Almost 90,000 land transaction instruments, worth RN30.85 billion, registered last year

BINTULU, Feb 9 2026: Land and Survey Department’s registration of land transaction instruments continues to record excellence with the achievement of 100 per cent same day registration. 

Caption: Premier Abang Johari Openg launching the Land and Survey's Strategic Plan 2026-2030 at the opening of the department summit 2026 - Picture by Information Department

The department director Awang Zamhari Awang Mahmood said a total of 89,933 instruments, worth RM30.85 billion, were registered last year.

“Of the total, 81,674 instruments or 90.8 per cent were successfully registered within the first four  hours from the time of submission,”  he said at the department’s summut which was officiated by Premier Abang Johari  Openg.

He said the charge of land transactions recorded the largest value of RM15.46 billion followed by transfer of land with a value of RM7.96 billion.

“From the 2025 transaction, stamp duty amounting to RM262.28 million was collected by the federal government,” he said.

Zamhari said that the state government, through the platform of the Malaysia Agreement Action Council 1963, continues to hold consultations with the federal government, regarding the ‘sharing’ of the stamp duty revenue on the basis that the land transaction is under the Sarawak Land Code.

He also said that the department’s the Title Registration System (TRS) recorded 980,827 lots throughout Sarawak with an area of 3.16 million hectares.

He said out of the total, 779,303 lots were titled land with an area of 2.45 million hectares, saying that  201,524 lots were government land with an area of 717,000 hectares.

He said under the New Initiative Programme for NCR Land Measurement since 2010 until 31, 2025, an area of 1.245 million hectares of NCR land has been measured perimeter-wise.

He added an area of 947,442 hectares of which has been gazetted as Bumiputera Communal Reserve (Agriculture) under section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code.

“Efforts to improve the measurement of individual lots continue to be strengthened by improving the technology and measurement methods used.

“Up to Dec 31, 2025. a total of 109,065 lots with an area of 129,797 hectares have been measured individually.

“Of this total, 35,873 lots with an area of 49,674 hectares were issued with title deeds under section 18 of the Sarawak Land Act,” Zamhari said,