{"id":13654,"date":"2018-05-31T17:58:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T14:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usernameproperties.com\/?p=13654"},"modified":"2021-07-07T10:54:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T10:54:04","slug":"the-cost-of-loosing-title-deed-and-how-to-overcome-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usernameproperties.com\/news\/the-cost-of-loosing-title-deed-and-how-to-overcome-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cost of Loosing Title Deed and How to Overcome It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-29d80d70-6c2d-4169-bcc6-1524a0616c0d\">A&nbsp;title&nbsp;deed&nbsp;is&nbsp;a legal document constituting evidence of a right, especially to ownership of property. A&nbsp;title&nbsp;deed&nbsp;contains;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-9ce7b955-cdcc-4d0d-91f9-90c7000ae676\"><li>The name of the existing owner as well as the previous owners.<\/li><li>A detailed property description which includes size of the property.<\/li><li>The&nbsp;Title&nbsp;Deed&nbsp;number.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-aab44b85-9940-4c5f-92f5-411f6875e495\">This important document can get lost or damaged and many Kenyans are still unaware of how to obtain a duplicate&nbsp;title&nbsp;deed. Rogue individuals may fake&nbsp;your&nbsp;ID and KRA pin using the name written on&nbsp;your&nbsp;title&nbsp;to effect illegal transfer of the land or even use&nbsp;your&nbsp;title&nbsp;deed&nbsp;as a collateral to obtain a loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-1b926a9e-aed8-4cbd-a8c5-ab24b4bf3da6\">Therefore, once&nbsp;you&nbsp;misplace this important document treat it with utmost urgency to prevent such illegal transactions. To address this weighty concern, below is step by step guideline to follow with The Ministry of Lands when&nbsp;you&nbsp;find yourself in such a situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-8d4d61c7-e8f3-4ed8-8d37-3265346446fd\">a) <strong>Report and obtain a police abstract from the nearest police station<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3fa397a6-9254-4ebd-93e7-cdfbe5ea4ab9\">A police abstract is available at the national police website.&nbsp;You&nbsp;only download, print and present it to the nearest police station for filling and stamping. Alternatively visit the nearest police station they already have the printed abstracts. An abstract serves the purpose of informing the government through the Kenya Police that&nbsp;your&nbsp;title&nbsp;deed&nbsp;is missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-4b2cbcd4-f9ad-4408-9414-ba8909bd0ed9\">b) <strong>Apply for a search of the lost&nbsp;title&nbsp;deed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-0b8c0242-9e5e-40d1-8dee-fd5486545f97\">This will involve taking a copy of&nbsp;your&nbsp;ID and KRA pin certificate to the registrar of Lands. This goes a long way in ensuring that the registry files indicate that&nbsp;you&nbsp;are the actual owner of the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-c2411624-cd4e-4d68-9bd2-b62e3aad85fc\">c) <strong>Place a caveat protecting&nbsp;your&nbsp;property from illegal transactions.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-31a0c73d-de23-4fb7-84a8-6025116c1fc3\">Seek the help of a dully registered lawyer who will help&nbsp;you&nbsp;place a formal notice to a court, judge and the Ministry of Lands opposing certain acts in reference to&nbsp;your&nbsp;title&nbsp;deed. These prevents any party from conducting transactions with&nbsp;your&nbsp;lost&nbsp;title&nbsp;deed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-64a2ef5a-fb17-4deb-916c-dd0bf6da3acd\">d) <strong>Filing of a statutory declaration<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-fa81df83-c543-44aa-ab60-c2ae97c73cba\">A lawyer will also serve&nbsp;you&nbsp;with a declaration form where&nbsp;you&nbsp;will personally provide details of how the document got lost or destroyed. A statutory declaration also contains details on when the&nbsp;title&nbsp;was lost and the search efforts put in place to find it.&nbsp;You&nbsp;will as well fill in an application form that will be attached together with the police abstract and the declaration form and present them to the Registrar of Lands for perusal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-3d934ead-b6d4-4d9b-93be-3209d832803f\">e) <strong>Publishing of&nbsp;your&nbsp;name in the Kenya Gazette<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-b2d31553-bbec-4c2b-88d8-a56c784c5ee7\">The registrar uses the declaration forms as evidence of the loss and once satisfied he\/she will publish&nbsp;your&nbsp;name in the Kenya Gazette.&nbsp;Your&nbsp;name will also be published in two mainstream newspapers with national circulation. The gazette notice gives the public a 60 days\u2019 notice about the loss of thetitle&nbsp;deed. It is of importance to note that a small fee is paid to the government printer for publishing the notice of the loss in the Kenya Gazette<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-ad7c19b5-3459-4488-89f3-674e0ba5f0a8\">f) <strong>Confirmation of whether the procedure was dully followed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-72294de9-0906-4d09-a8f8-14b449ad9f06\">After&nbsp;the lapse of the 60 days, the registrar will confirm whether the procedure was dully followed and upon payment of a requisite fee an approval for the issuance of a new&nbsp;title&nbsp;deed&nbsp;is given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-707b4b8c-3a1f-4443-b71d-f7e81becf4b3\">g) <strong>Green card and White Card entries<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-00d31c95-3731-4aa4-989d-7d5fad6923c8\">The cards contain information of land activities done in the past. A green card is issued when the land is freehold (where the applicant has permanent right to hold a land) and a white card issued when the land is leasehold (where the applicant has temporal right to hold a land), the relevant entries are made by the District Land Registrar&nbsp;after&nbsp;which a replacement&nbsp;title&nbsp;deed&nbsp;is issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-93379790-9973-4cf8-b0bb-2b2ddd3dacd5\">Finally, it\u2019s important to note that in case the lost&nbsp;title&nbsp;is found it should be presented to the registrar for cancellation. Getting&nbsp;your&nbsp;lost&nbsp;title&nbsp;replaced is as easy as the outlined steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A&nbsp;title&nbsp;deed&nbsp;is&nbsp;a legal document constituting evidence of a right, especially to ownership of property. 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