Saarland Survey and Cadastre Law. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Saarland Document type Legislation Date 1997 (2012) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleSaarland Law on land survey and land cadastre. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Survey/mapping Cadastre/land registration Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Law enters into force on 1 January 1998. Abstract The present Law lays down provisions relating to the keeping of the land register in Saarland. Land survey as well as running the land register are both public tasks which according to article 2 of the present Law are carried out by the Cadastre, Survey and Mapping Office and other public entities. The text consists of 23 articles divided into 5 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Land survey (II); Land survey register (III); Survey and fixing of borders (IV); Penalties (V). Full text German Website www.saarland.de