HOW TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IN LAGOS STATE

A certificate of Occupancy confers property ownership rights to an individual. It can also be used for securing bank loans etc.

Requirement & Procedure:

1. Application for Land Information/Land Information Certificate.
2. Two (2) Copies of Survey Plans.
3. Application for Private Certificate of Occupancy Form is done at the Land Use and Allocation Office, Alausa, Lagos.
4. The Application Forms is submitted along with the following documents:

a. Land Information Certificate
b. Receipt for Land Information fee
c. Receipt for Application form –N5,000.00
d. Publication/Inspection fee- N10,000.00
e. Capital Contribution-(As assessed by the LUAC)
f. Duly Stamped Land Purchase Receipt
g. Copies of current tax clearance Certificates of the individuals.
h. Development Levy receipt-N100.00
i. 4 passport photographs of the Applicant (without glasses, i.e. the passport must show the individual facial features clearly).
j. If there is development on the land, copy of duly approved building plan.
k. Newspaper publication is done, with room for 21 day period for any objection from an interested member of the public.

The compiling and processing is not this easy and clear cut, as the LUAC staff would have to conduct title search on it, inspect the land, write their report before the C of O is prepared, typed, and forwarded by the Executive Secretary LUAC, then to the Permanent Secretary, Lands Bureau and then sent to the office of the Attorney General, Lagos State.

Thereafter, the C of O is stamped at the Stamp Duties section, Ministry of Finance, sent for Registration at the Land Registry Directorate before it is released to the Applicant or his Solicitor. Please note that as is typical with civil servants, this process could take three months or more.
(Also kindly note that the fees here were as at 2008, might have been reviewed, but would confirm and revert back if it’s still the same).
Please note that if you have defective title to the property, this process does not cure any defect in title. Applicants for C of O are strongly advised to engage a Solicitor to make prior enquiries/legal search before any property is purchased by them.

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