Vacoas

Ministry responsible for land and housing, with distinct surveying, cadastre and planning services. It provides central referral; municipal approvals and Rodrigues responsibilities must be checked for the particular project rather than assuming that a mainland headquarters handles every property.

Public division responsible for government surveying, State-land management and mapping references. It helps identify the appropriate technical service; its functions differ from deed registration and municipal construction approval, and the responsible parcel or lease counter should be confirmed.

Unit maintaining the digital cadastre and issuing Parcel Identification Numbers. It handles technical parcel-location and plan enquiries; cadastral information remains distinct from the deeds and registrations maintained by the Registrar General, and does not alone certify ownership.

Division preparing national planning instruments and certain planning clearances for State-land developments. It provides project reference information; building and land-use permits also involve the responsible local authority, and the applicable route must be checked for the site.

Public property-valuation department supporting duties, local rates, acquisitions and rental valuations within its remit. It provides enquiries about government valuation work; authorities assessing or collecting taxes and private valuers remain distinct, and the responsible service should be confirmed.

Department registering instruments, publicising land transactions and preserving mortgage registrations. It offers searches, copies and related duty services; these functions differ from technical cadastre and municipal permits, and the appropriate section should be selected for the property document.

Public company

NHDC

National Housing Development Company Ltd

Public housing-development company providing programmes and a customer-service centre. It handles enquiries about its own operations and estate-management services; available housing, assistance and admission conditions should be confirmed directly rather than inferred from older programme descriptions or application forms.

Public company

NSLD

New Social Living Development Ltd

Social-housing project company identified as an NHDC subsidiary. Its contact route concerns its programme and operations; project progress, admission conditions and housing available for allocation must be verified with the responsible service rather than assumed from delivery announcements.

Tax authority providing information and assistance on obligations within its remit. It offers referral for property-income enquiries; Registrar General duties and municipal rates must be distinguished for the file, and current tax treatment should be confirmed with the responsible service.

Public investment-facilitation body with a real-estate and hospitality entry point. It guides projects and relevant procedures; acquisition rights, approvals and potential incentives must be verified for the applicant’s circumstances rather than inferred from promotional descriptions or historical portal information.

Public administration

REAA

Real Estate Agent Authority

Statutory regulator of real-estate participants publishing a first registration phase in2026. It provides enquiries on covered categories and appropriate verification; business registration does not automatically certify every individual agent, rental activity or entitlement to undertake a particular property transaction.

Public administration

PAC

Professional Architects’ Council

Statutory council regulating, registering and disciplining architects. Its secretariat and register provide a professional-verification route; current practising standing and the scope of the proposed assignment should be confirmed for the development rather than assumed from an association membership.

Statutory council regulating the engineering profession and publishing register routes. Its secretariat provides verification enquiries; the discipline, current registration and suitability for the property-related assignment should be confirmed separately rather than inferred from a name appearing in an undated directory.

Statutory council regulating quantity surveyors and publishing annual professional lists. It provides a verification and referral route; the relevant year’s registration and suitability of the practitioner for the proposed cost or construction assignment should be confirmed before appointment.

Public administration

CIA

Construction Industry Authority

Public authority regulating construction-industry participants and their registration. It provides stakeholder-verification resources; this regulation remains distinct from individual professional licensing and municipal approval for a particular development, so both the participant category and project permissions should be checked.

Public administration

City Council of Port Louis

Port Louis city council responsible for local building and land-use control among municipal services. It routes permit and municipal-charge enquiries within the city; its contacts do not cover other councils or islands, and national land-registration checks remain separate.

Public statistics service providing population data, household surveys and territorial indicators. Its publications support research on living conditions; reference periods, definitions and complete tables should be checked before reuse rather than treating headline indicators as current local property-market evidence.

Professional council responsible for registering, regulating and disciplining land surveyors. Its ministry page provides a reference route for professional checks; the direct secretariat and the currency of the roll should be confirmed for the proposed surveying assignment and property.

Professional town-planning council responsible for the register, ethics and discipline. Its ministry reference identifies the relevant body; direct secretariat contacts and the practitioner’s current registration should be checked before commissioning a planning assignment or relying on professional standing.

Mauritius barristers’ professional association, identified by the International Bar Association. Its secretariat provides an enquiry route for checks before legal advice or representation.

Mauritius’s notarial chamber is identified in the International Union of Notaries directory. Its organisational email provides a route to the appropriate contact before a property-related application.

Mauritius’s judiciary publishes District Court information and a court-by-court registry directory. Use it to identify an enquiry point before a court procedure.

The Environment and Land Use Appeal Tribunal handles certain environment and land-use appeals. Its government-directory entry provides an institutional contact.