Mauritania

Registering Property in

Mauritania

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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  • Standard Property Transfer

  • Property Value: MRO 14,929,997.44
  • City: Nouakchott

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The buyer verifies at the Land Registry that the seller has a legal and clear title to the property

The buyer has to perform due diligence with the Direction des Domaines to guarantee that the seller is providing a clear and unencumbered title. All information regarding the title of the property is available at the Land Registry, including all mortgages, liens, encumbrances or other tax accruals.

Agency: Land Registry (Conservation et de la Propriété foncière) 		1 day no cost
2 Notarize the sale contract at a public notary

The parties have to notarize the sale contract. The notary fees are fixed according to a sliding scale. The number of notaries has doubled in Mauritania. The time to notarize a contract, rarely exceeds 2 days.
The notary will check that the representatives of both companies are entitled to sell/buy this property on behalf of their company they represent.
2 days Notary fee schedule according to a cumulative sliding scale as follows: 1 - 1 000 000 = 4.5% 1,000,001 - 3,000,000 = 3% 3,000,001 - 7,000,000 = 1.5% over 7,000,000 = 0.75%
3 Register the sale contract with the Registry of Companies in Court

This procedure is a special requirement for an acquiring company. The registry, available in court, is a record that monitors companies and their acquisitions. The company must register its new possessions in this special registry. The registry is quite available and the request is promptly processed.

Agency: Commercial Court 		1 day 2% (registration fees to the State)
4 File a request at the Land Registry for the effective transfer of property

The Land Registry performs due diligence for the parties before making the final transfer of title. The parties need only have their notarized sale agreement along with the title certificate.

Agency: Land Registry (Conservation et de la Propriété foncière) 		45 days 1.2% fees for the registry’s functions
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