CONDUCT LAND REGISTRY SEARCH OVER LAND OR HOUSE YOU WANT TO BUY

CONDUCT LAND REGISTRY SEARCH OVER LAND OR HOUSE YOU WANT TO BUY

If the land is registered at the State Ministry of Lands & Survey, embark on a search at the Lands Registry to ascertain the current status of the land.

The search should be able to reveal if there is any form of legal issue like legal transfer, mortgage, pledge, charge, caveat, etc. Such 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 issues. The proper thing to do would be to discontinue the buying process.

Every registration of land at the lands registry is duly endorsed on the document of title. This search is a fact-finding mission. Facts received from the search should be utilized and proper steps taken to avoid getting hurt.

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 has a duty to proceed with caution.

But be sure to note that in most cases transfers, charges, pledges, caveats, etc are not usually registered in the land registry even when previous transactions over that land are registered in the land registry.

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

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

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