Section 12 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 12 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) There shall be a Land Registry map (referred to in this Law as “the map”) showing the boundaries of every parcel of land that is registered and it shall be drawn to a scale that is approved by the Surveyor-General.

(2) The map shall contain the number of sheets and any other information that the Registrar deems necessary.

(3) A document creating any interest in land shall not be registered without a survey plan describing and delineating the particular land.

(4) The parcels of land referred to in this Law as “land parcels” in each block or registration Division shall be numbered consecutively; and the name of the registration Division, the number and letter of the block (if any) and the number of the land parcel shall be sufficient reference to such parcel.

(5) A survey plan in respect of any land parcel may be filed at any time to supplement the information available from the Land registry map.

(6) The filing of such a plan shall be noted in the register.

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