Hello Wazuans
Well, Am in the process acquiring a plot. The owner passed on years back, and his children want to dispose it off, but apparently they have to do a succession. Just what does it entail , the costs involved and how long does it take to complete. Your thoughts?

@rongla, its a relatively straight forward process if you retain a good property lawyer and if there are no family disagreements i.e all family members have agreed to sell.
The property will pass from the deceased owner to his child/children as per his will or agreement between the children then the child will then pass it over to you/seller. This can take around 3 months.

If I were you I would ask them to do the succession first.Reason,U never know if they are the heirs of the land until the courts confirms them as the administrators.It can take 3months or forever if there are disagreements.You hav the power until you give out your money.
Your choice

ii actually bought my land from succession.
1dt they should have death cert , then the report death thru' the court. gazetement of death took 6months.then they were required to go to chief n giv all the beneficiaries and then choose an administrator..they should also agree on how they should share the property.if they agree ,they then go to court wwith the letter frm chief .the judge giv them a hearin n grant letter is given..took 3months.if no one object within 6months court issues confirmation of grant which u must wait for 6months. this is letter frm court indicatin all kids n their share (i was actualy aded at that point as a heir in the family to avoid land rates).it is that letter that a copy u take to lands office n the other to surveya to do the title mutation .frm there title dped on ur area.being in kiambu it took another 4months cz u hv to bribe hear n there.so entire process approx 2yrs of waiting.but if they disagree court subdividess land equally n case may take longer.i began the process in jan2013 n got the title this month.for the sale agreement kindly involve a lawyer n pay in bits dpedin on how far they hv gone with the process.nb.by the tym my name was added in the grant letter the land gad appreciated by 70% .and were it not the fact tgat they were good guys.they can strike u out of the list and refund u after u hv helped them.

@ jmichi...two questions...

On the actions highlighted in red,

1. Are there other documents that one is supposed to attach...say the original title deed?

2. for the issuance of the copies of certificate of confirmation of a grant, I hope you mean the county lands office and surveyor respectively?

Well this is an update for the Land succession matter I posted in 2014. the grant has been issued and confirmed. Deceased Mr X has for heirs. One of the heirs, a son had been given a grant of representation to the deceased property. The court has further directed on how the property should be shared among the four heirs.
However the Lawyer who is undertaking the Succession is not being truthful on what the next stage should be.
This is her take.
She says there will be 2 transfers.
1st transfer will be from the deceased Mr X to all the children with all their names appearing on the title deeds. Stamp duty of 400K will be paid at this stage.

Second transfer will be to each individual beneficiary. At this stage another 400k stamp duty will be paid. That's a whooping 800k in duty.
My thinking is the son has been given authority to share the land as per the Certificate of confirmation of grant and since this is a succession matter stamp duty isn't payable.
Please share you thoughts and wise counsel