You can now do a land title search online in Uganda. Here’s how

If you wanted to confirm the possession of land or test for any encumbrances in Uganda, it used to contain hiring a surveyor and paying at the least UGX 100,000. However, the Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development has launched the National Land Information System of Uganda (UgNLIS)—an internet portal that means that you can carry out land title searches rapidly and affordably. For simply UGX 10,000 per search, you possibly can get hold of outcomes for a chunk of property inside minutes, fairly than days.

Here’s how one can carry out a land title search on-line:

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Create an Account

• Go to UgNLIS or https://ugnlis.mlhud.go.ug/creation-compte
• Choose a username (both your telephone quantity or electronic mail) and set a password.
• You’ll then be prompted to enter your private particulars, together with full identify, date of start, nationality, and ID sort. If you select the nationwide ID, be sure you use your NIN quantity, not the ID quantity.

Types of Searches Available

• Search Letter: This supplies an official certification of the knowledge contained within the Uganda National Land Information System for a particular land or condominium title. It’s equal to a bodily search on the Ministry Zonal Offices (MZOs).
• Parcel Search: This search offers detailed details about a particular parcel of land, together with any linked title and its boundary on a map.

Topping Up Your Account

• Before performing any searches, you’ll want to prime up your account. Each search prices UGX 10,000. For instance, if you wish to seek for two titles, it is best to prime up UGX 20,000.
• You pays by way of cellular cash or credit score/debit card. The cellular cash choice is probably the most handy, and also you’ll obtain a notification in your telephone to enter your PIN to verify the transaction.
• Note: You’ll want a URA TIN quantity to make a fee. If you don’t have one, you possibly can simply get it from the URA web site.

Performing the Search

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• Once your fee is confirmed by means of a URA-linked PRN quantity, your account might be credited, and you’ll proceed with the search.
• Results are normally accessible inside 5–10 minutes and might be downloaded as a PDF.

User Experience Tips

• While the general expertise is easy, a minor difficulty I encountered was with the Municipality/Town Council/City discipline. It’s higher to go away this discipline clean, as choosing a particular choice might restrict the ends in the Block and Plot dropdown menus. For occasion, selecting “Mukono Municipality” prevented me from discovering the Block and Plot quantity for my title.

Whether you’re finalizing a land deal or simply wish to confirm possession particulars, the UgNLIS portal is a quick, inexpensive, and handy strategy to conduct land title searches in Uganda.