The Law on Amendments to the Land Registry Act has entered into force

The Law on Amendments to the Land Registry Act was published in the Official Gazette No. 127/2024 on November 4, 2024, and entered into force on November 11, 2024.

The Law on Amendments to the Land Registry Act introduces numerous changes related to the conduct of procedures for establishing and renewing the land registry in order to conduct and complete procedures for renewing and establishing the land registry more quickly and efficiently.

The possibility of implementing land registry renewal for one or a smaller number of cadastral parcels has been introduced, which is carried out ex officio, at the request of the ministry responsible for justice, cadastre or at the proposal of a party, and which enables the harmonization and establishment of the BZP, in cases where approximately 90% of the cadastral municipality is harmonized, so the land registry renewal procedure will be carried out for the remaining 10%, thus meeting the conditions for the entire cadastral municipality to enter the BZP.

Furthermore, the procedure in the individual correction procedure has been simplified and it is stipulated that the court will hold a hearing only if it deems it necessary, and that such a hearing for correction must be held within 60 days from the date of expiry of the last day of the deadline for submitting applications and objections.

The described amendments will contribute to a faster and more efficient implementation of the procedures for correction and/or entry in the land registry of land registry parcels, which is of exceptional importance for the holder of the right of ownership and other real rights to real estate.

Harmonisation of the cadastral and land registry status is important from the aspect of activating the property of land registry owners, implementing investments, making databases available to local self-government units for the application of tax and other regulations that oblige owners to pay public charges in accordance with the relevant positive regulations in force in the Republic of Croatia.

The amendments to the Land Registry Act also expand the number of persons authorized to search and have access to land registry databases for all cadastral municipalities by name, the name of the holder of the registry rights, and it is determined that notaries and lawyers can, when performing tasks within their jurisdiction, and administrative bodies of counties or the City of Zagreb in whose scope of competence is the performance of state administration tasks related to the provision of free legal aid.

The described amendments to the Land Registry Act will bring about faster and more efficient implementation of land registry renewal procedures, which is of exceptional importance for holders of land registry rights.