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Land Registration Authority Act 2003.

Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Source


Abstract
This Act provides for the registration of land and establishes for this purpose a Land Registration Authority.
The Authority shall be a body corporate and shall be managed by a Board of Directors. The Authority shall: (a) provide a legal framework for the people of the Marshall Islands to voluntarily register their interests in land in order to produce certainty regarding the identity of the legal owners of land and interests in land; (b) provide standards and criteria for land leases; and (c) maintain and keep public records of land and land transactions. The Authority shall also have regulation-making power. The Act further specifies conditions and procedures for the registration of land and provides for the guarantee of title in registered land.
Long title of text
An Act to create the Land Registration Authority and provide for its operation and procedures; to provide for the recording of all land interests, registration of certain land interests, and guarantee of title to registered interests; and to establish legal requirements for land leases in the Republic.
Notes
Reprinted version of PL 2003-92 as at 26 June 2006.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Marshall Islands Consolidated Legislation, 2004.
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No