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Registration of Landlords Act (61:02).

Country/Territory
Guyana
Document type
Legislation
Date
1994
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of Guyana.
Long title
An Act to provide for the registration of landlords.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Cadastre/land registration Land commission Court/tribunal Land tenure Transfer Credit Lease Prescription/adverse possession Servitude Special fund
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States, South America
Abstract

The Chairman of the Central Housing and Planning Authority shall keep a register of all persons defined by this Act as landlords, i.e. any person who under any tenancy is entitled to rents and profits of land or buildings. Every landlord shall register as a landlord within two months of the commencement of the tenancy. Applications for registration shall be made in the form set out in the Schedule. The State shall be exempted from registration as a landlord. Other provisions of this Act deal with transfer of registration or amendments in the register.

Full text
English
Website
legalaffairs.gov.gy