Ardhisasa is a national land information management system developed by the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning in consultation with the National Lands Commission, County Governments and other stakeholders, for Kenyans by Kenyans. This platform enables the common mwananchi to access credible, reliable and efficient land and land-based services. How To Do A Land Search On Ardhisasa
Some of these services can only be performed by a professional once they upgrade their accounts. The process of Registration and navigation is, however, the same. Simple and straightforward guidelines on how to register and navigate through the system have been provided.
How do I get register on Ardhisasa?
To access services on this platform, you have to go through a registration process. Click on the “Register” icon, where you will be required to register as an individual or a company. The requirements are as follows:
Individual registration
- Identification details (serial number of your current ID, ID number)
- Official mobile number (registered using your ID number)
- Personal e-mail address
- Set up a strong password
Company registration
- Company registration number
- Official company mobile number (registered using a director’s ID number)
- Company e-mail address
- Set up a strong password
Here is How To Do A Land Search On Ardhisasa
1. Log in to the Ardhisasa platform https://ardhisasa.lands.go.ke/account/login or first create an account if you don’t have one.
2. Click on services on the left-hand side of the dashboard.
3. Go to the land registration option then click on search.
4. Click on New Application.
5. You will be required to fill in search details, particularly the title number of the land.
6. Enter the purpose or reasons for the land search.
7. Select the scope of the search. This may either be particulars noted the Property section, particulars of the subsisting register entries, register for documents registered or power of attorney register.
8. Click on next.
9. Confirm your details and submit your application. The search results will be posted on the portal.
The owner of the property or land has to be registered on Ardhisasa for you to get the search results. Details of the property in question should be added under ‘my property section’ (the land owner).
The land owner will then verify to authorize the system to generate the search results.
Land Registration FAQs
Advocate: means any person whose name is duly entered upon the Roll of Advocates or upon the Roll of Advocates having the rank of Senior Counsel and, for the purposes of Part IX of the Advocate’s Act, includes any person mentioned in section 10 of the said Act;
What is the role of an Advocate in the Registration process on Ardhisasa?
An Advocate on Ardhisasa acts as a witness on the output documents of Registration in addition to initiating the various processes on the platform;
Caution: means a notice in the form of a register to the effect that no action of a specified nature in relation to the land in respect of which the notice has been entered may be taken without first informing the person who gave the notice;
Charge: means an interest in land securing the payment of money or money’s worth or the fulfilment of any condition, and includes a subcharge and the instrument creating a charge;
Long Term Lease: means a contract between the registered Proprietor (Lessor)and the Lessee that entitles the lessee to a limited real right over the property in question for an agreed period of time ranging from 21 years to 99 years;
Registration of Personal Representative As Executor/ Administrator: means registering an individual(s) who will handle the property(ies) of a deceased on behalf of the beneficiaries of the said property(ies);
Restriction: means an interest registered under section 76 and includes the Registrar’s caveat;
Search: means an application made to confirm the ownership details and other interests that have been registered on that property;
Severance of Joint Ownership: means termination of joint ownership of a property and registering proprietorship in common ownership where every owner has a share to the property;
Short Term Lease: means a contract between the lessor and the lessee that entitles the lessee to a limited real right over the property in question for an agreed period of time not exceeding 21 years;
Stamp Duty: means tax levied on legal instruments, property and land transactions;
Transfer: means the passing of land, a lease or a charge from one party to another by an act of the parties and not by operation of the law and includes the instrument by which such passing is effected.
Land Administration FAQs
What are the commonly used terms?
Amalgamation: means consolidation/combining of two or more parcels of land into one, and may include the creation of a public access road, usually via a scheme plan;
User: means a series of operations on land, carried out by humans, with the intention to obtain products and/or benefits through using land resources. For example, Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural, Educational, and Recreational. Other special users include Hospitals, Hotels, Petrol Service Station (PSS), and Cemetery;
Change of User: means an application to change the initial/existing user to a proposed new use;
Extension of User the expansion to the limitation of rights on a parcel of land to allow the proprietor to use the said parcel for additional purposes;
Lease: the grant, with or without consideration, by the proprietor of land of the right to the exclusive possession of his or her land, and includes the right so granted and the instrument granting it, and also includes a sublease but does not include an agreement for lease;
Lessor: means a person who leases or lets a property to another; either the National Government, County Government or a proprietor;
Lessee: means the tenant of the lessor for a specified term under clearly set out conditions.
Extension of Lease: means legal agreement that extends the term of an existing lease before the term expires, outlining the need to continue using the property for another term.
Lease Processing: means the preparation of a legal document outlining the terms and conditions of the agreement between the lessor and the lessee.
Renewal of lease: means an application for another term once the existing term has expired.
Subdivision: means the division of one parcel of land into two or more parcels, and may include the creation of private or public roads.
