Carrying out a search on Agricultural land You want to buy in Uganda

Many Agricultural land buyers have faced a number of problems after they have acquired land some of whom with their life savings.Buying Agricultural land in Uganda is not a one day transaction.You should go through the following steps before going into a transaction.

Step one.
Visit the land you want to buy and take a walk through first to see whether it can support your Agricultural project.For example,if you want to plant trees,you need to find out whether its fertile enough.
You should also ascertain whether it has squatters or not.If it has squatters,talk to the land lord to know his arrangement with them.

Step two.
Ask for a photo copy of the land tittle and take it to the area land office for a search on the details which are on the white page.At the lands office,they will give you a search letter which has the following;
1)True owner of the land
2)Total acreage of the land
3)Whether the land has encumbrance or not.

Step Three.
When you are satisfied with step 2,then go back to the place/village where the land is found and carry out an independent search on the ground.This will involve talking to the Local Councils(LCs),elders and neighbors to find out whether there is no other person having claim on the land.These people are a very important resource.

Step four.
Engage your own lawyer to draft a sales agreement.He should also prepare transfer forms which the landlord should sign as you hand over the money to him.The landlord should avail his passport size photo together with a copy of his/her valid ID.

Step five.
Start the transfer process.

Done deal.
You are now a landlord!.