This article explains How To Do A Land Search On Ardhisasa in Kenya. In June 2019, the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning came up with Legal Notice 101 for the Land Registration (Electronic Transactions) Regulations, 2020. It set the foundation for rolling out electronic land transactions in Kenya. And, subsequent business laws and amendments to the existing laws facilitated the electronic registration of land transactions in Kenya. Hence, following the launch of the National Land Information Management System by the president in April 2021, the government of Kenya embarked on the digitization of land records. The process aimed at: –
- Replacing old title deeds with new ones
- Guaranteeing security in the land records
- Speeding up land transactions
- Allocating settlement files efficiently
- Curbing fraud and corruption that was now synonymous with land deals in Kenya
The digitization process minimizes human interactions in land transactions while eliminating delays and inconveniences experienced in manual registries. It paved way for the convenient, affordable, and efficient online land searches in Kenya.
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.
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