Guide to the Land Registry Survey 2021 – How to Read What Data It Contains

The land registry search can be requested per property, per subject, per lot and per reference period

Let's imagine that we need to buy a property for personal use or for investment and before concluding the final agreement with the seller and in order to protect myself from any problems, I prefer to have all the information regarding the property being sold. How can I find out the information on buildings and/or land registered in the land registry?

The solution is provided to us by the possibility of requesting a land registry search .

But what is the cadastral survey? What is it for? What are its costs? Can it be requested online? and how do you request it?

If you are interested and want to know the answers to the previous questions, you just have to continue reading this article.

Land Registry: What is it?

The land registry certificate is a document issued by the Agency of the Revenue and containing the data registered in the land registry relating to any property and/or land present on Italian territory. The information reported is useful not only for real estate sales but also in the case of rental for the calculation of certain taxes such as IMU And Tari .

Specifically, the land registry search allows the consultation of the identification and income data of real estate assets, the personal data of the natural and legal persons who own the assets, the graphic data of the land, i.e., land registry maps and land registry plans of urban real estate units (request a land registry plan here in one click) , the planimetric document, the monographs of the fiducial points and vertices of the land registry network in addition to the land registry update deeds.

Access to cadastral information is public and, therefore, permitted to all interested parties, with the exception of the consultation of the cadastral plans which are reserved only for property rights events.

The different ways to search for the land registry

The land registry search can be requested for various reference areas. In particular, information can be requested relating to real estate, to private individuals as owners or legal entities, per batch and per reference period.

The consultation of data for the real estate sector can be done through two search keys. The first search can be based on the use of the cadastral identifier of the property, that is, the cadastral parcel for the land registry or the urban real estate unit for the building registry.

The second search can be done by looking for the address of the real estate unit and the information will be retrieved from the land registry archive.

In the case, however, of search for natural person it will be appropriate to enter the personal data of the subject, such as name, surname, tax code etc. Differently the search for legal person , where you will need to enter the name and registered office of the association, foundation, company, and so on. Consultation is possible for both the land registry archives and the building registry.

Among the various information that can be found with a simple land registry search, there is also the search by reference period . But what does it mean? If we reflect on its very name, we will easily be able to understand that this inspection will give us the possibility of receiving both current cadastral information, in reference to a current cadastral situation, and historical information, therefore, also referring to a period preceding or concerning a specific historical moment.

Finally, a land registry search will also allow us to carry out searches by lot . The lot represents an identification number, thanks to which you will receive information about the set of properties for which multiple subjects (land registry company) simultaneously claim rights in a given period.

The main information available with a land registry search

The main information available in a land registry search is divided into identified data , classification data , owner's data and total square meters with the exception of balconies and terraces used, the latter as a calculation criterion for the TARI, the waste tax.

It is worth remembering that the classification data is an important piece of data provided that allows us to calculate the cadastral income and consequently, to understand the intended use of the property.

The cadastral classification, therefore, allows us to identify each real estate unit or portion of land and the category and class of competence to which it belongs.

How to request a land registry report

There are many ways to request a Land Registry Certificate. For example, by going in person to any office in the municipality of residence, to the land registry office or through the website of the Revenue Agency or alternatively by going to the Italian Post Office or to the various CAF and Patronage centers present in the area. But the only way to avoid complications and above all long waits is to request it conveniently online from home or in the office, saving time and energy (request your land registry report here with a simple click) . It can be requested for all buildings and lands registered in the Land Registry throughout Italy.

The land registry certificate is issued to the applicant in paper format if requested at the counter or as a PDF file if requested electronically.

Practical advice

It may also be particularly useful to request a cadastral map in order to consult the cadastral parcel of a land and the neighbouring ones within a radius of 1,000 metres (request your cadastral map extract online) . You will have the opportunity to know all the boundaries of a land.

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