A Transfer of Joint Interest (Form LRA 36) is an official document used in Kenya to transfer the complete ownership of property from multiple joint proprietors to one or more new owners. This jurisdiction-specific form is prescribed under the Land Registration Act and the Land Registration (General) Regulations, 2017, specifically Rule 52(1). It enables joint owners to collectively transfer their entire combined interest in property to new proprietor(s), whether selling to a single buyer or multiple buyers.
This form is intended for joint property owners, co-proprietors, joint tenants, business partners, family members, corporate entities, estate executors, and their representatives who collectively own property and wish to transfer their entire combined interest. Common uses include joint owners selling property to third parties, partners dissolving a joint venture, family members selling inherited property, or multiple sellers transferring to multiple buyers who will also hold the property jointly or as tenants in common.
The form requires the title number, date of transfer, names of all transferors (sellers), names of all transferee(s) (buyers), and consideration details specifying monetary amount or other arrangements with receipt acknowledged. All transferors must sign together since they are collectively transferring their joint interest. The form requires the transferee(s) to declare how they will hold the property—either as joint proprietors with equal undivided interests or as proprietors in common with specified individual shares detailed in the document.
Both transferors and transferee(s) must execute the document with colored photographs, identification or passport numbers, PIN numbers, and signatures or thumbprints verified by certifying officers. The Certificate of Verification confirms that all parties appeared voluntarily, understood the transaction, and executed the instrument freely. Once registered and sealed by the Land Registrar, the entire joint interest passes to the transferee(s), creating new ownership according to their chosen tenancy arrangement within Kenya's land registration system.