2. Modernization of Land Administration in Lithuania Kestutis Sabaliauskas Director General, SECR E-mail: sab@registrucentras.lt Romualdas Kasperavicius Deputy Director, SECR E-mail: kasper@registrucentras.lt CHALLENGES FOR LAND POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION Washington, D.C., USA, World Bank February 14-15, 2008

3. HISTORY OF LAND ADMINISTRATION IN BRIEF Middle of XVI century. Žygimantas Augustas. Statute of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Land Book. –first land reform –first land cadastre 1863. Abolishment of serf age –reform of landed property (lords’ land) –beginning of individual farming 1918. Independent Lithuanian state –broad land reform –systematic land cadastre 1940. Soviet occupation –land nationalization –cadastre of collective farms (kolkhozes) 1991. Restoration of independence –land ownership restitution and privatization –building of the modern land cadastre and register system

4. CORE OF LAND ADMINISTRATION (Description in CADASTRE 2014, FIG Publication ) REAL PROPERTY ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM = + REGISTER WHO?HOW?and VALUATION and WHY ?HOW MUCH ? WHERE?andWHAT ? CADASTRE PROPERTY FORMATION + +

5. Development Base for Land Administration in Lithuania KEY POINTS FOR MODERN LAND ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM (Recom. CADASTRE 2014, FIG Publication ) Real Property Cadastre and Register in one organisation Textual and graphical data are integrated and public Full national coverage with orthophoto maps Cost recovery principle Cadastral works performed by state and private sector on fair competitive basis Individual valuation is performed by state and private sector on fair market basis

6. TITLE (RIGHT) LITHUANIAN LAND REGISTRATION SYSTEM DEEDS (DOCUMENTS) E - REGISTER CADASTRAL DATA

7. LITHUANIAN REAL PROPERTY CADASTRE AND REGISTER Unified –Property objects and rights in single organization and single system –Land and constructions (houses, apartments, premises, utilities, roads, railways, etc.) in single system –Value information is in the same single system –State and private properties are treated equally Centralized –Central data bank for the whole country –Legal status has data only in central data bank Digital –Cadastre and legal data (graphical and descriptive) covers whole country –Legal force has only digital data (extracts of databases) –Data services available on-line (e-services), e-transactions in process Multipurpose –Property guaranty, taxation, valuation, market service Self financed –Full cost recovery from fees of the clients

8. Central Office Branch Offices Local divisions 3 level oganizational structure, covering the whole area of Lithuania ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE STATE ENTERPRISE CENTRE OF REGISTERS

9. OPERATION OF THE REAL PROPERTY DATA Local Divisions Working places STATE AND LAW INSTITUTIONS STATE AND LAW INSTITUTIONS MARKET PLAYERS 1. Banks 2. Owners 3. Buyers 4. Real Estate Agencies 5. Etc. MARKET PLAYERS 1. Banks 2. Owners 3. Buyers 4. Real Estate Agencies 5. Etc. REGISTERS 1. Population 2. Mortgage 3. Etc. REGISTERS 1. Population 2. Mortgage 3. Etc. INTERNET Branch Offices Premises, flats Land Buildings Addresses GIS information Owners Restrictions, obligations Rights Mortgages CENTRAL DATABANK OF REAL PROPERTY REGISTER Working places Global data transfer through Virtual Private Network CLIENTS (owners, surveyors, notaries, lawyers, etc.) CLIENTS (owners, surveyors, notaries, lawyers, etc.)

10. THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR THE COMPUTER BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS Where is a boundary ? OUR DECISION – MAX PUBLICITY PUBLICITY PRIVACY

11. EVERYBODY MAY MAKE A SEARCH IN THE CENTRAL DATABANK OF RPR VIA THE INTERNET ONLY THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION DIFFERS

12. Extract from RPR by indicated property address Extract from RPR by indicated property owner Extract from RPR about real property registered within recent years Title document proving registration of real property object and rights thereto (a duplicate) Cadastral surveying of buildings Certificate about agricultural land plot owned by the right of ownership Certificate on the owners of adjacent land parcels TYPES OF ORDERING INTERNET SERVICES:

13. WEB SITE OF CENTRE OF REGISTERS

14. SEARCH IN REAL PROPERTY REGISTER

15. RESULTS OF SEARCHING

16. RESULTS OF SEARCHING – LAND PARCEL

17. RESULTS OF SEARCHING –PLAN OF BASEMENT

18. RESULT OF SEARCHING - DIGITAL FOTO

19.  Real property cadastre and register data are collected in the central databank, which contains information about more than 6 million real properties and related rights  About 6 million searches in CDB per year  Information from the central databank is available to domestic customers and international users (EULIS project) USING OF CENTRAL DATA BANK

20. LITHUANIA IN EULIS PROJECT Participation in the project provides Lithuania with wide opportunities: to contribute to the development of real property information services in Europe, to take advantage of the experience gained by other countries and applying it for developing the system in the future, to be a part of the European real property market from the very start.

21. Search by address Search by unique number Search by company Excerpt from Register Average sale prices for land SERVICES FOR EULIS CUSTOMERS

22. Specialists of the Centre of Registers Customer State institutions Registration of users Central database of e-document archive of the Centre of Registers Documents of the client Scanning and indexing of documents Registration Archive of paper documents of the Centre of Registers Archive of paper documents of the Centre of Registers Use Formation Return of documents DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL DOCUMENTS ARCHIVE

23. Services for Notaries Real Property transaction process and Registration (from 2008) Central DB Accept order Centre of RegistersCustomers Prepare Print out Notary office

24. Summary of Lithuanian Land registration system Title registration system Registration of rights Deed registration system Registration of documents Object registration system Registration of land parcels and real estates

25. THE WORLD BANK SURVEY DOING BUSINESS LITHUANIA

26. Number of procedures legally required to register property 12 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 1-3 procedures 6-7 procedures 4-5 procedures 8-9 procedures 10-12 procedures No data available

27. 1 2 3 5 9 14 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 27 32 37 38 39 41 42 47 61 62 65 74 79 81 83 93 122 132 170 186 193 204 231 331 391 956 1-10 days 31-60 days 11-30 days 61-100 days More than 100 days No data available Time spent in completing the procedures

28. 2.5 3.0 0.9 6.4 3.3 4.0 1.4 0.9 2.4 7.1 4.1 3.1 13.7 1.3 4.5 0.8 10.3 2.5 4.2 0.6 3.8 0.5 2.1 0.5 3.7 6.8 1.3 7.3 4.3 3.0 12.8 1.9 5.5 5.8 1.6 0.2 6.0 2.0 2.5 0-0.9 % 2.5-3.9 % 1.0-2.4 % 4.0-6.0 % 6.1-13.7 % No data available The costs, such as fees, transfer taxes, stamp duties, and any other payment to the property registry, notaries, public agencies or lawyers. The cost is expressed as a percentage of the property value, calculated assuming a property value of 50 times income per capita.

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