SURVEY
PLAN
A Survey
plan is a document that measures the boundary of a parcel of land to give an
accurate measurement and description of that land. The people that handle
survey issues are Surveyors and they are regulated by the office of the
Surveyor general in Lagos as it relates to survey issues in Lagos. A survey
plan must contain the following information:
1. The
name of the owner of the land surveyed
2. The
Address or description of the land surveyed
3. The
size of the land surveyed
4. The
drawn out portion of the land survey and mapped out on the survey plan document
5. The
beacon numbers
6. The
surveyor who drew up the survey plan and the date it was drawn up
7. A
stamp showing the land is either free from Government acquisition or not
EXCISION
Land Use
Decree on the 28th of March, 1978 that vested all lands in every state of the
Federation under the control of the State Governors. The Land Use Act coupled
with other laws made it possible for the Governor who was now the owner of all
lands in the state to actually have the power to Acquire more lands compulsorily
for its own public purpose to provide amenities for the greater good of the
citizens.
Fortunately,
the government recognizes that indigenes of different sections of the country
have a right to existence . . . a right to the land of their birth. Hence, it
is customary for state government to cede a portion of land to the original
owners (natives) of each area.
An
Excision means basically taking a part from a whole and that part that has been
excised, will be recorded and documented in the official government gazette of
that state.
GAZETTE
A Gazette
is an Official record book where all special government details are spelt out,
detailed and recorded
A gazette
will show the communities or villages that have been granted excision and the
number of acres or hectares of land that the government has given to them. It
is within those excised acres or hectares that the traditional family is
entitled to sell its lands to the public and not anything outside those
hectares of land given or excised to them.
A Gazette
is a very powerful instrument the community owns and can replace a Certificate
of Occupancy to grant title to the Villagers. A community owning a gazette can
only sell lands to an individual within those lands that have been excised to
them and the community or family head of that land has the right to sign your
documents for you if you purchase lands within those excised acres or hectares
of land.
DEED OF
ASSIGNMENT
A Deed of
Assignment is an Agreement between the Seller of a Land or Property and a Buyer
of that Land or property showing evidence that the Seller has transferred all
his rights, his title, his interest and ownership of that land to that the
Seller that has just bought land.
The Deed
of Assignment has been exchanged between both parties, it has to be recorded in
the land registry to show legal proof that the land has exchanged hands and the
public should be aware of the transaction. Such recorded Deed of Assignment
come in the form of either a Governor’s Consent or _Registered Conveyance
CERTIFICATE
OF OCCUPANCY
A
Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) issued by the Lagos State Government
officially leases Lagos land to you, the applicant, for 99 yrs. As already
indicated above, all lands belong to the Government.
A C of O
however is the officially recognized Document for demonstrating Right to a
Land.
What happens after 99 years? That question is still subject of debate among experts. Most have adopted a wait-and-see attitude. Others postulate that as the new owner of the land, you the buyer, can renew the certificate of occupancy when it expires.
What happens after 99 years? That question is still subject of debate among experts. Most have adopted a wait-and-see attitude. Others postulate that as the new owner of the land, you the buyer, can renew the certificate of occupancy when it expires.
How To Verify That The Red Copy Of Survey Plan In Lagos Was Duly Lodged
At Alausa
If you are buying land for the first time in Lagos and you hire a Land
Surveyor in Lagos to survey the land for you and prepare a Survey Plan, it is
important to note that the job of the land surveyor is NOT complete even after
he has delivered the survey plan to you.
The land Surveyor is supposed to register the survey in the State
CADASTRE by submitting a copy of the Survey Plan (Record or Red Copy) to the
Office of the Surveyor General of Lagos State. The State Cadastre is a record
of land ownership in the state.
Until the RECORD COPY is submitted, you cannot obtain any TITLE for
that land.
There are two ways to verify if the "Record Copy" of your
Survey Plan has been submitted:
1.) Ask the land Surveyor to show you the Evidence of Submission.
2.) Go to the RECORDS OFFICE within the Office of the SURVEYOR GENERAL
of Lagos at Alausa, Ikeja and do a Verification of Submission of Record Copy
Survey Plan.
This service cost N2000 (Two thousand naira only) and the process takes
a few days.
It would have been easier and more convenient if there was "SURVEY
PLAN ONLINE CHECKER"; but for now, there is none.😎
