Section 37 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 37 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) Where a Certificate of Occupancy is lost or destroyed, the holder may apply to the Registrar for the re-issuance of an extract of the title document.

(2) The holder shall make a statutory declaration under the Oaths Law stating the loss or destruction of the previous title document and publish the fact of the loss of the document in a national newspaper.

(3) If satisfied with such evidence and where no objection is raised within fourteen (14) days of the publication, the Registrar may issue an extract of the title document.

(4) Where a Land Certificate is lost or destroyed, the holder may apply to the Registrar for the issuance of a new Land Certificate on production of an affidavit of loss and a police report.

(5) An advertisement shall also be published three (3) times in the Lagos State Government Official Gazette and where there is no objection raised within fourteen (14) days of the last publication, the Registrar may issue a new Land Certificate.

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