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Lagos

Lagos adds its own registration law, Surveyor General charting and a regulator for agents and developers on top of the Land Use Act. A Lagos check covers title, charting, consent and registration, plus LASRERA status.

Rulebook: Lagos

Registry
Lagos Lands Registry
Checks written
86
Lagos checks
9
Sources cited
52
Check families
10 of 10

Lagos checks

Checks written for Lagos

These run alongside the general and federal checks in all 10 check families. Each one cites its source.
  • StopCharting shows committed acquisitionLAG.CHARTING.ACQUISITION
  • StopA transfer or mortgage in the chain lacks Governor's consentLAG.CONSENT.MISSING
  • StopFamily land not shown inside a gazetted excisionLAG.EXCISION.OUTSIDE
  • AskNo charting resultLAG.CHARTING.MISSING
  • AskA former federal area with only a state searchLAG.FEDERAL.SEARCH
  • AskNo LASRERA permit for the agent or developerLAG.LASRERA.PERMIT
  • AskAn off plan sale with no planning permitLAG.OFFPLAN.PERMIT
  • AskAdvance rent beyond the Tenancy Law limitsLAG.TENANCY.ADVANCE
  • AskA rent receipt lacks the details the law requiresLAG.TENANCY.RECEIPT

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 Lagos pack is read

Governor's consent on every link
A transfer or mortgage in the chain without the Governor's consent is a Stop. Consent applications go to the Lands Bureau on Land Form 1C.
LAG.CONSENT.MISSING
Register within 60 days
The Land Registration Law requires registration within 60 days after consent. A consented instrument left unregistered past that window is an Ask.
LAG.REGISTER.60DAYS
Charting shows the land's status
Surveyor General charting shows government acquisition, committed acquisition, road alignment, drainage channels, the coastal regulation area or an excision. Committed acquisition is a Stop; a pack with no charting result is an Ask.
LAG.CHARTING.ACQUISITIONLAG.CHARTING.MISSING
Family land inside the excision
Family land can be sold only inside the gazetted excision. Family land not shown inside one is a Stop.
LAG.EXCISION.OUTSIDE
Former federal areas need two searches
In Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Banana Island and Festac, a clean Lagos search can miss a mortgage at the federal registry, so DeedLens asks for both searches.
LAG.FEDERAL.SEARCH
LASRERA and planning permits
Agents, developers and property managers need a LASRERA permit, and an off plan sale needs a planning permit for the scheme.
LAG.LASRERA.PERMITLAG.OFFPLAN.PERMIT
Tenancy Law limits
Outside Apapa, Ikeja GRA, Ikoyi and Victoria Island, the Tenancy Law caps advance rent and sets what a rent receipt must show.
LAG.TENANCY.ADVANCELAG.TENANCY.RECEIPT

Enforcement on record

What the authorities have published

Published actions that the checks in this state draw on, newest first.
  1. Jul 2026LASRERA and the EFCC agreed to work together to clean up the Lagos real estate sector FMINO (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.

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