is a fact-finding mission, and facts gotten from the search should be utilized and proper steps taken to avoid land trouble. Any legal issue found in the land record at the land registry should be taken as a red flag, and the buyer has a duty to proceed with caution.

Note that in most cases transfers, charges, pledges, caveats, etc are not registered in the Land Registry even when previous transactions over that land were registered in the land registry.

There may have been some transactions over the land that were not registered in the land registry and that surely counts.

So the outcome of search in the Land Registry does not end the search for the true ownership and legal status of the land/ house.
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