Title deed delivery goes through a detailed process that takes a duration due to different factors, such as how clean and available the documents are, type of transaction and efficiency of the parties involved.
- Fresh Title Deed after Subdivision
This takes 30 to 90 working days. This includes: survey work, mutation approval. Registration of title and new title printing and signing.
Survey or mutation must be with right measurements and official signatures, if they are missing the process takes longer
- Transfer of an Existing Title (Sale)
This takes 15 to 60 working days. Steps involved include: land search, consent of transfer, valuation by government valuer, payment of stamp duty, registration of transfer, issuance of new title deed. The bottom line is to have clean documents all through the process.
- Title After Succession
This takes 3 to 6 months or even more. This includes: filing for probate or letters of administration, confirmation of grant, land registry transfer, issuance of a title deed. Most delays occur in courts and not bin land registry.
- Replacement of a lost Title Deed
This takes 60 to 90 working days, process involved includes; Police abstract, gazette notice (30 days by law), application for replacement and new title deed is printed.
- Conversion Titles (RLA to RL)
RLA (Registered Land Act) is the old system and RL (Registered Land) is the current title registration system
Time varies from 30 working days to 120 working days. This depends on whether the parcel was in the conversion list or whether there any objections., also registry backlog determines time process will take.
