Haiti Property Buying: ONACA Cadastre, Surveys and Ownership Documents

Identify the role of cadastral information

Haiti’s Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications identifies the Office National du Cadastre, ONACA, as responsible for establishing the country’s general cadastre. Cadastral information gives a buyer a reason to ask precise questions about the parcel’s location and documentary identification.

Do not turn that institutional mandate into a claim that every offered property is fully mapped or that a map establishes ownership. Collect the actual property description, survey references and documents supplied by the seller, and ask the adviser how they connect with the candidate land.

Use the project document within its dated scope

An MTPTC project document dated January 2021 explains cadastral and deed roles in its land-background discussion. It distinguishes ONACA’s mapping role from issuing ownership titles and identifies DGI’s role in registration and transcription of property deeds.

This is dated project documentation, not a complete current national purchase procedure. Use the distinction to organise enquiries, then ask a competent local professional which present records, offices and evidence apply to the property. Do not copy project acquisition arrangements into a private transaction.

Keep the survey and ownership history separate

Create one worksheet column for survey and parcel-identification evidence and another for the instruments and history supporting the offered right. Ask the adviser to identify the documentary chain, relevant parties, required current enquiries and any unresolved mismatch.

If the survey area differs from the advertisement or an instrument description, preserve both figures and ask for an explanation. A map or survey can help identify the land without answering every ownership, authority or competing-claim question. Do not replace missing legal evidence with the fact that a plan exists.

• Collect the actual survey and property-description references.
• List the deeds and supporting history separately.
• Ask which current DGI and cadastral enquiries fit the case.

Fictional example: a survey supplied without the deed history

This original exercise concerns document organisation only and identifies no Haitian owner or parcel.

Complete the practical site enquiries

Arrange appropriate boundary, access, occupation, condition and intended-use enquiries with local support. Ask which unresolved documentary and physical questions affect commitment. Confirm current office access, fees and document formats directly; none are promised by this guide.

Browse Haiti property offers through the country links below and collect references for comparable rights and components. MarkMyProperty’s listings and map pins support discovery. They do not certify cadastral coverage, a deed chain, ownership, absence of competing claims, buyer eligibility or registration of a transaction.