Property
State-held land with a 2004 registration reform
The 2004 land laws restructured tenure and registration, recognising customary occupation as a basis for converting to registered title. Most land nonetheless remains unregistered and held under customary arrangements.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — The Direction des Domaines registers; the Tribunal de grande instance decides disputes.
- Deadline — Registration publicity: objection period before title issues
- Deadline — Expropriation: compensation assessed before possession
Governing law
- Loi n° 17-2000 portant régime de la propriété foncière
- Loi n° 9-2004 portant code du domaine de l'État
- Loi n° 10-2004 fixant les principes généraux applicables aux régimes domanial et foncier
In practice
The 2000–2004 reforms were unusual in explicitly acknowledging customary tenure as a route into the register rather than treating it as a nullity, though the administrative cost of conversion has limited take-up.