LAND OR BUILDING PURCHASE MUST BE IN WRITING

LAND OR BUILDING PURCHASE MUST BE IN WRITING

“I give you my word” may sound honourable, but in land transactions words without documentation are not enough.

Many land/building buyers in Nigeria fall for sweet talk from land sellers or agents who assure them “don’t worry, the papers will come later” or “this land is perfectly fine, trust me.”

Unfortunately, when ownership or other issues arise, courts do not honour spoken promises in land transactions; they honour written agreements and legally verifiable documents.

You know why? Because the law is that sale of land or house must be in writing.

In property law, everything depends on hard evidence. If ownership is challenged, it is not about who spoke more convincingly but who holds these documents: registered survey plan, Deed of Conveyance or Assignment (proof of ownership) and approvals.

Verbal assurances vanish like smoke in the wind. A buyer who trusts promises without paperwork is setting himself up for heartache.

At Apex Chambers, we have seen where families sold the same land to many buyers. But only the buyer who insisted on signing proper land purchase documents including receipt stood protected. Others lost their money.

So get an experienced Property and Real Estate Lawyer/Attorney to conduct legal verification of ownership, to know the legal status of the land/building and to prepare and register the necessary purchase documents.

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APEX CHAMBERS, Law Firm of Property/Real Estate and Business/Corporate/Commercial Lawyers, Attorneys, Barristers, Solicitors Advocates, Legal Practitioners rendering legal services, Legal Consultants and Notary Public with Law Office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

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