Property
Code foncier et domanial 1992 with state ownership and weak registration
Ordonnance O/92/019 vests unregistered land in the state and provides for titling, but registration coverage is very low. Mining concessions granted over customarily occupied land are the main source of high-value land conflict.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — The cadastre administers registration; the Tribunal de première instance hears title disputes.
- Deadline — Titre foncier application: through the Direction Nationale du Patrimoine Bâti Public et du Cadastre
- Deadline — Resettlement compensation under a mining convention: per the convention's schedule
Governing law
- Ordonnance n° O/92/019 du 30 mars 1992 portant Code foncier et domanial
- Loi L/2011/006/CNT portant Code minierland access and resettlement
In practice
Because most Guinean land is unregistered and legally vested in the state, bauxite concessions can be granted over land that communities have farmed for generations without any recorded interest. Compensation and resettlement therefore operate through mining conventions and IFC performance standards rather than through the land code, which is the practical reason those conventions are the documents that matter.