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Federal Capital Territory

In the FCT the Minister holds the Governor's powers and AGIS keeps the land records. The FCTA enforces ground rent, payment and development deadlines with mass revocations, so status checks matter as much as paper checks.

Rulebook: FCT

Registry
AGIS
Checks written
89
FCT checks
11
Sources cited
64
Check families
10 of 10

FCT checks

Checks written for the FCT

These run alongside the general and federal checks in all 10 check families. Each one cites its source.
  • StopTitle rests on an Area Council paperFCT.AREACOUNCIL.ROUTE
  • StopA transfer in the chain has no Minister's consentFCT.CONSENT.MINISTER
  • StopAn R of O offer not accepted and paid within 21 daysFCT.OFFER.ACCEPTANCE
  • StopThe title appears on a published revocation or void listFCT.REVOCATION.LISTS
  • AskA place name that straddles a state lineALL.JURISDICTION.BORDER_PLACE
  • AskThe plot lies near the FCT boundaryFCT.BOUNDARY
  • AskThe development period has passedFCT.DEVELOPMENT.DEADLINE
  • AskNo stated route to the buyer's own titleFCT.ESTATE.TITLEROUTE
  • AskNo ground rent receipt for the current yearFCT.GROUNDRENT.CURRENT
  • AskAn older FCT title with no recertificationFCT.RECERTIFICATION
  • AskThe built use differs from the granted useFCT.USE.CONVERSION

Check families that run here Clause risk, Completeness, Consent, stamping, registration, Dates and terms, Document integrity, Execution, Money and fees, Official status, Party chain, Property identity.

Every check cites its source. A check goes live for customers only after our legal adviser approves it.

Sources are link checked every week. Rules are versioned and never edited in place, so every finding names the rule version that raised it.

What DeedLens looks at

How a FCT pack is read

Consent is the Minister's
FCT land vests in the Federal Government and the Minister exercises the Governor's powers, so every transfer in the chain needs the Minister's consent. Every R of O says the holder may not alienate without it.
FCT.CONSENT.MINISTER
Offers lapse after 21 days
Under the current grant terms, an offer of a Statutory Right of Occupancy lapses unless it is paid for and accepted within 21 days, and the plot must be developed within two years.
FCT.OFFER.ACCEPTANCEFCT.DEVELOPMENT.DEADLINE
Ground rent and revocation lists
Ground rent falls due on 1 January, and the FCTA has revoked titles in bulk for arrears. DeedLens asks for current receipts and checks the published revocation and void lists.
FCT.GROUNDRENT.CURRENTFCT.REVOCATION.LISTS
Area Council papers
Of 261,914 Area Council papers submitted for regularisation, only 2,358 were regularised. A title that rests on one, with no regularisation evidence, is a Stop.
FCT.AREACOUNCIL.ROUTE
Estate plots need a route to title
A developer's allocation letter is not title, and AGIS issues buyer titles only after the developer files a complete application. DeedLens asks which route applies: the developer's filing, sectional title, subdivision or a consented sublease.
FCT.ESTATE.TITLEROUTE
Older titles and change of use
Older FCT titles need a recertification acknowledgement, and a building's use must match the granted use or show a conversion fee receipt.
FCT.RECERTIFICATIONFCT.USE.CONVERSION
The border with Nasarawa
An address never proves jurisdiction. The survey coordinates decide, and near the line DeedLens asks for both an AGIS and a NAGIS search.
FCT.BOUNDARY

Enforcement on record

What the authorities have published

Published actions that the checks in this state draw on, newest first.
  1. Feb 2026485 Area Council documents cancelled Blueprint (opens in a new tab)
  2. 14 Jan 2026Revocation and sealing announced for unpaid ground rent, C of O bills and conversion fees Peoples Gazette (opens in a new tab)
  3. 28 Nov 20251,095 titles revoked in Asokoro, Maitama, Garki and Wuse: 835 for ground rent, 260 for violation and conversion fees Channels TV (opens in a new tab)
  4. 3 Sep 2025Unauthorised change of use: ₦5 million fine plus 7.5% of assessed capital value; subdivision, merger or extension fee of 2% Peoples Gazette (opens in a new tab)
  5. 26 May 202514 day window to pay arrears plus a penalty of ₦5 million (Central Area), ₦3 million (Maitama, Asokoro, Wuse II, Guzape) or ₦2 million (Wuse I, Garki I and II) Premium Times (opens in a new tab)
  6. 21 Apr 2025New grant terms: 21 days to pay and accept an offer; two years to develop ICIR (opens in a new tab)
  7. 13 Mar 20254,794 titles revoked for ten or more years of unpaid ground rent; 8,375 owners owed ₦6.97 billion ICIR (opens in a new tab)

Practice notes

How things run in practice

Practice notes record which office handles what and how long it usually takes. They guide the next step; they are practice, not law.

  • Practice, not lawsearch

    AGIS sights originals between 9am and 2pm for a legal search; results are ready in 24 hours to 3 days; ground rent must be paid to date.

    AGIS (opens in a new tab)

  • Practice, not lawestate titles

    A buyer on an estate plot reaches an own title by the developer filing for beneficiaries, sectional titling, subdivision by the holder, or a consented sublease. Ask which route applies and who files.

    AGIS (opens in a new tab)

  • Practice, not lawestate titles

    FCT estates now receive a C of O per unit rather than one global C of O.

    SimmonsCooper (opens in a new tab)

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