Section 80 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 80 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

(1) Subject to the agreement between the parties, where a joint holder of any land, sub-lease or mortgage dies, the Registrar shall delete the name of the deceased holder from the register; and in the case of the death of any of the holders, his legal personal representative or successors in-title shall be entitled to be registered by transmission of the interest of the deceased holder upon application to the Registrar of Title.

(2) If an application is made to delete the name of a deceased joint holder, the applicant shall produce to the Registrar satisfactory evidence of such death.

(3) If the application is made for registration by a person as the holder by transmission, the applicant shall, apply in the prescribed form and produce a certified true copy of probate of the Will or Letter of Administration in respect of the estate of the deceased holder, as the case may be; and the Registrar, if satisfied shall register the applicant in place of the deceased and add the words “as executor” or “as administrator” with such reference to the will or to the ‘estate.’ The Registrar may, if he thinks necessary, enter a restriction to protect the interests of the beneficiaries.

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