Ghana - Apply for Instrument Registration (Title)

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To apply for instrument registration (title) in person, the applicant has to approach the Ghana Land Commission office contact link
2. Visit the office and obtain an application form from the relevant department.
3. Applicant has to enter all information in the application form.
4. Make sure that the applicant has all the required documents listed in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. Please refer to the fee details in the “Fees” section of this page.
6. If all above-mentioned procedures were followed properly by the applicant, the application form will be viewed by concerned authorities and the applicant will be notified regarding their registration.
7. After the notified period, the applicant must go to the office and get their registration certificate.
8. Generally, the processing time for this procedure 1 month.

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Required Documents

• Stamped (stamp duty duly paid)
• Nature of instrument (title of document)
• Solicitor’s stamp /seal
• Approval plan (certified judgment plan if the nature of the instrument is judgment)
• Back of the site plan must be signed by the parties
• Jurat (if the document is thumb printed, etc.)
• Oath of proof must be executed
• All supporting/ recited documents must be attached
• Evidence of concurrence/consent (stool and state lands subsequent transactions)
• Original land certificate of the transferor (for transfer of whole)

Office Locations & Contacts

Location: Accra
Address: Land Commission Office,
Second circular Rd, Accra
Cantonments, Accra
Email id: [email protected] / [email protected]
Contact number-: 0302 429760/ 0302 429762
Location link
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Eligibility

• Applicant who has own land, can apply for this application.

Fees

• Fees for this procedure is GHS 155.00

Validity

• Valid for this registration certificate is 1 year.

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Processing Time

• The processing time for this procedure is 1 month.

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Instructions

• It is important that the completed form must contain all the information required properly and the form must be filled legibly, in order to get accepted by the Authority.
• Make sure that the applicant must attach all the required documents as specified by the authority to avoid rejections.

Required Information

• Applicant name
• Applicant address
• Contact details
• Names and addresses of parties
• Signature of parties
• Names and addresses of witnesses
• Signature of witness
• Name of owner
• Land size and location of land
• Licensed surveyor and director, survey, and mapping division’s signatures and date
• Planning comments

Need for the Document

• An Instrument is any transfer, mortgage, caveat, covenant and agreement that is registered to a land title. Any instrument that affects the parcel of land will be listed on the Registered Search Statement for the property.

Information which might help

• The lands commission is established by article 238 of the 1992 constitution Act, 2008 (Act 767) as a body corporate with perpetual succession, a common seal, and sue and may be sued in the corporate name.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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