Land Administration Department
Responsibilities
The department has the below listed divisions with each performing specific functions and responsibilities:
Land Registry Division
- Registration of deeds and other interests in land
- Maintain land registry that contains records of land and other interests in land
- Reproduction of all land related instrument registered with the Land Registry Division
- Other functions as determined by the Authority
Survey and Mapping Division
- Establish standards and regulate surveying and mapping services
- Supervise, regulate and control the survey and demarcation of land for the purposes of land use and land registration
- Administer public surveying and mapping services and national cadastral
- Take custody of and preserve records and operations relating to the survey of any parcel of land
- Develop and maintain the national geodetic reference network for the country to secure land tenure
- Supervise, regulate, control and certify the production of maps
- Regulate the surveying profession
- Qualify land surveyors by and thru state Board Examination for License and registration to improve the cadastral system
- Establish and maintain an integrated Land Information System - LIS
- Other functions determined by the Authority
Spatial Data Management Division
- Standards, access, security, dissemination, and maintenance of spatial data related to land administration and land management.
- Establishing spatial data standards towards the formation of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
- Assuring that all parcels of land in the country reference the Liberia Geodetic Reference frame - LGR for the security of tenure
Land Valuation Division
- Value land and buildings for the Authority's land registry systems in collaboration with relevant agencies of the Government; which valuations may be used for taxation and other purposes
- Assess the compensation payable upon the acquisition of land by Government
- Determine the value of properties rented, purchased, sold by or to Government
- Preparation and maintenance of valuation list for rating purposes
- Valuation of interests in land or land related interests for the general public at a fee
- Other functions determined by the Authority
Customary Land Division
- Facilitate the implementation of activities for recognition of the land rights of communities in collaboration with stakeholders, including implementing CSOs and NGOs
- Address issues concerning the implementation of community lant (CLR) recognition under the Land Rights Policy and the Land Rights Act including all forms of existing land tenure systems; land rights to be transferred to concessionaire, the nature and source of disputes/conflicts arising during and after the process of transfers and means of addressing them;
- Conduct analysis of existing customary land tenure systems;
- Monitor, observe and verify all activities of the customary land recognition nation-wide;
- Work in close collaboration with other relevant units of the LLA;
- Liaise and collaborate with other stakeholders involved in CL recognition processes, including titling
- Coordinate and supervise all community field activities in my assigned area
- Ensure the full implementation of all approved activities leading to the legal recognition of CI and its documentation
- Develop and manage customary land information database in collaboration with the Division of Spatial Data Management
- Develop a work plan and budget to undertake activities
- Facilitate the development of all national methodology for the implementation of customary land rights recognition nation-wide;
- Prepare reports for the Authority
- Undertake other tasks as determined by the Authority.