Confusion most often arises during the buying and selling of real estate related to the terms REGISTERED and LEGALIZED. These two terms are completely unrelated and do not both directly refer to the object/part of the object on the parcel.

The term registered does not mean that the property is legalized, but refers to the fact that the owner – seller of the property is recorded with ownership and state over the subject property. For land, it is most important that the owner is registered, as well as that the ownership of the land is private. For houses and apartments, it is necessary, in addition to registration, to pay attention to the records, that is, to check whether the objects are legalized.

Legalization directly refers to objects. When you read in the record on public access to the cadastral records that no building or usage permit has been issued for the object, this automatically means that the object is unlegalized. The object can be subject to cash transactions if only a building permit has been issued, while for purchase on credit it is necessary for the object to also possess a usage permit.

For the sale of real estate, for example, a house with auxiliary buildings on a certain parcel, there must be private ownership both on the land and on the objects, and all objects must be legalized (possess a building and usage permit), and the owner of the property must be registered.

For apartments, it is most important that the owner is registered on the usable area of the corresponding apartment, and the building must possess a usage and building permit – this information is of exceptional importance, especially when purchasing an apartment on a housing loan.