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Land Register Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Regulation
Date
1897 (2016)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Survey/mapping Land tenure Court/tribunal Dispute settlement Ownership Transfer Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to recording of estates in land. The Land Register is held by the local county courts and deals with the business of registration of legal interests in land. The Land Register consists of Land Register Judges (Grundbuchrichter) and special clerks (Rechtspfleger). The normal business of registration is done by the clerks. The text consists of 150 articles divided into 9 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Entries in the Land Register (II); Mortgage (III); Complaint (IV); Procedure of land registry in special cases (V); Setting-up of land register pages (VI); Computerized Land Register (VII); Electronic legal transactions (VIII); Transitional and final provisions (VIII). One Annex is enclosed.

Full text
German
Website
www.bmj.de; www.bgbl.de

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Computerized Land Register Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 1995 (2006)

Keyword: Cadastre/land registration, Court/tribunal, Data collection/reporting, Enforcement/compliance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX