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The two most important right now are deed of assignment and registered survey.

Since your uncle is involved, he should help you through the process. Just don't be too lax until you have those two documents.

Uncle or no uncle, why would you purchase a piece of land without getting a lawyer involved from day one and prior to payment? Good luck anyway

GideonOludayomi:
The two most important right now are deed of assignment and registered survey.

Since your uncle is involved, he should help you through the process. Just don't be too lax until you have those two documents.

I won't. Thanks for the advice. I'm guessing the deed of assignment has to be signed in a court or how? Do I need a lawyer or it's a court thing?

Chevrolet076:


I won't. Thanks for the advice. I'm guessing the deed of assignment has to be signed in a court or how? Do I need a lawyer or it's a court thing?

For a Deed of Assignment to be legally binding, it needs to clearly identify the seller and the buyer, and it must also contain the following information:

- Date of transfer of ownership

- Addresses of the seller and buyer and how they are binding to the successors, friends and other people who represent the seller and buyer in any capacity

- Price of purchase of property

- Detailed description of property, including the size of the property

- A history of transfer of ownership of property, from the date it was first acquired to the time it is to be sold to the new owner

- Covenants or promises that the buyer and seller will undertake in order to execute the deed

- A section for the Commissioner of Oaths or Governors Consent to authenticate and sign the agreement

- Signature of the seller and buyer

 

As a legally binding document in real estate transactions, a Deed of Assignment is often recorded in the local land registry as a proof of transfer of the property to the new owner. The format of a Deed of Assignment is made up of a cover page that show the identities of the buyer and seller as well as a description of the land; a second page that show the date of the transfer, names and location of buyer and seller, and a history of how the seller came into possession of the land; a third page that show the description and cost of the land, a survey plan number including the date and name of surveyor, and the promises that both buyer and seller would abide after the transaction is completed; and a last page that display signatures of the buyer and seller as well as signatures of witnesses to the transaction.

Culled from landsng dot com

If you can get a lawyer, it will be better and easier.