Real estate in Haiti is an area where poor diligence can prove very costly: incomplete titles, contested occupancy, unresolved co-ownership, inaccurate surface areas. Since 1995, Cabinet Chevalier has secured acquisitions, sales and construction projects for Haitian and foreign clients — individuals, businesses and institutional investors.
Buying property in Haiti requires deep diligence: full review of the chain of title, verification that no mortgages are registered, control of cadastral boundaries, validation with the DGI and the licensed surveyor. We carry out this diligence before signing and identify any obstacle before it becomes a dispute. Our role is to say "this purchase is safe" — or to stop it when it is not.
For construction projects, we draft and negotiate contracts with the general contractor, architects, engineers and subcontractors. We support permit applications, compliance with Haitian standards, and management of disputes (defects, delays, cost overruns). For substantial developments, we structure dedicated project companies.
Haitian land law has its specifics — often-ancient family co-ownership, state lands, contested parcels. We support clients with title regularization, exit from co-ownership, succession-related partitions and claims for restitution. Rigorous upstream verification is worth far more than a lawsuit won years later.
Verification involves reviewing the chain of title over at least thirty years, checking mortgage registrations at the DGI, surveying by a sworn surveyor, and reconciliation with the cadastre. It is lawyer's work, not notary's work alone.
Yes, subject to a few sectoral restrictions (notably in some border and coastal zones in certain cases). We systematically validate the eligibility of the property and the buyer before any commitment.
Title deed, recent survey certificate, land-tax receipts, certificate of no mortgage, ID, civil status. For co-owned land: written consent of every co-owner.
For thorough diligence followed by the notarial deed, expect four to eight weeks, more depending on complexity (co-ownership, old titles, prior litigation).
Trust us with verifying your file before signing. It is the highest-return investment you can make.
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