Modelling of the Procedures of Land Titling in Port Harcourt Urban Area of Rivers State, Nigeria

The deficiency of information on the procedures of land titling in Port Harcourt Urban of Rivers State of Nigeria has resulted to illegal rights to land use, tenure insecurity, and distortions in urban development and physical planning.The study is therefore aimed to model the procedures of land titling in Port Harcourt Urban area of Rivers State. The study adopted the pragmatic paradigm of data collection, quantitative and qualitative data were collected using the scientific method of enquiry and procedural observations. The research findings reveal that the cadastral survey plan, certificate of deposit and deed of conveyance / assignment are major requirements among other documentations required for land titling in the study area. The study also noted the process is tedious with duration of approximately 130 days, 25 days, and 18 days for fresh title, change of title and mortgage instrument respectively which is in variance with respect to the duration of 60 days, 10 days and 5 days for fresh title, change of title and mortgage instrument respectively as published by the Rivers State Ministry of Lands and Surveys. A review of theprocedures is imperative to enable seamless land titling processes in the study area.