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In case someone has lost/burnt/stolen/misplaced his or her Certificate /Lease, he or she shall approach the Land Board for replacement.

Inheritance is the process of obtaining land rights (property) from someone who is no longer alive. This applies to land allocated by both Landboard and Chiefs.

Once granted land under customary grant, there is provision to convert such to common law grant. The grantee will be issued with a legal agreement of lease to confirm their right of occupancy for a specific period of time.  The length of the lease is 99 years. 

Applications under this category are for business ventures. Plot holders on tribal land are issued with a lease agreement for a specified period of time.  This Memorandum of Agreement of Lease is a legally binding contract entered into between the Land Board (lessor) and the plot holder (lessee).  The lessee is expected to comply with the lease requirements amongst which is payment of annual lease rentals except for residential purposes which is a once off payment.

A Memorandum of Agreement of Lease may be issued for, but is not limited to, the following purposes:

• Mining activities
• Agricultural activities
• Industrial activities
• Commercial activities
• Tourism
• Civic and communities
• Residential for non-citizens
• Residential for citizens
• Wildlife and birds sanctuaries

It is an application for Grant of Customary Rights on Tribal Land.  Upon allocation, the plot holder shall be issued with a Deed of Customary Land Grant printed on a paper with special security features. Once granted, the Rights are held in perpetuity and can be passed from one generation to another.

A customary law land grant can be issued for, but not limited to, the following purposes:

• Residential plots
• Arable fields/integrated
• Borehole

The Department produces both land use maps and development proposal maps. Land use maps details the different land uses within a particular place/location (what developments are currently there). Development proposal maps details the different land uses within an area and the different development proposals (What development are currently there in area and what developments are planned for the future).