There are many cases where people purchase land or landed property without perfecting their papers on the government side. There had been a case where a man purchased expanse of land, left the property without perfecting his papers. As at the time he was ready, he discovered there were even two other persons claiming same land. By the time he started making move to perfect his own title he discovered his own land encroaches on another, while investigating and he discovered the same vendor that sold land to him sold at the same time to the others. In this wise the said land has become a litigation matter. Do not wait for you to get duped or intruder to encroach your property before perfection your title.
In conclusion, whenever you purchase a land or landed property ensure you perfect your title and if you can not afford that as at that moment; try and commit yourself to the government through documents that will be accepted by court. Government recognises a registered survey plan, also stamp duty on the family receipt, deed of assignment or purchase agreement issued to you.

somehow:


USE the EFCC on him if the money is that big.

If you actually have your receipt of the said purchase kindly charge the company to court. Most people have been duped cause they believe the land speculator have expanse of land and name they thought can never be scamed. Even taking you to a specific place to purchase, engage a professionals such as surveyor or estate surveyor to do search for you. Becareful next time

Real estate is a term that refers to the physical land, structures, and resources attached to it. What differentiate a family house personal house is what people still do not understand till today.
If your parent owns a bare land, the fact that you have money to build on it does not automatically transfer the property to you. Get your own land, have your building approval done, build and perfect your title with the government. Have seen lot of people make mistakes.
Also if you are buying property with existing title dont rely only on genuity of such document. Make a search and enquire more if the vendor has taken a loan with the c of o as collateral or not. This has put lot of people in mess. There is also an issue brought to me recently whereby the wife sold property that belongs to she and her husband without seeking husbands consent. What amuse me is the buyer that purchased such property without making due diligence.
This is 2024 try and engage professionals in all you do, dont just make mistake.

Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) is an official document issued by the government in Nigeria that certifies a person or organization as the legal owner of a piece of land or property. Ogun State practices Statutory issuance of C of o i.e both rural and urban comes directly to the State government for the process.
There are Stages involved in Private C of O also known as Direct C of o in Ogun State after you might have obtained a form.
Publication on news paper stage: This stage involves publication on news paper for good 21 days. The essence of this is for the general public to know and petition if their land has been encroached by the applicant. This may forestall the process if the allegation has solid evidence. Other stages are
*Inspection stage
*Issuace Assessment /Payment stage
*Confirmation of payment stage
*Printing of CofO stage
*Execution stage ( Signing if CofO)
*Stamp duty on CofO stage
*Registration stage
*Collection of c of o.
Requirements to the above process
*An applicant will obtain c of o form
* Oath on the form at the High Court
*Agreement or stamp duty must be dully stamped
* 4 copies of Registered survey plan
* 4 copies of White background passport photo
* attachment of valid I.d card or internation passport
* attachment of payment receipt
* CAC certificate if the use is commercial
*MOU of the compnay

It has been discovered that many people got duped by the grabbers for being novice. A due diligence is needed when it comes to getting a property and making documentations. The land that is totally free from any government known acquisition will process Private C of O; if the land has existing title on it Governors concent will be done. If a land that is under acquisition has a title; the prospective buyer should know that c of o cant be given twice instead you will go through ratification process again.
Meanwhile if before the land is acquired and there is existing title before this effect, the prospective buyer has to go through ratification process of c of o not consent.
Be familiar with the acquisition in Ogun State such as:
1.5km acquisition sagamu Abeokuta
1.5km acquisition sagamu-benin
1.5km acquisition sagamu-papalanto
1.5km acquisition Atan idiroko
1.5km acquisition Atan agbara
Newtown acquisition
Agricultural acquisition soseri
Ministry of agricultural and natural resources
Opic acquisition
Agbado global acquisition
Industrial scheme portion A and B
Industrial development acquisition ipokia
Sagamu ogijo acquisition
Ogijo mixed scheme acq
Bitumen acquisition
Blue water scheme acquisition
1km acquisition sagamu-imota
Rubber plantations acquisition
Cargo airport acquisition
Flowergate acquisition
2km corridor acquisition Lagos Ibadan
I.0km acquisition Lagos Ibadan
LUD site1
LUD site 2
LUD site 3 etc.
Before commitment, ensure you do proper charting of survey by running land information to know if the land encroaches some part of individual land or government acquisition.
We have commited acquisition and any land that fall in this can not process c of o nor building approval. If process they might be denied pending the time government will remove the embargo.
If a land falls on non-commited acquisiton land the prospective buyer should know in mind that such land will have to go through ratification process of C of O or Accommodation depending on the size and use the land is put to.

africanman85:
How do u verify the one gotten through inheritance having in mind that most times these land are shared after the demise of the owner ?

suppose the deceased has perfected his or her title bfre God beckon on him or her you can verify Survey plan, c of o, Deed of Conveyance etc. genuity is the key. But have it in mind that not all family land has perfected papers

In addition to what the poster said; please make sure you keep proper documents. A client called smtimes ago to help them out concerning a property she purchased long ago, when i asked for the documents he claimed to have lost it long ago.
Another thing is ensure the documents is well verified. Also when you are purchasing allocated plot by the government make sure you do verification properly before payment. Some people will start documentation with commiting themselves with the payment to government, they will lie to prospect buyers that they have done necessary doc with gvt.
Lastly make sure you take possesion even if it is shop or fence run on bare land dont just leave it

Before you purchase a land try and investigate. Many ppl are still falling for this.
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A land title is not compulsory but necessary i will tell you why?
When you buy land and runs just provisional survey on it, this can only give you the the area of the land i. e size and your name placed on it. A registered survey covers you a bit under the government when it is run and it well lodged into government record. Even if the vendor tries to resell your land; and the prospective buyer is wise enough he will do search through what we call land information or charting to know the owner. Note running a survey alone can not cover you if you dont take possession of your land even after running title document. If it fencing such land round do or buidl a security or shops on it for the main time while you prepare for full development of such land. If you have a title document to your land you can make a claim incase there is any acquisition which compells the givernment to pay you compensation when a land is forcefully taken for overriding public interest.
In this era, many people are not even affected alone by acquisition instead they fall into wrong hands when purchasing a land. Make a proper search and ensure you secretly take your own surveyor to the exact portion they are trying to sell to you. Pick coordinates and chart it to be sure if you are good to go. In the cause of your running from land grabbers if you are not careful enough you will still fall into their hands. Dm on whatsapp for more guides in case you need one 08161375559

Nothing ooooo cos mind was already divided when Mum started ringg to my ears like sha finish make i ask you wetin you will learn if fashion designing or barber. To the glory of God sha story changed, am proud to be a chattered Registered Estate Surveyor

A document which transfers interest in land or extinguish any right in law to another
There are different types of deeds
*Deed of Assignment
*Deed of Release
*Deed of mortgage
* Deed of lease
* Power of Attorney
* Dees of Conveyance.
All these are clearly different from Land Purchase receipt.
- Deed of Assignment is the document to be issued to you if there is an existing title on such landed or land property. There must be a register available
C of o
Deed of conveyance or assignment itself.
Deed of assignement is the document to issue to anyone that buys land that has existing title.
* In Ogun State one cannot register Deed of Agreement but other states permits, but it can be used as instrument for c of o. 08161375559

Olusharp:
like how much should one budget for this and the document needed.. Do one need to go to Abeokuta?? Or those Laison offices at LG that were created during Amosun's tenure...

contact me 08161375559

A title which is a document that shows legal ownership to a property or asset. To perfect your land title in Ogun State, you have to get your Survey Plan done, stamp your Deed of Assignment, purchase receipt, purchase agreement at the appropriate Inland Revenue and register your land documents. Other requirements such as:
White background passport photographs, means of identification, memorandum of understanding if its for commercial use, cac documents, etc. However, a charting investigation will reavel if you have to process direct c of o, ratification or accommodation by telling you the status of such land. For more enquiry to guide you can call 08161375559

lavylilly:
Thank you for this timely response.

God bless Sir

TemmyT002:
And many bought land and collected just receipt from the land seller.

There is nothing wrng with receipt as fasr as documentation is concern. We took purchase receipt, land agreement or deed of assignment during the home owner chatters then. That has been the property you purchase came from the main owner or owners. But befre you purchase any property do search so that you wont face litigation

Olusharp:
what about transfer of ownership? Does it count in ogun??

Yes. You have to process concent if the property has existing title with the govt. if it doesnt you have to process c of o on your own

Sukkyy2010:

Thanks for your response sir I'm very grateful may the Lord Almighty accomplish your work.

Let me kindly update you the latest, few minutes ago I visited the surveyor whom I bought the land from concerning deed of agreement and the surveyor said no problem that his going to handle it that he'll be the one to bring in a lawyer that will process the document.

Now my question sir!

Is that how it been done? Is right the seller is the one to bring in lawyer for this coz I was thinking of using my personal lawyer for it.

For land documentation in Ogun State we accept purchase receipt, deed of assignment or purchase agreement. They can use their lawyer to sign the agreement you are to prepare, yours is to be sure if their witness us stated, secretary, the family head or sellers, and yours witness. Let this also be a lesson to you. In 2021 a guy met me at the entrance to my office for land investigation. He wrote the coordinates on a sheet of paper that the vendor gave him. We got to discover that said land they wanted to sell to him is under governmnt acquisition. So i advised if he would need my assistance, I asked someone to follow him to the said site that he was about to pay for, we did our job n realized all the land they were about to sell to him swims fully in govt acquisition. The family tried to rush him and promised him that their Surveyor that wrote the coordinate on paper fr him could help him remove his land from gvt acquisition.
So i said straight to him that if he pay fr such land he would not get c of o nor building approval because it is under committed acquisition. Their surveyor was actually trying to do sth called flying of coordinates for him. This means smbdy's land coordinates that is not under acquisition would be written in survey for him as land document. May God continue to guide us

lavylilly:
Please is there anything like family registered survey

A register survey is survey that is lodged into government record and can be traced. If a family has large portion of land they might run it and by apportioning it to different family members plot by lot through layout survey. Incase A wishes to sell his land B might choose not to see but they all have individual right on the property. That may be what he called a family registered survey.

elseohjay:
Hi Lawyer,

Thanks for the valuable info. Just a quick but not completely related query:

If I am buying an existing completed building with an existing C of O, I like to know, would the existing CofO in the seller's name suffice or would I have to get another CofO for myself. Someone suggested I may need to get Governor's consent. Is this the case, and if so would the valuation for the governors consent be based on the value of the land or the entire building?
many thanks for your prompt response

Good afternoon,
An existing title if is it sold the new owner has to see seek Governor' consent as the LUA 1978 stated. In Ogun State A residential property has Term of years 99, commercial property has 50yrs and Agri/ farming is 25 yrs. If such is issued to someone that means the new will not have c of o instead he will have residue of the HEAD of lease as consent.
Call 08161375559 fr more explanation

asksteve:
Hello house,
Pls I employed the service of a surveyor to do land i investigation for me and he only came up with a google earth snapshot and that the site was about 500m and 900m from government acquisition.
No land history, not even the dimensions.
All these he initially promised would come with it only to now say it's a misunderstanding after I recopied his chats for him to see.
He also said the verification has an error of +- 10m.... While the precise survey has +-2m

Pls is this snapshot OK for investigation and are his claims true as I feel like I've just been scammed?

good morning and sorry for late response. Coordinate reading can be used to do investigation on any land or landed property within the State the property is. The survey coordinate can be diiferent just a bit from the one on survey plan. If you dont mind you can inbox me or call 08161375559 to help you with the investigation if the property situates within Ogun State

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BREYZ:


1. The line you stated that oath must be done on the form means the Ogun State application form must be stamped at the High Court Complex b

1. The line you stated that an oath will be done on the application form means that the application form must be stamped at the high court Complex with the seal of the high court of Ogun State affixed.

2. A survey cannot be registered rather 4 copies of survey plans in the name of assignee or sublessee

3. The application form for Governor's consent must be filled by the assignor or vendor or seller as the case may be and not by the seller or assignee or subleasor as the case may be.

4. CAC Certificate is rather vague, the CAC documents required are CAC 7, 2 and certificate of incorporation if the vendor or assignor is a limited liability company

5. The means of ID of all parties must be made available

6. All statutory fees must be paid via draft in essence you must raise a draft for the statutory fees such as registration fee, application form, consent etc.

The oath can either be done at the Ministry of Justice or the High court. The most important thing is the form is dully stamped which is called oath on the form obtained before submission

BREYZ:


1. The line you stated that oath must be done on the form means the Ogun State application form must be stamped at the High Court Complex b

1. The line you stated that an oath will be done on the application form means that the application form must be stamped at the high court Complex with the seal of the high court of Ogun State affixed.

2. A survey cannot be registered rather 4 copies of survey plans in the name of assignee or sublessee

3. The application form for Governor's consent must be filled by the assignor or vendor or seller as the case may be and not by the seller or assignee or subleasor as the case may be.

4. CAC Certificate is rather vague, the CAC documents required are CAC 7, 2 and certificate of incorporation if the vendor or assignor is a limited liability company

5. The means of ID of all parties must be made available

6. All statutory fees must be paid via draft in essence you must raise a draft for the statutory fees such as registration fee, application form, consent etc.

You either pay in cash to the banks available in Ogun State or draft. I am staff of the Bureau so not compulsory you pay in draft. If you have cash and you feel safe, you can easily walk in to any available banks government provided to make your payment.
Also registered survey plan is meant for Direct c of o process while Provisional survey plan is meant for Ratification c of o. Where i stated it that commercial form application must have CAC and Memorandum of Understanding is for the use of land other than residential purpose. If u read again i only discussed Commercial form of c of o not consent or running of perimeter survey. Thanks

Land title perfection is a system of registering ownership right of an estate in landed property with government in order to provide evidence of a secured title. It is a policy intervention to recognize rights in land, guarantee tenure, improve land market and encourage development. Ogun State documentation is of various kinds which are Ratification, Direct c of o for private land, Allocation for prospective investors, Accommodation, Governor's consent.
Direct c of o could be for Residential, Commercial, Agricultural, Industrial. Forms to pick depends on which use the prospectives applicant put the land to.
Direct c of o Residential and Commercial requirements is not too different.
Form must be picked up by applicants. agreement/ deed of assignment must be dully stamped.
current tax clearance and development level must be paid.
an oath must be done on the form.
4 white background passport photographs for residential.
4 registered survey plan.
current identity card.
MOU of the company if its commercial.
4 white background passports of at least two directors from the company.
CAC certificate.
After the requirement must have been met, the file will be listed for publication on the news paper for 21 days.
Then the applicant would be called for physical site inspection and after this an assessment would be raised by the officer in charge which the applicant would be contacted to pay to government purse for.
After making the payment the file shall be sent to Director of Land Services for Printing of C of O. Immediately the C of O is printed the Director of Lands Services shall receive the file and send to Director General's office which will there after send the file to the Governor for execution. Immediately the file is been signed by the governor the file will be sent to IRS office for C of O stamp duty, once the applicant makes the payment on that, IRS will ensure the file is forwarded to the Deed Registry department of Bureau of Lands& Survey by which all documents will be dully scrutinized and Payment shall be made on that as well. After that is done the applicant will fully receive his or her C of O immediately the Chief Deed Registrar signed after the governor. Note any C of O without registration is a dead capital i.e it is invalid. For more information send message to 08161375559 or 08173359133

U1:
Momove4real25, do you still do this? If yes, I'd like to know how much it would cost to check the status of land somewhere in Ogun state using coordinates. Thanks.

Yes i can still carry it out. Contact me via 08161375559

U1:
Momove4real25, do you still do this? If yes, I'd like to know how much it would cost to check the status of land somewhere in Ogun state using coordinates. Thanks.

08161375559

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