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Cost and Process Involved In Land Succession in Kenya

 

A majority of pieces of land in Kenya today, especially in rural areas, are still registered in names of grandparents or parents who are heading towards their sunset. 

Some of the pieces of land are also still under the names of parents or relatives who have already died which means family members/relatives own the land jointly, with every one having his/her portion, but they don’t have an official document to show they independently own that piece of land they were allocated. 

As much as some people urge that jointly owning a piece of land will help reduces cases of one of the family members selling off his/her portion, it is advisable to engage in land succession and registration to individual owners to avoid conflicts.

 

So what’s the process of land succession? How much does this process cost? Read on to find out. 

If there are two, three or more people that claim ownership of a piece of land registered to a person who has since died, the first thing they need to do is to agree among themselves and settle on one to represent them – usually the eldest in the family is picked. 

Then the ownership of the land will be transferred/changed to the agreed person, setting in motion the land succession process. 

For the process to be successfully completed, here are some of the things the person picked for land ownership to be transferred to need to have/do; 


-          Get a letter from the area chief – confirming that he/she is known to the chief and has been identified as the rightful inheritor/administrator of the piece of land in question.

-          Have a death certificate of the deceased person.

-          If there is a will in regard to inheritance of the land being subjected to succession, have a copy or avail witnesses to collaborate verbal wills.

-          Get credible witnesses from the administrator’s clan (depending on how long the registered landholder has been dead or his/her relationship with the administrator)

-          A written statement explaining why the land need to be transferred from the deceased to the agreed-upon person. The statement should clearly state if the inheritor/administrator has rights to transfer property to his name and if there are no objections from other potential administrators/inheritors like co-wife or stepchild.

-          Original and a copy of his/her National Identity (ID) card

-          Duly filled succession forms which can be obtained from county lands offices.

-          Applicable fee – paid at county lands office

-          Attend at least two lands board meetings with selected witness or witnesses. 

A person seeking to be registered as the new owner of the land is required to pay for succession costs.

For a piece of land in rural areas, the cost of succession is estimated to be in the range of about Ksh25,000.

Once the land has been successfully registered under the name of the agreed individual, other family members can initiate the land subdivision process so that each of them get an independent title deed.

Also Read: List of Documents Required In Transfer of Land Ownership in Kenya

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