April 14th, 2022

Re: Conducting Business at the Land Registry

Please see below, some useful guidance on conducting business at the Land Registry
Department.

DEALINGS UNDER THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT, CAP. 229

Lost Documents or Lost Certificates

After a parcel has been declared under the Act, all previous title deeds must be deposited at the Land Registry. In a circumstance where these deeds cannot be located by the proprietor, the Application for a Certificate should be amended to state that the Application is being made notwithstanding the previous title deeds have been lost or destroyed. The Application should either be accompanied by an Affidavit in Support or have a Statutory Declaration annexed. The Affidavit/Statutory Declaration should detail the circumstance Surrounding the loss or destruction of the title deeds and the searches undertaken to locate these documents (where lost).

In a circumstance where the Land Registry previously issued a Certificate which cannot be located by the proprietor or interested party, an Application for the Issue of a new Certificate (LR 6) should be filed. This Application makes provision for a Statutory Declaration to be completed which details the loss of the Certificate and the searches undertaken to locate the same.

Advertisements ‘are required for applications to issue replacement Certificates of Title. Two advertisements in a daily newspaper are required with the second advertisement being published fourteen (14) days after the publication of the first advertisement. There is no requirement to advertise for replacement Certificates of Charge….