How To Obtain Certificate Of Occupancy In Anambra State

General Requirements
for an applicant to qualify for issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, the applicant must provide the following:
-Survey plan of the plot(s) for which the application is sought signed by a Registered Surveyor or its equivalent
-Produce 3 (three) years current tax clearance, if the individual is of paid employment or in the case of a corporate body, 3 years current tax clearance of two of its Directors.

-An affidavit sworn to by the applicant, or in the case of a corporate body, by the director or Secretary of the corporate body, verifying the facts stated in the Application Form
-4 passport photographs of the applicant with his name written at the back of each photograph
-In the case of a corporate body, photocopy of the certificate of incorporation or registration
-Submit with the Application Form, 4 (four) self addressed envelopes along with contact phone number and email address
-Photocopies of receipts issued to the applicant on the payment of relevant fees

Application and Registration Procedure
The following steps are taken in sucessfull issuance of Certificate of Occupancy;
-The applicant fills and returns the Application Forms to the Secretary, Land Use and Allocation Committee attaching 3 (three) copies each of the following supporting documents listed above
-The Administrative Officer receives the Application Forms and accompanying documents and signs the copies of the Application Forms. I.e registers the application and a file number is given to the applicant. The file number is the serial number of the application in the register
For example:
LLJAC/2043-02 Chukwu Obi
LUAC/2044-02 Agnes Ene
-The Secretary, Land Use and Allocation Committee sends a copy each of the Application Forms with the survey plan to the Surveyor General and Director Town Planning for their recommendations
-A memo is sent to Director of Lands to confirm if the said plot is a Government plot. Their recommendations are attached and the file is forwarded back to the Director of Lands who gives the file a new number and forwards to the Pernianent Secretary.

– The Permanent Secretary crosschecks the protesses and, if the process is in line with the approved guideline, makes a recommendation, and forwards the file to Commissioner for approval.
– The Commissioner approves and forwards to Director of Lands through the Permanent Secretary.

– the Director of Lands computes fees payable based on plot description earlier submitted and forwards schedule and file to Secretary, Land Use Allocation Committee
– The applicant makes the payments at the designated banks, the applicant submits copies of the bank tellers at the Sub-treasury
-The Sub-treasurer confirms the payment by checking the bank tellers against the bank manifests. If the payment details are in the manifest, a receipt is issued to the applicant by each of the departments. However, where there is no evidence of payment in the manifest, the applicant is advised to rectify payments before a receipt can be issued. The Director of Lands should be informed of such situations
-Applicant submits receipts to Schedule Land Officer who recommends preparation of Certificate of Occupancy to Director of Lands.

-Director of Lands signs and forwards the file to Permanent Secretary with recommendation that a Certificate of Occupancy to be issued
-Permanent Secretary sends file to the Commissioner. The Commissioner calls for the Certificate of Occupancy, signs and forwards it to the Registrar of Deeds for registration through the Permanent Secretary.
-The Certificate is registered and applicant signs for and collects the original copy from Deed Registry.