The major objective of this study is to investigate the process of decentralization an LandrnAdministratian in Bale Sub-city. . Five ina jar Land administratian services are selected to.rncanductthis study. These are prepcII'atian afTiIle deed far land passessian, Set/lement af landrnbaundwy disputes, Registratian af tramler/transactians, Campensatian af relacatian, andrnRegistratian armartgages.rnTo. meet the abave stated abjective,Â·the. study . utilized survey research design which isrncharacterized by sampling and quesliol1Jiaire. Fram the tatal af 785 service-seekers 78 arernselected using simple randam sampling using the sample/rame Fam Land AdministratianrnDepartment af Bale Sub-City. Regarding the questiannaire, clase and apen ended questiansrnare emplayed to. gather data relevant to. theÂ· study. Mareaver, key infarmants, abservatian andrnapprapriate dacuments are used to. triang,date the existing data. Bath qualitative andrnquantitative data analysis was employed to. assess the true nature af the tapic underrninvestigatian.rnThe study faund aut that decentralizatian afland administratian in Bale Sub-City is resulted inrnrelatively beller accessibility af custamers to. land services in view af nearness to. theirrnlacatian, relatively fast decisian making af afficials in the .land administration. Hawever, in allrnfive land administratian services investigated in the study area, service delivery is canstrainedrnby variaus prablems. The prablem ,!s . aggravated by vastness af the Sub-City, being anrnexpansian area af the city, mwipawer, lagistics, ethical prablems as well as lack afrncaardinatian af different hierarchies. af land administratian badies. Hence based an thernfindings, same recammendatians a/'e made.rnKeywords: Decentralization, Munitipal Service, Land Admini stration, Bole Sub-City.