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Plain-language guides to the checks that protect buyers, families and lenders. Free to read, no account needed.
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How to check who owns land in Sierra Leone
Step-by-step checks before you buy land in Sierra Leone: the documents to ask for, the survey plan, the official search, a site visit and customary consents.
Buying land in Sierra Leone from abroad: a safe-buying guide for the diaspora
How Sierra Leoneans abroad can buy land at home safely: who to trust, which documents to check, how to pay and the warning signs to walk away from.
Customary land in Sierra Leone: what buyers and families need to know
How customary land works in Sierra Leone's provinces, what the Customary Land Rights Act 2022 changed for women, and the consents buyers need.
Land fraud in Sierra Leone: 10 warning signs and how to protect yourself
The ten most common signs of land fraud in Sierra Leone, from double sales and forged documents to pressure to pay, and what to do before and after you pay.