ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Registration of Documents Act
4. Documents to be registered
Edition: 2026-09-25 · In force
4. Documents to be registered
(1)All documents conferring, or purporting to confer, declare, limit or extinguish any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent to, in or over immovable property (other than such documents as may be of a testamentary nature) and vakallas shall be registered as hereinafter prescribed:Provided that the registration of the documents following shall not be compulsory—(ii)any document relating to shares in a joint stock company, notwithstanding that the assets of such company consist in whole or in part of immovable property;(iii)any debenture issued by such a company, and not creating, declaring, assigning, limiting or extinguishing any right, title or interest to, in or over any immovable property, except in so far as it entitles the holder to the security afforded by a registered instrument, whereby the company has mortgaged, conveyed or otherwise transferred the whole or part of its immovable property, or any interest therein, to trustees upon trust for the benefit of the holders of such debentures;(iv)any endorsement upon or transfer of any debenture issued by any such company;(v)any document not itself creating, declaring, assigning, limiting or extinguishing any right, title or interest to, in or over any immovable property but merely creating a right to obtain another document, which will, when executed, create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish any such right, title or interest;(vi)any lease or licence of land for any term not exceeding one year; or(viii)a trust deed or deed of appointment of trustees registered under the Trust Administration Act (No. 28 of 2026):Provided that, if any such document relates to land registrable under any such Act and also to land not so registrable, such document shall also be registered under this Act.(2)A person may register a document referred to in subsection (1) by filing it in physical or electronic form.