7 Steps To Doing a Land Lease

If you have bought a piece of land from a chief in Kumasi, you must have an allocation note. You should also understand that the allocation note isn't for your keep. Actually, it's a letter of introduction. It's a note to be shown to the Asantehene’s Lands Office and the Lands Commission for  them to prepared  a  lease in your name.

            So follow me through these seven steps  to get a lease over your land. The lease is a contractual document to show that the Asantehene and the chief  who sold the land to you have actually given the land to you.

One, submit your allocation note and three original site plans to the Asantehene’s Lands Office. The Office if located within the Manhyia Palace.

Two, the Asantehene’ Lands Office will do a search to find out if the land has not been registered in any other person’s name.  

Three, if it is found that the plot has not been registered in anybody’s the Asantehene will endorse the allocation note with his Green Pen.

Four, the allocation note will be released to the Lands Commission and the Lands Commission will prepare the lease.

Five, you will be called to the Lands Commission to make payments and sign the lease.

Six, the lease will be sent to Manhyia for the Asantehene and the chief who sold the land to you to sign their portions of the lease.

Lastly, the lease will be record at Lands Commission.

This is the process you will go through to get your lease done. But I must say that as simple this process may seem, at times it may be very heckling. I therefore recommend that you employ the services of a land professional such a valuer, land economist or an estate manager to go through the process for you. All the same, you may contact me.