Resolve a land boundary dispute with your neighbour
State Department for Lands and Physical Planning · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Write a complaint to the Land Registrar at the registry where the land is registered, with a copy of your title, the other side's address, the RIM map and any mutation, and pay KSh 3,000. The Registrar summons both sides and decides within about 3 months of the summons.
- Fee
- KSh 3,000Boundary dispute fee (Land Registrar)KSh 10,000Boundary resolution by the Survey department (plus transport and subsistence allowance)
- How long
- About 3 months from the date of the summons
- Where
- The land registry where the land is registered (Land Registrar); the Survey department for court-ordered resolutions
What you need
- Written complaint or request and a copy of your title deed
- Addresses of the other parties in the dispute
- Copy of the map (RIM), and the mutation where it applies
Steps
- Write a complaint to the Land Registrar and attach a copy of your title, the other parties' addresses, the RIM map and the mutation if there is one.
- Pay the KSh 3,000 boundary dispute fee.
- The Registrar summons both sides, visits the site, checks the RIM and title records and brings in surveyors if needed.
- The Registrar decides the boundary within about 3 months from the summons.
Watch out
- The Survey department also resolves boundary disputes, but it needs a court order or summons, proof of ownership, the RIM and a location map.
- The Survey route costs KSh 10,000 plus the officers' transport and daily allowance, so ask for the full cost first.
Who can apply
- Landowners who disagree about where the boundary between their plots is.
Official sources (3)
- Handling Boundary Disputes lands.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Resolution of Boundary Disputes lands.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- SDLPP Service Charter (Updated 2025) lands.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026