Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026. You saved for years. You purchased land back home. You left Jamaica for work, intending to return…

Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026. There is a clock running on your land, and most Jamaican landowners do not know it has…

The Government is examining whether adverse possession applications should be referred to local Adjudication Committees, as the land titling minister warns absentee owners to use, fence and pay taxes on their land.

Jamaicas churches have lost thousands of acres to squatting and adverse possession. As the government pushes a national land titling drive, denominations are racing to secure what they have left.

Jamaicas churches have lost thousands of acres to squatting and adverse possession. As the government pushes a national land titling drive, denominations are racing to secure what they have left.

Jamaicas churches have lost thousands of acres to squatting and adverse possession. As the government pushes a national land titling drive, denominations are racing to secure what they have left.

Jamaicas adverse possession laws mean an unregistered or unwatched property can genuinely change hands without a sale. What owners, sellers and buyers need to know before it happens to them.

Jamaicas adverse possession laws mean an unregistered or unwatched property can genuinely change hands without a sale. What owners, sellers and buyers need to know before it happens to them.

The case for reforming Jamaica’s adverse possession law has been made, in various forms, by lawyers, journalists, Privy Council justices, and now…

Minister Robert Montague met the Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches as the National Land Agency explained how churches can secure titles and how adverse possession works, with the Government aiming for titles for 100 per cent of lands.