Morocco's land agency adds online ownership certificates for registered property
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The ANCFCC has introduced a service letting owners of registered property request and download land ownership certificates without visiting a registry office, though other procedures still require additional steps.
Morocco's National Agency for Land Conservation, Cadastre and Cartography (ANCFCC) has introduced a digital service that allows property owners to request and download land ownership certificates without visiting a registry office.
The system is available for properties that are officially registered in Morocco's land registry. Instead of travelling to an ANCFCC office to request and later collect the document, eligible applicants can complete the procedure remotely.
Land ownership certificates are official documents that establish information about registered property, and are commonly required by banks, in property transactions and for various administrative procedures.
The agency says the new service is intended to simplify access to property records, reduce waiting times and protect users' personal information. It does not cover every property procedure: the service specifically concerns ownership certificates for registered property, and other steps may still require additional formalities.
For families managing a house, an apartment or inherited property, the change removes at least one trip to a registry office, part of a wider shift by Moroccan administrators towards digitising procedures that have traditionally required applicants to appear in person.