{"id":387,"date":"2021-02-18T09:55:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T09:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinkmint.ng\/buyrealestate\/?p=387"},"modified":"2021-03-17T12:25:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T12:25:54","slug":"documents-you-should-know-about-when-purchasing-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinkmint.ng\/buyrealestate\/documents-you-should-know-about-when-purchasing-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Documents you should know about when purchasing Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legal documentation is necessary when purchasing land, therefore it is vital you know which document you need to have when you want to buy land or property.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A C of O is the officially recognized Land Document for demonstrating Right to a Land. It is a Land Document given by the State Government which officially leases any land under the state to the applicant for 99 yrs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEED OF ASSIGNMENT\/CONVEYANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a document that must be demanded and given to a purchaser after the conclusion of any land\/property transaction between such Buyer and the Seller of the property in question.<\/p>\n<p>It also contains the date when the ownership of the property transfers from one owner to the other.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEED OF LEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the land document that lets the Governor and the general public know that the land in question has changed hands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEED OF SUB-LEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is another relevant legal document duly signed and stamped indicating land and landed property transaction between a leaseholder of land sub-leasing his\/her unexpired lease term to a third party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAND CERTIFICATE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a document of title as to the ownership of a piece or large parcel of land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEED OF MORTGAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a security for a loan with an undertaken for repayment and cesser upon recovery. The common types of mortgage transactions are; Equitable Mortgage and Legal Mortgage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0SURVEY PLAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This land document shows the boundary measurements of a parcel of land to give an accurate measurement and description of that land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal documentation is necessary when purchasing land, therefore it is vital you know which document you need to have when you want to buy land or property. CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY A C of O is the officially recognized Land Document for demonstrating Right to a Land. 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