1)You don’t need a red seal on your survey plan for it to be genuine. It doesn’t add any form of authenticity to it and it is NOT a requirement in Lagos and Ogun state. Anyone who says you need it is not telling you the truth

2)If your land is NOT government land, you don’t need a government surveyor to survey it. It will be surveyed by a private practicing surveyor and it will carry his own name, stamp, seal, and signature.

3) Your survey plan is NOT proof that the survey of your land has been registered. Your surveyor is supposed to give you at least one other document signed and stamped by the Office of the Surveyor General.

4) The fact that a survey plan was used to obtain a governor’s consent or C of O title from the government does not always mean that it is correct. If you are buying a land with title, please check the survey plan first.

5)In Lagos, if you buy land that is under government acquisition before consulting your surveyor, please do not expect him to register your survey and give you your Evidence of Lodgment of Record Copy document. He can’t register the survey until the land ceases to be completely under government acquisition.