News, announcements & guides
Updates from the Authority and practical guides for landowners, buyers and surveyors.
How to verify a land deed online in under a minute
Enter your deed reference, watch the map travel to the parcel, and read three separate results — document, registry status and boundary certainty.
New deeds must use the LLA-approved form from 1 January 2026
Newly prepared deeds go through LLA verification and approval before submission to the Probate Court.
Understanding boundary status: certified, provisional and unconfirmed
Why the map sometimes shows a precise outline, sometimes a dashed one — and sometimes only a locality.
Customary land rights under the Land Rights Act of 2018
Community ownership can rest on oral testimony and long-standing relationships — not only on written deeds.
Inside the National Land Command Center
A look at the dashboards that help officers spot backlogs, overlapping claims and unusual transfer patterns.
Licensed surveyors: submitting boundary surveys digitally
Surveyors can now submit GeoJSON boundaries, receive automatic overlap checks and track certification.
Protecting yourself from land sale fraud
Five checks every buyer should make before paying for land.
County land offices begin digital service desks
Citizens can lodge applications online and track them with a reference number.