COURT STAMP ON LAND PURCHASE DOCUMENT MEANS NOTHING

COURT STAMP ON LAND PURCHASE DOCUMENT MEANS NOTHING

If someone tells you that your Deed of Conveyance or other land purchase documents must be signed and stamped by a Magistrate to be valid. Run oh. You are about to be deceived.

It is a growing scam. They take an unsuspecting buyer’s land purchase document to court under the pretext of ‘endorsing’ their documents. The buyer feels safe and protected.

But the truth is this: getting a Magistrate to sign your land documents adds zero legal value to your transaction. It does not perfect ownership neither does it improve your legal standing. It also does not make the property more legitimate.

A land transaction is perfected through registration at the appropriate land registry, not by court signatures. The court is not a land registry and the Magistrate is not a registrar of titles (ownership). So, what’s the point of that court stamp? It is simply to extort money from you.

Buyers are often charged extras tens of thousands of naira for this baseless “court signing.” It is nothing but a legal charade. Anyone telling you your land documents must be signed in court is either ignorant or trying to defraud you.

Don’t be fooled by official-looking staged court drama. The true protection of your land investment lies in thorough legal searches, well-drafted documents and proper registration. Not in empty formalities.

Be wise. Don’t pay for a lie.
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