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Registration of Deeds Act (Cap. 19:06).

Country/Territory
Trinidad and Tobago
Document type
Legislation
Date
1884 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Ministry of Legal Affairs.
Long title
An Act relating to the execution, registration and admission in evidence of Deeds, and to provide for the protection of purchasers and mortgagees.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Cadastre/land registration Institution Inheritance
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act makes provision for the registration and execution of deeds. It also provides for the protection of purchasers and mortgagees. For the purposes of this Act a memorandum of a statutory lease executed in accordance with the provisions of the Land Tenants (Security of Tenure) Act, shall be deemed to be a deed registrable under this Act. Deeds shall be certified by a licensed Surveyor within the meaning of the Land Surveyors Ordinance.

Full text
English
Website
rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt

References - Legislation

Amended by

Miscellaneous Provisions (Registrar General, Registration of Deeds, Conveyancing and Law of Property, Real Property, Stamp Duty and Registration of Title to Land) Act No. 17 of 2020.

Legislation | Trinidad and Tobago | 2020

Keyword: Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Cadastre/land registration, Contract/agreement, Court/tribunal, Land tenure, Offences/penalties, Private land, Property rights, Registration, Transfer

Source: FAO, FAOLEX