Getting a land title
The land title is issued at the end of a registration procedure handled by the divisional services of State Property, Surveys and Land Tenure, with a site visit by the consultative board and demarcation of the plot.
Who it concerns
Anyone, or any community, occupying or working a plot of national land who wants definitive ownership, or any buyer of an already titled plot who must have the title transferred to their name.
Steps (direct registration)
- File the registration application, in several copies, at the sub-divisional office of the place where the plot lies; the file is forwarded to the divisional service of State Property and Land Tenure.
- The application is published and posted; the consultative board, chaired by the sub-divisional officer, visits the plot to record occupation or development and hear any objections.
- The survey department's surveyor demarcates the plot and draws up the plan.
- After publication in the bulletin of State property and land notices and in the absence of objection, the land registrar establishes the title and hands you the duplicate.
Documents to provide
Application form, identity document, evidence of development or occupation (buildings, plantations) and, for an already titled plot, the notarial deed of sale for the transfer.
Cost and time
Fees include demarcation fees, board fees and title-issuing duties set by ministry texts; times depend on the delegations. The ministry does not publish a schedule on a page consulted by Camerpedia: ask the divisional service for the official schedule.
Legal basis
Ordinance no. 74/1 of 6 July 1974 establishing rules governing land tenure; decree no. 76/165 of 27 April 1976 laying down the conditions for obtaining a land title, amended by decree no. 2005/481 of 16 December 2005.