Act No: No. 3 of 2012
Act Title: LAND REGISTRATION
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
Arrangement of Sections
THE LAND REGISTRATION (FORMS) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

SCHEDULE

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT (Cap. 300)

(Section 108)

THE LAND ACT (Cap. 280)

THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES ACT (Cap. 281) (Repealed)

THE GOVERNMENT LAND ACT (Cap. 280) (Repealed)

THE LAND TITLES ACT (Cap. 282) (Repealed)

CERTIFICATE OF TITLE

MEMORANDUM

THE LAND REGISTRATION (GENERAL) REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1.

Citation

2.

Interpretation

PART II – ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF REGISTRIES

3.

Oath of office

4.

Official stamp

5.

Seal of the registry

6.

Business days

7.

Serialization and keeping of the presentation book

8.

Priority of registration

9.

Contents of the register

10.

Contents of the property section

11.

Additional Contents of property section for sectional units

12.

Contents of the proprietorship section

13.

Contents of the encumbrance section

14.

Application to register a community land

15.

Contents of the proprietorship section of community land register

16.

Forms of registers

PART III – POWER OF ATTORNEY

17.

General Power of Attorney

18.

Specific Power of Attorney

19.

Irrevocable Power of Attorney

20.

Revocation of Power of Attorney

PART IV – REGISTRATION UNDER THE REGISTER

21.

Application for registration to be in prescribed form

22.

Documents in support of applications

23.

Spousal interest

24.

First Registration after adjudication

25.

First registration after consolidation

26.

First registration after allocation

27.

Lost documents

28.

Reconstruction of a land register

29.

Reconstruction of a land register where title documents are missing

30.

Application for a certificate

31.

Form of certificate of title and certificate of lease

32.

Time for registration

33.

Application in order of time

34.

Additional requirements

35.

Rejection of an application

36.

Mode of Payment of fees

37.

Appeal

38.

Continuation of application by operation of law

39.

Supervision by the Chief Land Registrar

PART V – BOUNDARIES

40.

Application for re-establishing a missing boundary or ascertainment of a boundary in dispute

41.

Application for ascertaining and fixing boundaries

42.

Order to demarcate and maintain boundaries

43.

Application for combination or subdivision

44.

Application for re-parcellation

45.

Application for partition

46.

Application in absence of consent by co-tenant

47.

Consent of a chargee to partition

PART VI – DISPOSITION AFFECTING LAND

48.

Terms and conditions of sale

49.

Requirements for transfer

50.

Transfer Subject to an encumberance

51.

Transfer of undivided share

52.

Transfer of a joint interest

53.

Severance of joint tenancy

54.

Transmission on death of a joint tenant

55.

Transmissions subject to confirmation of grant or probate

56.

Transfer to personal representative

57.

Transfer by personal representative to beneficiary

58.

Transfer by personal representative to third party

59.

Transmission on bankruptcy

60.

Transmission on liquidation

61.

Transfer to companies and limited liability partnership

62.

Transmission in other cases

63.

Document executed under the power of Attorney

64.

Application to be registered as trustee

65.

Registration of disposition in favour of trustees incorporated under the Trustees Perpetual Succession, Act Cap. 43

66.

Transfer by a trustee

PART VII – CHARGES

67.

Form of a charge

68.

Priority rights of prior chargees

69.

Consent for second or subsequent charge

70.

Registration of a charge, second charge or subsequent charge

71.

Registration of an informal charge

72.

Memorandum of variation of a charge

73.

Transfer of charge

74.

Discharge of charge

75.

Application by a chargee to be registered as proprietor

PART VIII – LEASES

76.

Form of a lease

77.

Long term Lease for part of a building

78.

Surrender of lease

PART IX – INHIBITIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND CAUTIONS

79.

Registration of a court order of inhibition

80.

Registration of a caution

81.

Registration of a restriction

PART X – EASEMENT AND ANALOGOUS RIGHTS

82.

Grant of easement or analogous right

83.

Cancellation of easement or analogous right

84.

Consent from persons entitled to benefit from easement or analogous right

85.

Application for cancellation of grant of easement or analogous right

PART XI – OFFICIAL SEARCHES

86.

Official Search

PART XII – FORMS

87.

Use of forms

88.

Execution of forms

89.

Format legibility and completeness of forms

PART XIII – ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION AND CONVEYANCING

90.

Electronic dispositions

PART XIV – CORRECTIONS, RECTIFICATIONS AND INDEMNITY

91.

Corrections of an error on the register

92.

Notice of rectification of register

93.

Conduct of hearing for rectification of the register

94.

Court mandated alteration of the register

PART XVI – ADDRESS FOR SERVICE AND NOTICES

95.

Detail of address of service

96.

Mode of service of notices by the Registrar

PART XV – MISCELLANEOUS

97.

Fees

98.

Assessment of fees

99.

Payment of fees

100.

Production of document for inspection

101.

Storage of instruments

102.

Consideration

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE [r. 3] —

OATH/AFFIRMATION OF THE OFFICE OF CHIEF LAND REGISTRAR/DEPUTY CHIEF LAND REGISTRAR/COUNTY LAND REGISTRAR/LAND REGISTRAR

SECOND SCHEDULE [r. 5(1)] —

SEAL OF THE REGISTRY

THIRD SCHEDULE [r. 32(1)] —

THE TIME LIMIT FOR SERVICES AT THE REGISTRY

FOURTH SCHEDULE [r. 88(1)] —

VERIFICATION OF INSTRUMENTS: PRESCRIBED OFFICERS AND OTHER PERSONS

FIFTH SCHEDULE [r. 93(1)] —

PROCEDURE FOR HEARINGS BY THE REGISTRAR

SIXTH SCHEDULE —

PRESENTATION BOOK

THE LAND REGISTRATION (REGISTRATION UNITS) ORDER

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1.

Citation

2.

Interpretation

3.

Establishment of registration units

4.

Commencing survey and other activities in a registration unit

5.

Objections to information in the conversion list and cadastral map

6.

Particulars by the complainant

7.

Registrar to resolve issues in the conversion list

8.

Migration of registries and titles

9.

Migrating of titles

10.

Revocation

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE [r. 3] —

LAND REGISTRATION UNITS AND LAND REGISTRIES IN RESPECTIVE COUNTIES

SECOND SCHEDULE [r. 5] —

FORMS

LAND REGISTRATION (ELECTRONIC LAND TRANSACTIONS) (REVOCATION) REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1.

Citation

2.

Revocation. L.N.101/2019

LAND REGISTRATION (ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS) REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART I – PRELIMINARY

1.

Citation

2.

Application

3.

Interpretation

PART II – ELECTRONIC LAND REGISTRY

4.

Electronic registry

5.

Form of registers

6.

Electronic Registry transactions

7.

Access to the Cadastral Map

8.

Registration as a user of the system

9.

User account

10.

Authorized user

11.

User obligations

12.

Searches

PART III – PRE-REGISTRATION PROCESS

13.

Forms

14.

Preparation of instruments and documents

15.

Valuation for stamp duty

16.

Payment of stamp duty

PART IV – REGISTRATION PROCESS

17.

Submission for registration

18.

Priority of registration

19.

Lodging of physical documents

20.

Registrar's source of information

21.

Rejection of instruments

22.

Registration

23.

Electronic certificate of title or lease. LN 278/2017

24.

Availability of documents

PART V – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

25.

Manual transactions

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE [r. 2] —

REGISTRIES TO WHICH THESE REGULATIONS SHALL APPLY

SECOND SCHEDULE [r. 8 (3)] —

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

THIRD SCHEDULE —

FORMS