The Lagos State Lands Bureau, through
the Directorate of Land Services, has harmonized its demand notice/assessment
letter to encompass all fees payable for Governor’s Consent in the State.
In a statement released by the
Special Adviser on Urban Development, Mrs.
Yetunde Onabule stated that the harmonization is part of the ongoing
efforts to improve the Ease of Doing Business relating to land matters in
Lagos.
According to the release, the demand
notice now outlines the harmonized fees to include Consent fee, Capital Gain
Tax, Stamp Duty, Registration Fee, Neighborhood Improvement Charge, Charting
Fee as well as Endorsement and Form 1c charges.
Onabule affirmed that the new payment
schedule affords applicants the opportunity to pay all fees related to the
issuance of Governor’s Consent in a single transaction.
She said in addition to the newly
introduced payment regime, automated searches at the Land Registry are
conducted within one hour of submission of any request, emphasizing that it is
no longer a pre-requisite for applicants to conduct a title search prior to
registration of title documents.
The statement further affirmed that
the newly introduced process has reduced the timeframe for obtaining Certified
True Copies (CTC) of land title documents to a maximum period of two hours, and
that applicants can conduct a title search without the need to obtain a
Certified True Copy (CTC).
Source: Lagos State Government (Lands
Bureau)
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