The lawyer should then do due diligence on the land you wish to buy to confirm it has a clean title deed. A clean title deed is one where the land is not entangled in an ownership dispute. You determine if a title deed is real by simply presenting a copy of the land title at the land’s registry. It is recommended that property purchased during marriage be registered in the joint names of the couple. The digitisation of land transactions is still an ongoing process as not all land registries have been digitised.

Source: Standard Digital May 28, 2021 23:40 UTC