Governmental Decree No. 338 of 2006 concerning land offices, the Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing, the Geographical Names Committee and detailed rules of real estate registration proceedings.

Subject

Land & soil

Keyword

Access-to-information Agricultural land Cadastre/land registration Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Survey/mapping Urban land Land tenure Lease Ownership Registration Right of use Servitude

Geographical area

Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries

Entry into force notes

This Decree entered into force on 1 January 2007. The consolidated text of the Decree entered into force on 16 March 2013.

Abstract

This Decree establishes that the competent authority for real estate issues is the countrywide network system of land offices (territorial and local offices). They are responsible for registration of legal transactions, cadastral mapping changes and dealing with land and other real estate property-related activities. The Hungarian Land Register is owned and maintained by the Ministry of Rural Development. This Decree establishes also the Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing as the institutional body for land surveying and geo-information. The duties of land offices and the Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing are of a multipurpose nature. They include: reference framing and mapping, and land and real estate property-related activities, in close correlation with the unified land registry; registration of legal changes to rights in land and real estate properties; maintenance of the digital land registry; maintenance of digital cadastral maps, quality control of cadastral mapping, a data service of legal and mapping information on properties at land offices, and supplying this data via to the electronic network; land lease registration; protection of agricultural land; digital elevation model services; maintenance of the geographical database; topographic mapping and services for referencing spatial data; maintenance of administrative boundaries (including the permanent state boundary); IT and mapping support of the EU agricultural subsidy system in Hungary, and so on. Land offices provide legal and cadastral mapping information, data and other services to external users and citizens generally for a fee. Annex 1 to this Decree determines the territorial competence of land offices.

Full text

Hungarian

Website

njt.hu

References - Legislation

Implements

Law No. LXXVI of 1996 on land surveys and cartography.

Legislation | Hungary | 1996 (2010)

Keyword: Survey/mapping, Access-to-information, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act CXLI of 1997 on Real Estate Registration.

Legislation | Hungary | 1997 (2020)

Keyword: Cadastre/land registration, Ownership, Agricultural land, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Urban land

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Decree No. 68 of 1990 of the Cabinet regarding land administration and its organization.

Legislation | Hungary | 1990 (2004)

Keyword: Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Decree No. 191 of 2014 (VII. 31.) Korm of the Government laying down the rules of sale by auction of agricultural and forestry lands as part of executive, liquidation or municipal debt settlement proceedings.

Legislation | Hungary | 2014 (2015)

Keyword: Agricultural land, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Decree No. 373 of 2014 (XII. 31.) Korm. of the Government concerning the duties and territorial competence of land offices and of the Land Survey and Remote Sensing Institute, and providing detailed rules for certain land related procedures.

Legislation | Hungary | 2014 (2015)

Keyword: Cooperative/producer organization, Access-to-information, Agricultural land, Cadastre/land registration, Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Survey/mapping, Urban land, Land tenure, Lease, Ownership, Registration, Right of use, Servitude

Source: FAO, FAOLEX