A title deed (titre de proprieté) is the only absolute guarantee that a property indeed belongs to a particular person Requisition is a stage in the process of transforming a melkia into a title deed . It is safer and more precise than the Melkia , but could be subject to contestation . It takes approx 5 weeks to obtain a requsisition number , following this it can take between 2 to 4 years to obtain a title deed. While the property is in requisition, in theory somebody could come forward and make a claim on it. However in practice there are practically never claims made on properties that have been measured and registered by the Land Registry . After an expert from the Land registry has established the boundaries of the property they make a public announcement : a four month period during which any person who has something to claim may do it. If after this period nobody made any claims, the definitive title deed will be issued .
