FAQs – Land Adjudication

A Registration District is an area designated as such by order of the Minister responsible for Lands, the location and boundaries of which are defined by reference to a Plan or description set out in the order.

• People who have title deeds to land in the registration district.
• People who do not have title deeds but may have a claim to land in the registration district.

The L.A.1 Form (pink form) should be completed and submitted to the Land Registration Department, Warrens Office Complex, Warrens, St. Michael, together with a recent Land Tax Bill and the applicable registration fee.

These forms are obtained from either the Registration Officer during the demarcation exercise, the Land Registration Department or the Land Adjudication Unit.

A demarcation exercise is conducted by the LSD. The Chief Surveyor will send correspondence to landowners and other interested persons with claims to land in the registration district informing them that a Surveyor from his department and an Attorney-at-Law from the Unit will be visiting their land at a specific date and time to identify the boundaries and gather information about their land.

Landowners and persons making claims will be required to indicate their boundary markers (line marks) to the surveyor and disclose any issues with respect to the boundaries.

Landowners and persons with interests should produce any documents or copies of documents that they may have in their possession with respect to the land.

Landowners and persons with interests should provide any other applicable information such as subdivision particulars, land disputes or other issues, death certificates or the date of death, change of name particulars and contact information.

Persons may submit claims either in person or through an Attorney-at-Law.

A Certificate of Title is proof of your ownership and has all the information relating to your land in a single document.

• Certainty of Title.
• Legal owner of registered parcels can be easily identified.
• The Commissioner of Titles can declare title to land where persons do not have title deeds but who may be able to claim title and have met certain requirements.
• The landowner’s Attorney-at-Law no longer needs to peruse a large number of documents to prove ownership of land as the owner is issued with a Certificate of Title which contains all the information relevant to the land, a copy of the official Plan of the land and an extract of the Registry Map showing the particular parcel of land.
• Searches are obtained by making a simple Application to the Land Registration Department.
• After registration, the time taken for land transactions and cost of land dealings should be significantly decreased.
• Certificates can be easily replaced in circumstances where they have been misplaced, lost, stolen or destroyed as compared to the current process which incurs advertising costs and legal fees.