This Chapter provides with some selected issues in relation with land use planning and control.

This Act specifies rules relative to the writing, transfer, foreclosure, etc. of a deed of trust and defines legal consequences and proceedings in relation with the creation or foreclosure of a deed of trust. A transfer in trust of an estate in real property may occur to secure the performance…

This Act makes provision with respect to the creation of mortgages and consequences of such mortgages. The purpose of the Act is to establish a system of mortgage law in Yap State which will induce lenders to make secured commercial and residential loans, while at the same time ensuring that…

The purpose of this Act is to establish a loan security programme for starting or expanding feasible, small-scale businesses in the State in support of the State public sector reform program and so as to enhance development of the private sector small businesses. Transfer of title in real…

This Act concerns the definition of a coordinate system for purposes of land survey in the State of Yap. The Chapter also gives some indications for a valid survey but does not require a purchaser or mortgager to entirely rely on the defined system. The Chapter also prescribes penalties for the…

The purpose of this Act is to provide for the establishment of a Yap State Board for purposes of registration of land surveyors so that land surveys and maps for public record purposes may be attested by the registered surveyor who performed or supervised the work. The Act defines the practice…

This Act makes provision for the preservation and protection of historic, archaeological, and cultural properties of the State of Pohnpei. One of its objectives is to limit effects of uncontrolled development and land use.For purposes of this Act, the Pohnpei Historic and Cultural Preservation…

The object of this Act is to promote soil and water conservation by preventing erosion and thus conserving and improving the use of the State’s land and water resources. For this purpose a Pohnpei Soil and Water Conservation District is established which shall be administered and managed by the…

This Act concerns land use planning in the State of Pohnpei. Its objectives are to promote responsible and balanced development, to preserve and enhance cultural and traditional values, to conserve and protect the natural environment, and to assure adequate provision for community facilities and…

This Chapter introduces a coordinated system for the survey and mapping of land and provides rules for the use of the system. It also prescribes the form of boundary markers, prohibits specified cultivation of crops near boundary markers and boundary lines which have been surveyed by the Office…

This Chapter introduces the metric measurement system for the survey of land. It declares that no contract or dealing or pleading in any court shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the measures expressed or referred to therein are measures of the metric system. The Chapter also…

This Act concerns the registration of land surveyors and for this purpose establishes the Board of Land Surveyors Examiners. The Board shall keep a Register of Land Surveyors. The Act prohibits surveying of land unless a person is registered as a land surveyor and specifies criteria for…