ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Land Registration Act
30. Certificate of title and Certificate of lease
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
30. Certificate of title and Certificate of lease
(1)The Registrar may, if requested by a proprietor of land whose name appears in the register or a lease where no certificate of title or certificate of lease has been issued, issue to him or her a certificate of title or a certificate of lease, as the case may be, in the prescribed form showing, if so required by the proprietor, all subsisting entries in the register affecting that land or lease.(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1)—(a)only one certificate of title or certificate of lease shall be issued in respect of each parcel or lease; and(b)no certificate of title or certificate of lease shall be issued unless the lease is for a certain period exceeding twenty-one years.(3)A certificate of title or certificate of lease shall be prima facie evidence of the matters shown in the certificate, and the land or lease shall be subject to all entries in the register.(4)If there is more than one proprietor, unless they are tenants in common, the proprietors shall agree among themselves on which of them shall receive the certificate of title or the certificate of lease, and if they fail to agree, the certificate of title or the certificate of lease shall be filed in the registry.(5)The date of issue of a certificate of title or certificate of lease shall be noted in the register.