CONDUCT LAND REGISTRY SEARCH

CONDUCT LAND REGISTRY SEARCH

If the land you want to buy is registered at the Ministry of Lands and Survey, engage a Property Lawyer to conduct a search at the lands registry to ascertain the current status of the land in question.

The search should be able to reveal if there is any form of legal issue like legal transfer, mortgage, pledge, charge, caveat, etc. Any of such legal issues would ordinarily be recorded in the title details of the land in question at the lands registry. There are consequences of proceeding to transact in a land affected by any of those legal issues.

Every registration of land at the lands registry is duly endorsed on the document of title. Where there is any of such legal issues indicated on the land at the land registry, this should be taken as a red flag and the buyer should proceed with caution.

Note that some transfers, charges, pledges, caveats, etc may not be registered in the land registry even when previous transactions over that land are registered in the land registry. There may have been some other transactions over the land that were not registered in the land registry and that surely counts.

So the outcome of any search in the land registry does not bring the quest for the current ownership or legal status of the land or house to finality.

If you need legal help with these and other land or property transactions, contact APEX CHAMBERS, Law Firm of Property/Real Estate Lawyers, Barristers & Attorneys in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Phone: +234(0)7030868694

Email: info@apexchambersglobal.com

Website: www.apexchambersglobal.com