Floss in Cadastre and Land Registration

Current cadastral arrangements

Currently (July 2009) cadastral surveys are undertaken under the Survey Ordin-

ance 1961. New legislation for cadastral surveys is currently under consideration 

by  Parliament.

Any change in boundaries for freehold or Government land (or for the registra-

tion of a lease over customary land) requires a cadastral survey signed by a regis-

tered surveyor. Most of these surveys are performed by private sector surveyors. A 

survey plan is lodged with the MNRE where it is checked by the Quality Assurance 

Figure 4.8: Samoa geographic map.

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Section of the Technical Division. Once the survey is considered to meet all require-

ments (including the standards described in the Survey Regulations) the survey 

is  approved by the Chief Executive Officer. The survey is then able to support 

 registration actions including the issuance of new titles. Once the survey is ap-

proved the new boundaries are recorded in the (computerised) Samoa View map-

ping system.