Land conversion: get your title moved to the new land law (new parcel numbers)
State Department for Lands and Physical Planning · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Conversion moves land from the old, repealed registration laws to the Land Registration Act, 2012; it does not change who owns the land or its boundaries. Check the published conversion list and maps, complain to the Registrar on Form LRA 96 if something is wrong, then apply on Form 97 with your original title and ID copies to get a replacement title, free of charge.
- Fee
- FreeReplacement title after conversion
- Where
- The Land Registrar at your land registry
What you need
- Application to the Registrar on Form 97
- Your original title
- Copies of your identification documents
Steps
- Watch for the Gazette notice on conversion and the cadastral maps and conversion list published in daily newspapers for your area.
- Check your parcel and its new number on the conversion list and maps. You can ask for the survey maps.
- If the list or maps are wrong, complain in writing to the Registrar on Form LRA 96.
- Once dealings start in the new register, apply to the Registrar on Form 97 with your original title and ID copies to get your replacement title.
Watch out
- Conversion does not change ownership. Your old title is kept by the Registrar and replaced with one under the 2012 Act.
- Boundaries are not affected: deed plans are replaced by registry index maps (RIMs) made from existing survey plans.
- The Registrar must resolve your complaint within 90 days. While you wait, you can lodge a caution on Form LRA 67.
Who can apply
- Registered owners (proprietors) of land in an area being converted. If a bank or someone else holds your title, you still have to apply yourself.
Official sources (3)
- FAQs lands.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Presentation on Objections to the Conversion List (Form LRA 96) lands.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Land Registries lands.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026