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.ISLAND NEWS

Land Registry Uppgraded

Close to 6,000 land parcels have been registered in
St. Kitts and Nevis during 18 months after work
began in January 2018 at the Land Registry.

“In 18 months, we have registered more than 4,000
titles in the Land Registry when it comes to St. Kitts
and some neigh 2,000 titles in Nevis across land and
so this has been very significant,” said Honourable
Vincent Byron Jr., Attorney-General and Minister of
Justice and Legal Affairs.

Minister Byron said that government is moving
towards the digitization of the Land Registry, adding
that it is a main area that the government is very
proud of.

“Apart from being able to develop a process by
which we can register (land) much more quickly, we
are in the process of digitizing the whole process to
make it more efficient and effective,” Hon. Byron
said. “One of the things we are able to do and are
doing at the current time is to be able to improve the
way in which we identify lands in St. Kitts and Nevis.
We have used drones to have flyovers and are in the
process of being able to identify various plots of
lands to be able to ensure that the whole process of
land registration improves significantly.”

He said in early 2020 the government engaged a US
company to assist in developing a cadastral
mapping of all the lands in St. Kitts and Nevis.

The National Land Registry was established in 2017.
Hon. Byron said establishing a dedicated Land
Registry is essential to the ease of doing business
and critical to economic activity.

12 HARBOUR LINES SUMMER 2020