Floss in Cadastre and Land Registration

Land tenure and registration arrangement

In Ghana, Land is owned predominantly by customary authorities (stools, skins, 

clans and families). Together they own about 78 % of all lands, the State owns 

20 %, and the remaining 2 % is owned by the State and customary authorities in 

a form of partnership (split ownership) normally termed as vested lands.

Two types of land registration systems operate in the country: the Deed Reg-

istration System and the Land Title Registration System. Whereas the Land Title 

Registration System operates in areas declared as compulsory land registration 

 districts the Deed Registration System operates in all areas which have not been 

declared as compulsory land title registration districts. Currently only the Greater 

Accra  region (comprising 20 districts) and Kumasi (only one district) have been 

 declared as compulsory registration districts.