Category: Nigeria


  • Section 31 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 31 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: If any registered land or mortgage becomes vested in any of the following-(a) a trustee by virtue of the Trustee Act, 1893; (b) any person by virtue of any law for…

  • Section 30 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 30 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: No registrable instrument shall be pleaded or given in evidence in any Court as affecting land in the State unless it has been duly registered.

  • Section 29 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 29 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: (1) Subject to the provisions of this Section, documents creating interests in the register shall irrespective of their dates have priority according to the order in which they were presented for…

  • Section 28 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 28 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: (1) The registration fee and any additional fee payable under this Law on issuance of the notice in subsection (4) of Section 26, shall become payable whether or not the document…

  • Section 27 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 27 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: (1) Once a person has been validly registered as the holder of a land parcel, the registration is evidence of holding of that land parcel together with all the rights, privileges…

  • Section 26 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 26 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: (1) Any holder in possession of any registrable document shall register it within sixty (60) days after obtaining the Governor’s consent where applicable. The forms for registration of titled land and…

  • Section 25 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 25 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: (1) The Land Registry may issue letters of accreditation to persons with access to log on to the LIMS to conduct searches or download information on the LIMS. (2) Persons referred…

  • Section 24 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 24 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: Any document produced electronically from the LI MS in the Land Registry shall be admissible in a Court proceeding if it qualifies as a document for the purposes of admissibility under…

  • Section 23 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 23 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: (1) Any person who intends to obtain a certified true copy (CTC) of any document in the LIMS shall apply to the Registrar by completing the prescribed form contained in Form…

  • Section 22 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015 Section 22 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows: (1) The Registrar may allow searches to be conducted at all reasonable times in any book, register or file of registration or filed documents in his custody. (2) A search of…