Property
State-held land with customary occupation predominating
Land legislation vests untitled land in the state and provides for registration, but very little land is registered outside Bangui. Mining and forestry concessions are the economically significant land interests.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — The Direction des Domaines registers; ordinary courts decide disputes.
- Deadline — Registration publicity: objection period before title
- Deadline — Concession: granted for renewable terms
Governing law
- Loi n° 63.441 relative au domaine national
- Loi n° 09.005 portant Code minier
- Loi n° 08.022 portant Code forestier
In practice
Artisanal diamond mining occupies a distinctive legal position: the Mining Code regulates artisanal collectors and buying houses, and the Kimberley Process suspension between 2013 and 2015 made compliance with that framework a condition of lawful export.