Confirm identities and relationships between deceased and successor(s) through supporting documents.

Supporting Document Checklist
o List of Lands succeeding to.
o Original/certified copies of the following:
o Death certificate and birth certificate of the person you are succeeding to.
o Birth certificate(s) and current government issued photo ID for all successors.
o Any adoption orders or document(s) evidencing any change of legal name.
o An English translation must accompany any supporting document that is in another language.
o Genealogy showing relationship to deceased.

If born or died outside of the Cook Islands, obtain official birth/death certificate(s) from the country where birth/death is registered.

Contact us to schedule an appointment with a Land Court Clerk who can help guide you through the process and facilitate access to information in the land records archive.

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Application fees must be paid in full. We will assist with checking the application. Any false information you provide as part of your application may lead to prosecution.

Check published Panui lists for your designated Court hearing date and attend.

The Panui list, published on the website and at the office of the Ministry of Justice, will designate the venue, date and time of hearing. Failure to appear at the scheduled Court hearing may result in your application being adjourned or dismissed, and additional fees may apply.
If you have sufficient interest in the matter before the Court you may appear in Court or have someone appear on your behalf, such as a; Lawyer, Registered Land Agent, Recorded Landowner (on ROT), Grandparent, parent, parent’s, sibling, spouse or sibling of a recorded landowner (close family), A person given permission by the Court to appear.

Land Agents Registration Act 2009, amended 2011.

If your application is granted, the Court staff will contact you to collect your Court Order. Processing time is approximately 60 days. Please contact us if you have changed your contact information or have not been contacted for your Court Order.