Expertise
Dividing land, between heirs or to sell building plots, involves plans, authorisations and boundary markers. We take charge of the surveying part, from the initial survey to the splitting of the titles.
Subdivision or plot division
Law No. 25-90 on subdivisions, housing groups and plot divisions, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 34-21 (Official Bulletin No. 7533 of 10 August 2026), distinguishes two cases.
Subdivision (lotissement, التجزئة العقارية): the division of land into two or more lots intended for building. It requires a subdivision authorisation issued by the president of the municipality, for land that is registered or undergoing registration without objection, with roads and utility networks. See the guide Creating a subdivision after Law 34-21.
Plot division (morcellement, تقسيم العقارات): the division into lots not intended for building, often a partition between heirs. In the areas covered by Article 58 (urban municipalities, delimited centres and their peripheral areas, areas covered by an approved urban planning document), a plot division authorisation is required; it is deemed granted after 30 days without a reply. See the guide Inheriting land and dividing it.
Before any plan, check what the urban planning document allows: minimum area, buildable zone or not. The guide Development plan, zoning, Taamir explains where to find these rules, and the What document do I need? tool points you to the right procedure.
Who it is for
The heirs are joint owners: each has a share, nobody has a plot. The plot division plan turns these shares into lots, with access for each.
Building plots, roads, utility networks: the surveyor draws up the topographic plan on which the architect designs the project (Article 14), then follows the land through to the titles.
A plan tied to Lambert and to elevation, with the boundary markers, the neighbouring titles and the relief: the basis for design and for roads and utilities studies.
How it works
A simple plot division does not go through all these steps: the quote specifies those that concern you.
Land title or registration application, certificate of ownership, planning information note: we check whether it is a subdivision or a plot division and what the planning rules allow.
Check of the boundary markers against the title plan, relief, buildings, existing roads and networks, neighbouring titles, tied to Lambert coordinates.
For a plot division: location, boundaries and area of each lot. For a subdivision: the topographic plan for the authorisation file, on which the architect draws up the layout plan.
Once the authorisation has been obtained, the road centrelines, lots and structures are transferred onto the ground, with levelling benchmarks.
For a subdivision, the developer may appoint us as site coordinator (see below): measured checks during the works, then an as-built plan.
Boundary marking of the lots, topographic plan drawn up after boundary marking (Article 32), technical file submitted to the cadastre service, then application to the land registry for a title per lot.
Law No. 34-21
The new Article 17 of Law No. 25-90 speaks of a site coordinator (coordonnateur de chantier, منسق الورش) and expressly mentions the surveying engineer (ingénieur topographe) among the professionals the developer may appoint. In our reading, this is not the only possible profile. The role: to monitor the execution of the works in accordance with the documents on the basis of which the authorisation was issued.
At the end of the works, the declaration of completion must be accompanied by a certificate signed by the coordinator certifying that the works comply (Article 22). The surveying engineer is now among the persons summoned to the provisional acceptance (Article 24). The coordinator therefore commits their signature.
For a surveying engineer (ingénieur géomètre-topographe), this role relies on measured checks:
Some provisions of Law No. 34-21 await implementing texts. The subdivision guide points them out; only the Arabic text of the Official Bulletin is authoritative.
Deliverables and documents
Equipment, timescales, cost
We work with GNSS and the total station; the drone can be used for the initial survey when the extent of the land warrants it. The precision depends on the tie-in to geodetic points, the condition of the existing boundary markers and the density of points surveyed.
The cost and time of our work depend on the area, the relief, the number of lots, the condition of the boundary markers and, for a subdivision, the duration of the works. We do not publish rates (see our fees).
The timescales of the municipality, the urban agency, the cadastre and the land registry do not depend on us. For a subdivision, remember above all this rule: no lot may be sold, let or divided before provisional acceptance (Article 33).
References
Extracts from our references.
Survey and technical file for the subdivision.
Assignments for various project owners.
Frequently asked questions
Only if the lots are intended for building. Otherwise, it is a plot division, subject to authorisation in the areas covered by Article 58. Note: Article 60 makes an application for plot division inadmissible in a buildable zone, where the operation falls under subdivision.
No. The application for a subdivision authorisation is inadmissible if the land is neither registered nor undergoing registration without objection (Article 5). Land registration must be started first.
No. Deeds of transfer, letting or partition may only be executed after provisional acceptance (Article 33), and each irregular sale is a separate offence.
The subdivision is entered on the title after the topographic plan drawn up after boundary marking and the provisional acceptance report have been filed (Article 32). The developer then applies for a title per lot. For a plot division, after the boundary marking of the lots and the check of the technical file by the cadastre, the land registrar establishes a separate title and plan for each lot (1913 dahir, Article 54).
The inheritance tool gives each person's share in m². We then propose a division that respects these areas, access to each lot and the minimum area of the zone. The agreement of the heirs remains essential.
Your land
Send us the title number and what you would like to do: we will tell you the procedure, the authorisations to plan for and send you a written quote.