{"id":9241,"date":"2018-08-10T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T23:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/?p=9241"},"modified":"2018-09-24T15:03:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T14:03:47","slug":"certificate-of-occupancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/certificate-of-occupancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Certificate of occupancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know what a <strong>Certificate of Occupancy<\/strong> is? Why is it perceived as an important <strong>document of land ownership<\/strong>? The <strong>C of O<\/strong> spells out what the land can be used for either residential or commercial purpose.\u00a0 However, in Lagos state, you can get your C of O at <strong>Block 13, Room 4, Lands Bureau, Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertypro.ng\/blog\/cost-of-building-materials-in-nigeria-2018\/\"><strong>Cost of building materials in Nigeria(2018)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is a Certificate of Occupancy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A <strong>Certificate of Occupancy<\/strong>, also known as \u00a0C of O, is a document issued by the <strong>government of\u00a0 Nigeria<\/strong> to landowners as a legal proof of ownership.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government is constitutionally mandated to issue the Certificate of Occupancy because all lands in the state are vested in the Governor of the State. This is clearly dictated by the<strong> Land Use Act 1978<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/property-for-sale\/lagos\/ikorodu\/land\">LAND FOR SALE IN IKORODU <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The individual that you are buying the land from determines how you will get your <strong>Certificate of Occupancy<\/strong>. If you are buying from omo onile it is advisable to ensure that the land or property you are about to buy has not been acquired by the government. If you are buying the land from the government, the process of<strong> obtaining your C of O in Nigeria<\/strong> would be initiated as soon as the sale is confirmed. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application for Certificate of Occupancy<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11166\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAYYAAADcAQMAAABOLJSDAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACJJREFUaIHtwTEBAAAAwqD1T20ND6AAAAAAAAAAAAAA4N8AKvgAAUFIrrEAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Application-for-Certificate-of-Occupancy.jpg\" alt=\"Application for Certificate of Occupancy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The processes involved in<strong> applying for a certificate of occupancy in Nigeria<\/strong> varies if it is a state-owned land or a non-state Land.<\/p>\n<p>A<strong> state-owned land application for a certificate of occupancy<\/strong> requires the following documents below: a<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0formal Letter addressed to the Executive Secretary, e<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vidence of Income Tax payment,\u00a0c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">urrent development levy, a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0survey plan, a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0standard allocation form with receipt, f<\/span>our passport photographs with white background, a<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ll payment receipts of Land Charges and v<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ital information form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>non-state-owned land application for a certificate of occupancy\u00a0<\/strong>involves the following processes below:<\/p>\n<p>Submitting Application and Vital Information Form for Certificate of Occupancy.<\/p>\n<p>Title Search for previous Registration and Site Inspection.<\/p>\n<p>Certificate of Occupancy Engrossment.<\/p>\n<p>Recommendation by a government official for execution of Certificate of Occupancy.<\/p>\n<p>Execution of Certificate of Occupancy with stamp duty by theCommissioner for Stamp Duties.<\/p>\n<p>Certificate of Occupancy is registered by the\u00a0 Land Registry.<\/p>\n<p>Collection of executed and registered Certificate of Occupancy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/property-for-rent\/lagos\/lekki\/mini-flat\">MINI FLAT FOR RENT IN LEKKI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Lagos State Electronic Cof O<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11167\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAYYAAADcAQMAAABOLJSDAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACJJREFUaIHtwTEBAAAAwqD1T20ND6AAAAAAAAAAAAAA4N8AKvgAAUFIrrEAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Lagos-State-Electronic-Cof-O.jpg\" alt=\"Lagos State Electronic Cof O\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the year 2015, Akinwunmi Ambode,\u00a0the <strong>Lagos State Governor<\/strong> authorised the release of <strong>Electronic Certificates of Occupancy in Lagos state<\/strong> which and has been officially adopted since its inception. To collect your <strong>C of O<\/strong>, you have to check if your name is listed in the schedule in various publications.<\/p>\n<p>If your name is published then you can visit the <strong>Lands Bureau<\/strong> at the Alausa Secretariat in Ikeja for the collection of your Certificates of Occupancy. The <strong>electronic Certificate of Ownership<\/strong> shows all the history and transactions that have taken place pertaining to the land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know what a Certificate of Occupancy is? Why is it perceived as an important document of land ownership? The C of O spells out what the land can be used for either residential or commercial purpose.\u00a0 However, in Lagos state, you can get your C of O at Block 13, Room 4, Lands &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,17,467],"tags":[2202,2839,2655,2201,2200,2656,2658,2657],"class_list":["post-9241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-featured","category-real-estate-advice","tag-certificate-of-occupancy-in-lagos-state","tag-certificate-of-occupancy-in-nigeria","tag-cost-of-certificate-of-occupancy-in-nigeria","tag-electronic-certificate-of-occupancy-lagos","tag-importance-of-certificate-of-occupancy-in-nigeria","tag-process-of-obtaining-certificate-of-occupancy","tag-right-of-occupancy","tag-sample-of-certificate-of-occupancy-in-nigeria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9241"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11168,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241\/revisions\/11168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}