Jamaica land area and title fee toolkit
Convert acres, perches, square feet, square metres, and hectares, then estimate NLA Fee No. 8 for one ordinary land-title instrument.
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One acre equals 43,560 square feet, 4,840 square yards, 160 square perches, or about 0.404686 hectares.
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Convert Jamaican property measurements between acres, perches, square feet, square yards, square metres, and hectares.
How this estimate works
Area values are derived from Jamaica’s statutory definition of one yard as exactly 0.9144 metre and cross-checked against NIST. One acre equals 43,560 square feet, 4,840 square yards, 160 square perches, or 0.40468564224 hectares.
NLA’s own rendered area-conversion page contains errors in several factors, so it is disclosed as a conflict record and is not used as the arithmetic authority.
For one ordinary Fee No. 8 instrument, the fee is J$10 when the stated value does not exceed J$2,000. Every additional J$1,000 or part above J$2,000 adds J$5, so J$2,001 produces J$15.
First registration, certificates of title, assurance-fund contributions, extra titles, mortgages lodged with another instrument, caveats, and abatements can follow different rules. The official NLA calculator and assessment control.
Questions people ask
How many square feet are in one acre?
One acre contains exactly 43,560 square feet.
How many perches are in one acre?
One acre contains 160 square perches for land-area conversion.
What does the title fee estimate cover?
It covers the basic NLA Fee No. 8 formula for one ordinary transfer on sale or exchange, mortgage or charge, or caveat. It does not total an entire transaction.
Can a conversion prove my property size?
No. It converts a number only. The registered title and an authorised survey control the legal parcel area and boundaries.
Sources
- Land valuation and land titling price listGovernment pagegovernment pageSource: National Land Agencychecked
- Weights and Measures ActLaw or regulation
Defines the yard as exactly 0.9144 metre. JaRanks derives the imperial area factors from that statutory identity.
lawSource: Ministry of Justicechecked - Handbook 44 Appendix C area conversionsGovernment page
Supplies the exact acre, square-foot, square-yard, hectare, and square-perch conversion factors used by the arithmetic.
government pageSource: National Institute of Standards and Technologychecked - Map listing and area conversionsGovernment page
Contains errors in several rendered factors and is not used as the arithmetic authority. It is retained only as a conflict record.
government pageSource: National Land Agencychecked - Online fee calculatorGovernment page
Use for the official assessment when the instrument, abatement, or title structure is more complex than Fee No. 8.
government pageSource: National Land Agencychecked