Congo, Rep.

Registering Property in

Congo, Rep.

Listed below is a detailed summary of the steps, time and cost involved in registering property, assuming a standardized case of an entrepreneur who wants to purchase land and a building that is already registered and free of title dispute.

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  • Property Value: XAF 56,786,958.72
  • City: Brazzaville

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Sale agreement ("protocole de vente") is signed by parties at Cadaster

Both buyer and seller must go first to the Cadastre and sign a protocol de vente, without mentioning the sale price. The Cadastre will make sure that the buyer is the rightful owner and is entitled to sell this property.

Agency: Departement des affaires foncieres, du cadastre et de la topographie 		2 days 10,000 FCFA
2 Evaluation of the property ("enquete parcellaire")

The cadastre will conduct an "enquete parcellaire" to draw a ‘plan de bornage’ or delimitation of the land. The cost at 50 CFA/square meter was fixed by the Law No 4-2007 of May 11, 2007 (Financial Law).

Agency: Cadastre 		21days 50 FCFA per square meter
3 The notary checks for encumbrances on the property (land and building)

The notary will check for encumbrances at the Conservation Fonciere and obtain a certificate "de non-inscription d'hypotheques". The cost is fixed by the Art.94. Régime de la propriété foncière - Loi n°17-2000 du 30 décembre 2000 (2000 CFA/year)

Agency: Property Registry (Conservation Fonciere) 		2 days 20,000 FCFA
4 Notary drafts the sale agreement and both parties sign

The parties can draw the sale agreement among themselves, but this sale agreement must be notorized. Therefore most parties will retain the services of a notary to draw the sale agreement.
1 day Notary fees on a sliding scale 0 to 5 000 000 7% 5 000 001 to 20 000 000 5% 20 000 001 to 50 000 000 3% 50 000 001 to 100 000 000 2% 100 000 001 and over 0.50%
5 Register the sale agreement with the Property Registry

The Conservateur will check the file and transmit it to one colleague to calculate if all costs are accurate

Agency: Property Registry (Conservation Fonciere) 		1 day 15% property value (registration fee) + 5% of the registration fee + 0.5% property value (transfer tax) + 0.2% Frais de conservation + Frais de depot 10,000 CFA + Publication fees 10, 000 CFA + Frais d'ordonnance 10, 000 CFA + Transcription fees 5,000 CF
6 Land title is prepared and issued to the new owner

The Land registrar (conservateur des titres fonciers) will change the name on the property title ("transcription") and issue a copy of the land title ("Titre Foncier") to the Limited Liability Company and keep the technical file.

First-time registrations only will be published as a legal announcement in the Semaine Africaine. According to the law, 17/200 du 30 decembre 2000, article 93 -94, only first time registration ("immatriculation") is subject to a publication as a legal notice in the newspaper( La Semaine Africaine). This announcement is made by the Conservateur and there is a two months wait period to receive any disputes to the registration. After this period the registrar writes a certificate of contestation or no contestation and gives the relevant file to the president of the court in the area where the property is located. In case of no contestation, the president of said court orders the registration and the transcription of the rights of the buyer to the property. After publication, the land title is prepared and issued in the name of the Company.
Official cost for publication is FCFA 20,000


Agency: Property Registry (Conservation Fonciere) 		28 days (included in procedure 5)
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