On the Rules for Systematic and Sporadic Registration of Rights to Land Plots and Improvement of Cadastral Data

Law of Georgia

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 on the Rules for Systematic and Sporadic Registration of Rights to Land Plots and Improvement of Cadastral Data – website, 18 December 2019.

Article 1. Scope of regulation of the Law🔗

1. This Law determines the rules for systematic and sporadic registration of rights to land plots, establishes the legal grounds for this registration and the rights and obligations of the parties participating in administrative proceedings.

2. Relations related to systematic registration and sporadic registration of rights to land plots shall be governed by this Law, the Law of Georgia on the Public Registry and other legislative and subordinate normative acts of Georgia.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18 December 2019.

Article 2. Purpose of the Law🔗

The purpose of this Law is to ensure the creation of complete legal and cadastral data on land plots, namely:

a) within the framework of systematic registration, systematic performance of cadastral works on land plots and registration of ownership rights in accordance with the rules provided for by this Law;

b) sporadic registration of rights to land plots throughout the entire territory of the country in accordance with the rules provided for by this Law;

c) ensuring the compliance of cadastral data of land plots with their actual location;

d) ensuring the compliance of cadastral data of land plots registered in the Public Registry with unspecified cadastral data with the requirements established by the legislation of Georgia;

e) improvement of the data registered in the Public Registry and ensuring their mutual consistency;

f) promotion of registration of private ownership rights to land plots.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18 December 2019.

Article 3. Definition of terms🔗

1. For the purposes of this Law, the terms used herein have the following meaning:

a) systematic registration – registration, on a proactive basis, of the right of ownership and of changes in the registered data in respect of land plots located in geographical areas determined by an order issued, where appropriate, by the Minister of Justice of Georgia (hereinafter – the Minister), or in respect of land plots within the framework of a project of special state and public importance, in accordance with the procedure provided for by this Law;

b) sporadic registration – registration of the right of ownership and of changes in the registered data in respect of a land plot throughout the entire territory of the country, on the basis of an application of an interested person and the registration documentation submitted by such person, in accordance with the procedure provided for by this Law;

c) project of special state and public importance – a set of measures to be implemented within the framework of a project of special state and public importance determined by an individual administrative-legal act of the Government of Georgia, which shall be implemented in accordance with the procedure established by this Law for systematic registration;

d) implementer of a project of special state and public importance – an entity determined by an individual administrative-legal act of the Government of Georgia;

e) land plot – an agricultural land plot or a non-agricultural land plot with or without a building/structure located thereon (constructed, under construction or demolished);

f) agricultural land plot – a land plot of the category of pasture, hayfield, arable land (including that occupied by perennial plantings) or a homestead land plot which is used or can be used for agricultural purposes, with or without a building/structure located thereon;

g) non-agricultural land plot – a land plot which is not an agricultural land plot;

h) homestead land plot – an agricultural land plot which, in accordance with the title document, has been allocated for the arrangement of a homestead and/or family farm, with or without an individual residential house (constructed, under construction or demolished), a utility building and/or an auxiliary structure located thereon; a land plot for which no document confirming the right is found (has not been issued or has been lost), and where it is confirmed by a certificate issued by the municipality that this land plot has been allocated for the arrangement of a homestead and/or family farm and its area in the valley does not exceed 1.25 ha, while in a highland settlement determined in accordance with the Law of Georgia "On the Development of Highland Regions" – 5 ha;

i) Land plot registered in the public registry − a land plot registered with specified or unspecified cadastral data, in respect of whose registered data the presumption of completeness and accuracy applies and on which the right of ownership and inheritance is recognized and ensured;

j) Land plot registered with specified cadastral data − a land plot whose cadastral data are registered on the basis of a cadastral planning/survey drawing prepared in the state geodetic coordinate system and reflect accurate information, represented graphically and textually, on the configuration of the land plot boundary, its location, the structures located thereon, including linear structures, as well as the scope of a servitude or other legal restriction;

k) Land plot registered with unspecified cadastral data − a land plot whose cadastral data are not registered on the basis of a cadastral planning/survey drawing prepared in the state geodetic coordinate system and do not reflect accurate information, represented graphically and textually, on the configuration of the land plot boundary, its location, the structures located thereon, including linear structures, as well as the scope of a servitude or other legal restriction;

l) Person entitled to request registration of the right of ownership – a person who acquired the right to request registration of the right of ownership over a land plot on the basis of a document confirming the right of ownership or a document confirming lawful possession (use) of land;

m) Lawful possessor – a natural person who acquired the right to request registration as owner on the basis of a document confirming lawful possession (use) of land and who, at the time of the registration request, actually possesses the thing;

n) Usufructuary – a natural person who, before the entry into force of this Law, actually possesses a land plot as his/her own, on the basis of a transaction concluded without observing the form with a person entitled to request registration of the right of ownership or with the owner of the land plot;

o) Representative of a municipality – the mayor of a municipality or an official, civil servant or person employed under an administrative contract of the mayor's office, vested with the representative authority of the municipality determined by an individual administrative-legal act of the mayor of the municipality in accordance with subparagraph "a.f" of paragraph 1 of Article 54 of the Organic Law of Georgia "Local Self-Government Code";

p) Document confirming the right of ownership – an administrative contract (acceptance-transfer act or other document), an individual administrative-legal act, an act of a court (arbitration) that has entered into legal force, a transaction or another legal act which gives rise to the right to request registration of the right of ownership over an immovable thing;

q) document confirming lawful possession (use) of land – a certificate-description confirming registration as owner (user) of an immovable thing in the technical inventory archive before 4 October 2004, an extract from the community book, a gardener's book, in accordance with the Resolution No. 48 of 18 January 1992 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Georgia "On Land Reform of Agricultural Purpose in the Republic of Georgia", a list of land distribution drawn up by the land reform commission created by a decision of the rural (town) local governance bodies and approved at the rural (town) assembly (general meeting) (hereinafter – distribution list) with or without an attached land allocation plan, a list of taxpayers for the use of agricultural purpose land or non-agricultural purpose land (hereinafter – tax list), an act of attachment of a land plot issued by state or local self-government and governance bodies or a land plot plan, a court act, a document preserved in the National Archives of Georgia or in the archive of another administrative body (including a record of the apartment owners' book, a record of the land cadastral book) with or without an attached land allocation plan, another relevant document found/submitted during registration proceedings;

r) cadastral planning/measurement drawing of a land plot – accurate information graphically and textually depicted regarding the boundaries, configuration and location of the land plot, as well as the structures located thereon, the compliance of which with the actual location of the land plot is confirmed, if necessary, by an individual administrative-legal act of the municipality representative;

s) registration block – the aggregate of land plots located in a geographical area defined by an individual administrative-legal act of the Legal Entity of Public Law operating in the sphere of governance of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – the National Agency of Public Registry, and, within the framework of a project of special state and public importance – by an individual administrative-legal act of the implementer of the project of special state and public importance;

t) building area of a land plot – the area of the built-up surface of the land plot covered by buildings and structures;

u) solid boundary line – a fence, building, structure, perennial plantings existing on the land or another natural-geographical boundary, by which it is possible to establish the actual boundary of the land plot;

v) notarial mediation – an alternative means of resolving a private-law dispute during systematic registration or sporadic registration, which is conducted in accordance with the procedure established by this Law by one or more mediator notaries;

w) mediator notary – a notary who meets the requirements provided by Article 19 of this Law and conducts negotiations between the disputing parties;

x) statement of facts – reflection of the existing situation regarding factual circumstances, for the purpose of proving the circumstances, in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia.

2. Other terms used in this Law shall be interpreted in accordance with the Law of Georgia on the Public Registry and other legislative and subordinate normative acts.

Law of Georgia No. 192 of 22 December 2016 – website, 30.12.2016

Law of Georgia No. 1253 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.07.2017

Law of Georgia No. 4858 of 25 June 2019 – website, 02.07.2019

Law of Georgia No. 5500 of 11 December 2019 – website, 18.12.2019

Law of Georgia No. 7021 of 15 July 2020 – website, 28.07.2020

Article 4. Powers of the registering authority🔗

1. The Legal Entity of Public Law operating in the area of governance of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia (hereinafter – the Ministry of Justice) – the National Agency of Public Registry (hereinafter – the Agency), on its own initiative:

a) carries out the search for and systematization of registration documentation;

b) for the purposes of systematic registration, carries out cadastral survey of land plots and documentation of the results of the performed work in the geographical areas determined by order of the Minister, as well as within the framework of a project of special state and public importance, if the Agency is the implementer of the project of special state and public importance;

c) carries out registration in the registry of rights to immovable things of changes to cadastral data;

d) within the framework of systematic registration, for the purpose of establishing facts, applies to the Legal Entity of Public Law operating in the area of governance of the Ministry of Justice – the National Bureau of Enforcement;

e) ensures the completeness of data registered in the public registry and their mutual consistency;

f) exercises other powers conferred on it by this Law.

2. The Agency shall, within 4 working days from the commencement of the registration proceedings, request from another administrative body/authorised person all necessary documents/information essential to the case and, before receiving the corresponding response from it, adopt a decision on the course of the registration proceedings.

3. The Agency shall, in connection with the registration proceedings, adopt the corresponding decision within 4 working days from receipt of all responses from the other administrative body/authorised person.

4. If, within 15 calendar days from delivery of the request to the other administrative body/authorised person, no response is received from it, the Agency shall again apply to the administrative body/authorised person with a request to transmit the corresponding document/information. If, within 10 calendar days from delivery of the re-sent request to the addressee, no response is received from it, the Agency shall, within 4 working days, adopt a decision based on the documentation/information available in the case. This rule shall not apply to an application to a municipal body.

5. Failure by a municipal body, within 3 months from delivery of a letter/application to it, to give a response to the Agency shall, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 177 of the General Administrative Code of Georgia, be considered a refusal to issue an administrative-legal act and shall be appealable in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia. In this case, the Agency shall adopt a decision based on the documentation/information available in the case. Before adopting a final decision, the Agency shall be obliged to explain in writing to the interested person his/her rights and the procedure for appealing the municipal body's refusal to satisfy the corresponding request.

6. The Agency shall ensure the recognition of the right of ownership over an arbitrarily occupied land plot located in the geographical area of systematic registration. The procedure for the recognition of the right of ownership shall be determined by the instruction "On the Public Registry" approved by order of the Minister (hereinafter – the Instruction).

7. The Agency shall be entitled to recognise the right of ownership in the geographical area of systematic registration, except for a land plot provided for by subparagraph "c" of Article 2 of the Law of Georgia "On Recognition of the Right of Ownership over Land Plots in the Possession (Use) of Natural Persons and Legal Entities of Private Law", also over an arbitrarily occupied land plot of agricultural designation (a land plot of the hayfield, arable (including one occupied by perennial plantings, orchard, vegetable garden) or household category) also in the case where no building or structure is located on it or it is not a land plot adjacent to a land plot in the ownership or lawful possession of an interested person. In this case, the total area of the recognised land plots per one natural person or household (members of the household) in the lowland shall not exceed 1.25 ha, and in a highland settlement determined in accordance with the Law of Georgia "On Development of Highland Regions" – 5 ha.

8. If the other documentation obtained by the Agency and submitted by the interested person does not establish beyond doubt that a building or structure (built, under construction or demolished) is located on an arbitrarily occupied land plot located in the geographical area of systematic registration before the entry into force of the Law of Georgia "On Recognition of the Right of Ownership over Land Plots in the Possession (Use) of Natural Persons and Legal Entities of Private Law", the Agency shall be entitled to additionally require from the interested person an expert opinion confirming the fact of the existence of the building or structure (built, under construction or demolished) on the said land plot before the entry into force of Articles 1–6 and 8 of the same Law (20 September 2007).

9. For the exercise of the powers provided for by this Law, the Agency shall have the right to conclude contracts with natural and legal persons.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Law of Georgia of 16 December 2021 No. 1168 – website, 27.12.2021.

Article 4¹. Powers of the representative of a municipality🔗

1. In the course of registration proceedings, the representative of a municipality:

a) where necessary, establishes by an individual administrative-legal act the identity of the land plot provided for by the document certifying the right and/or the land plot registered in the public register and the land plot shown on the drawing by cadastral planning/survey of the land plot, except for systematic registration and the case where, on the basis of the registration documentation, the actual location of the land plot is reliably established;

b) where necessary, is entitled, within the framework of systematic registration, to submit to the Agency an application requesting registration of the right of ownership of the right of ownership over the land plot in the name of the person entitled to request registration of the right of ownership or that person's successor, if there exists/is found a document certifying the right of ownership/a document certifying lawful possession (use) of the land;

c) in the case provided for by paragraph 9 of Article 7 of this Law, confirms by an individual administrative-legal act the actual possession of the land plot by the members of the household;

c¹) in respect of a land plot issued for the arrangement of a homestead and/or family holding, issues the certificate provided for by subparagraph „h“ of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Law;

d) exercises other powers provided for by this Law and other legislative and subordinate normative acts of Georgia.

1¹. Within the geographical area of systematic registration, the operation of subparagraphs „a“, „c“ and „c1“ of paragraph 1 of this Article and of paragraphs 12 and 15 of Article 7 of this Law shall be suspended for the period established for systematic registration.

2. When exercising the powers provided for by this Law, the representative of a municipality shall use the document forms approved by order of the Minister for administrative proceedings.

3. The power of the representative of a municipality provided for by this Law is a power delegated by the State to the municipality, in the exercise of which sectoral supervision shall be carried out by the Ministry of Justice in the manner established by the Organic Law of Georgia „Local Self-Government Code“.

Law of Georgia No. 5500 of 11 December 2019 – website, 18.12.2019.

Law of Georgia No. 1168 of 16 December 2021 – website, 27.12.2021.

Article 5. Rule for registration of the right of ownership on a land plot🔗

1. Sporadic registration of the right of ownership on a land plot is carried out throughout the entire territory of the country, on the basis of an application of an interested person, registration documentation and a cadastral planning/surveying drawing of the land plot, in accordance with the benefits provided for by this Law.

2. In the geographical area determined by an Order issued by the Minister, where necessary, systematic registration is carried out by the Agency on the basis of registration documentation proactively and systematically obtained by it and a cadastral planning/surveying drawing of the land plot proactively and systematically drawn up by it.

3. Within the framework of a project of special state and public importance, systematic registration of the right of ownership on a land plot is carried out on the basis of registration documentation proactively and systematically obtained by the implementer of the project of special state and public importance and a cadastral planning/surveying drawing of the land plot drawn up in the same manner, in accordance with the procedure and benefits established by this Law.

4. The time limits for performing systematic registration works in the geographical areas determined by Order of the Minister shall be determined by Order of the Minister.

5. A land plot in respect of which, as a result of works performed in the geographical area determined by Order of the Minister, the existence of the right of the owner/person entitled to request registration of the right of ownership cannot be established, shall be conditionally registered as the property of the State for a period of 1 year, in accordance with this Law and other legislative and subordinate normative acts of Georgia. Within the said period, the right of the owner/person entitled to request registration of the right of ownership on the said land plot shall be registered on the basis of the application of the interested person and registration documentation, without the consent of the body authorised to dispose of state property. After the expiry of the said period, the right of ownership of the State shall be registered on the said land plot.

6. The conditions for systematic registration and sporadic registration of rights on land plots shall be determined by an instruction.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Article 6. General rule for registration of changes to the cadastral data of a land plot🔗

1. Within the framework of systematic registration, the Agency shall, on its own initiative, carry out the specification of the cadastral data of a land plot registered with unspecified data and the registration of their change on the basis of the cadastral planning/survey drawing of the land plot, within the framework of a project of special state and public importance – on the basis of an application of the implementer of the project of special state and public importance (except where the Agency itself is the implementer of the project of special state and public importance), and in the case of sporadic registration – on the basis of an application of an interested person, and shall also ensure the involvement of all interested persons in the administrative proceedings initiated for this purpose.

2. The Agency shall be entitled, on its own initiative, to change the cadastral data of a land plot registered with specified cadastral data, if the registration documentation and/or the cadastral inventory establishes the inconsistency of the registered cadastral data with the actual location of the land plot, and to ensure the involvement of all interested persons in the administrative proceedings initiated for this purpose.

3. In the case provided for by this Article, the Agency shall be entitled to change the registered erroneous cadastral data of a land plot and to bring them into conformity with the actual location of the thing (including to reduce the registered area of the land plot) also where another right in rem, obligation or public-law restriction is registered on the immovable thing and/or the owner or the person holding a right in rem or an obligation is recorded in the register of debtors.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Article 7. Rule for Registration of the Right of Ownership to a Land Plot in Lawful Possession🔗

1. A document confirming lawful possession (use) of land must be drawn up before the entry into force of Articles 1–6 and 8 of the Law of Georgia “On Recognition of the Right of Ownership on Land Plots in the Possession (Use) of Natural Persons and Legal Entities of Private Law” (20 September 2007).

2. If, within the framework of registration proceedings, the original of a document confirming ownership/lawful possession of an immovable thing could not be found, a copy of the document indicated in subparagraph “p” or “q” of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Law shall also be considered a document confirming the right, if this copy is kept in the National Archives of Georgia, the Agency, the archive of a municipality or another administrative body.

3. In the case of sporadic registration, the right of ownership to a land plot in lawful possession shall be registered on the basis of an application of an interested person, a document confirming lawful possession (use) of the land, and a cadastral planning/survey drawing of the land plot drawn up in accordance with this Law.

4. If, within the framework of systematic registration, it is established that the whereabouts of the lawful possessor are unknown, information on the right to request recognition of this person as owner shall be reflected in the Public Registry, and if the lawful possessor is deceased and his/her successor cannot be determined, information on the right to request recognition of the successor of the deceased person as owner. The record on the right to request recognition as owner shall be valid until, on the basis of the Law of Georgia “On Recognition of the Right of Ownership on Land Plots in the Possession (Use) of Natural Persons and Legal Entities of Private Law”, recognition of the right of ownership is possible.

5. If, within the framework of systematic registration, the lawful possessor or his/her successor refuses registration of the right of ownership, information on the right to request recognition of this person as owner shall be reflected in the Public Registry. The record on the right to request recognition as owner shall be valid for 3 years. If within this period the lawful possessor or his/her successor does not register as owner of the land plot, this record shall be cancelled and the state’s right of ownership shall be registered on the land plot.

6. Within the time limits established by paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Article, the lawful possessor or his/her successor shall be registered as owner of the land plot on the basis of an application, and the record on the right to request recognition as owner shall be annulled without the consent of the body authorized to dispose of state property.

7. The right of ownership on a land plot in the lawful possession (use) of a member (members) of a household shall be registered on the basis of an extract from the household register. This extract shall contain the latest data on the members of the household and on the property status of the household, but not later than the period of entry into force (20 September 2007) of Articles 1–6 and 8 of the Law of Georgia “On Recognition of the Right of Ownership on Land Plots in the Possession (Use) of Natural Persons and Legal Entities of Private Law”.

8. On the basis of an entry in the household register, only the right of ownership/co-ownership of that member (members) of the household whose (which) membership in the household is indisputably confirmed shall be registered on the land plot.

9. If, according to the archival records of 1992−2007, only the composition of the household is established and the property status in respect of land is not indicated therein, or if, according to the archival records, only a residential house is recorded for the household and no document confirming the relevant right to land can be found, the right of ownership on the land plot actually occupied by the household before 20 September 2007 (in aggregate not more than 0.75 ha) shall be registered in the case of confirmation of the actual possession of the said land plot by the members of the household by an individual administrative-legal act of the municipality.

10. On the basis of the taxation list, the right of ownership shall be registered according to the latest data of the taxation list, but not later than the period of entry into force (20 September 2007) of Articles 1–6 and 8 of the Law of Georgia “On Recognition of the Right of Ownership on Land Plots in the Possession (Use) of Natural Persons and Legal Entities of Private Law”.

11. On the basis of the taxation list, the right of ownership on a land plot of non-agricultural designation shall be registered with the consent of the body authorised to dispose of state property, which confirms that the land plot was not allocated with the right of temporary use.

12. If the designated purpose of the land plot is not established by the taxation list and/or by information issued by the Legal Entity of Public Law − Revenue Service or by a body of local self-government/government (municipality), the right of ownership on the land plot shall be registered with the designated purpose determined by an individual administrative-legal act of the municipality.

13. If the aggregate area of the land plots indicated in the acceptance-transfer act does not correspond to the total area of the land plots indicated in the same acceptance-transfer act, the right of ownership shall be registered according to the largest area indicated in this document.

14. If the number of land plots indicated in the acceptance-transfer act, the data on the owners of adjacent land plots, the area of the land plots and/or the dimensions of the sides of the land plots do not correspond to the data reflected in the schematic plan of this acceptance-transfer act, or the number of land plots submitted for registration does not correspond to the number of land plots indicated in the acceptance-transfer act, for the registration of the ownership right, the identity of the land plot indicated in the said acceptance-transfer act and the land plot reflected in the cadastral surveying/measurement drawing must be confirmed by an individual administrative-legal act of the representative of the municipality. Within the geographic area of systematic registration, the Agency determines the identity of these land plots.

15. If a document confirming the right drawn up before 20 September 2007 does not meet the minimum mandatory requirements established by this Law, but it indicates the identity of the interested person, the address of the immovable thing (city, town and/or village) and the area, this document may be used as a basis for registration in the case of confirmation by the representative of the municipality, in accordance with the procedure established by Article 4¹ of this Law, of the identity of the land plots and of the actual possession of the land plot by the interested person.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Law of Georgia of 15 July 2020 No. 7021 – website, 28.07.2020.

Law of Georgia of 16 December 2021 No. 1168 – website, 27.12.2021.

Article 8. Registration of the right of ownership on a land plot in use🔗

1. The fact of the existence of a transaction concluded without observing the form (orally or in writing) between a person entitled to request registration of the right of ownership/owner natural person and/or owner private legal entity and the user shall be established by a written agreement concluded between the parties, on which the authenticity of the parties' signatures is certified in accordance with the procedure established by law. This action is considered as re-conclusion of the transaction, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 61 of the Civil Code of Georgia.

2. The written agreement provided for by this Article and the cadastral planning/measurement drawing of the land plot shall be the basis for registration of the user's right of ownership in the public registry.

3. If the person entitled to request registration of the right of ownership/owner natural person and/or owner private legal entity, before the entry into force of this Law, alienated the land plot on the basis of a transaction concluded without observing the form, to confirm which it handed over to the user the original of the document confirming the right or the original of the land (immovable property) ownership registration certificate issued on the basis of the Decree No. 327 of 16 May 1999 of the President of Georgia "On urgent measures for primary registration of the right of ownership of land of agricultural designation and issuance of registration certificates to citizens of Georgia", this circumstance shall be used as the basis for registration of the user's right of ownership in the registry of rights on immovable things, if the owner (owners) of not less than 3 land plots registered in the same cadastral block or the person (persons) entitled to request registration of the right of ownership confirm(s) the said fact in writing or if the person entitled to request registration of the right of ownership/owner declares consent. In this case, re-conclusion of the transaction is not required.

4. If, during registration of the right of ownership in accordance with the procedure provided for by this Article, it is established that a public-law restriction is registered on the immovable thing subject to registration or in respect of the person entitled to request registration of the right of ownership, or that he/she is a natural person registered in the register of debtors, the right of the person entitled to request registration of the right of ownership shall be registered on the immovable thing, while the decision on registration of the user's right of ownership shall be taken in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.

Law of Georgia No. 5500 of 11 December 2019 – website, 18.12.2019.

Article 9. Arbitrarily Occupied Land🔗

1. If, within the framework of sporadic registration, by reconciliation of the results of the cadastral survey and the registration documentation, it is established that the registration object is not, in whole or in part, a land plot in lawful possession, the Agency shall, with the consent of the interested person, apply by petition to the Commission for Recognition of Ownership Rights to Arbitrarily Occupied Land existing under the executive body of the relevant municipality (hereinafter – the Commission), to consider the matter within its competence, only if a residential house (built, under construction or demolished) or a non-residential building (built, under construction or demolished) is located on the land plot, or if the land plot is adjacent to a land plot in the ownership or lawful possession of the interested natural person (with or without a building).

2. The petition shall be accompanied by a cadastral planning/measurement drawing of the land plot, information on the identification data of the interested person and on the owners of adjacent land plots, as well as registration documentation.

3. The Agency shall not apply to the Commission by petition if, by documentation/information submitted by the interested person or kept/retrieved in the Agency, it is reliably established that the land plot submitted for registration is not subject to recognition of ownership rights in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the Law of Georgia “On Recognition of Ownership Rights to Land Plots in the Possession (Use) of Natural and Private Law Legal Entities”.

4. In the case provided for by paragraph 3 of this Article, the Agency’s refusal to apply to the Commission by petition does not restrict the right of the interested person to apply to the Commission himself/herself with a request for recognition of ownership rights.

5. In the case provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission shall adopt a decision within 3 months from receipt of the application and relevant documentation. The Commission is entitled, before adopting the decision, to hear the author of the petition and, if necessary, within the framework of administrative proceedings, to invite for consultation a competent representative (representatives) of the relevant state agency.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18 December 2019.

Article 10. Rule for registration of land plots in the event of failure to reach agreement between the parties🔗

1. In the event of failure to reach agreement between the parties on the boundary line of land plots, if other boundaries of the land plots subject to registration are established and the total area obtained as a result of cadastral surveying of the land plots subject to registration corresponds to the sum of the areas indicated in the documents certifying the right, the land plots shall be registered as common ownership of the disputing parties, as a single cadastral unit. In this case, the extract shall reflect information on the non-establishment of the boundary line of the land plots, and the dispute between the parties shall be resolved by a court in accordance with the procedure established for the termination of the joint ownership right or, by agreement of the parties, by a mediator notary.

2. If, in the course of two or more registration proceedings, an overlap of the cadastral data of the land plots submitted for registration is established, all interested persons have submitted a document establishing the right and the area of the disputed part of the land plots does not exceed the area of each surveyed land plot by more than 30 per cent, there is no solid boundary line between the land plots and it is impossible to determine the exact location of the land plots by the documents establishing the right and/or the information kept/retrieved in the Public Registry, and, at the same time, notarial mediation between the parties could not be carried out/could not be completed by settlement, each land plot shall be registered taking into account the boundaries indicated by the interested persons. In this case, the extracts from the Public Registry shall reflect information on the existence of the dispute and on the areas of the disputed part of the land plots, and the disputed part of the land plots shall be marked on the cadastral plan. The civil dispute that has arisen between the parties concerning the ownership of the disputed part of the land plots shall be resolved by applying to a court.

3. If, during sporadic registration, within the framework of two or more ongoing registration proceedings, an overlap of the cadastral data of the land plots submitted for registration is established, all interested persons have submitted a document establishing the right and the area of the disputed part of the land plots exceeds the area of any surveyed land plot by more than 30 per cent, there is no solid boundary line between the land plots and it is impossible to determine the exact location of the land plots by the documents establishing the right and/or the information kept/retrieved in the Public Registry, and, at the same time, notarial mediation between the parties could not be carried out/could not be completed by settlement, the Agency shall adopt a decision on the termination of all registration proceedings. The civil dispute that has arisen between the parties concerning the ownership of the disputed part of the land plots shall be resolved by applying to a court.

4. If, in the course of two or more registration proceedings, an overlap of the cadastral data of the land plots submitted for registration is established, all interested persons have submitted a title document or, during the registration proceedings, the title documents of all interested persons have been retrieved, and even from the documentation available at the Agency the exact location of the land plots submitted for registration cannot be determined, the Agency shall offer the parties to resolve the dispute through notarial mediation.

5. If there is an overlap of the cadastral data of land plots submitted for registration and registered land plots, and in relation to the land plot submitted for registration a title document has been submitted or during the registration proceedings a title document has been retrieved, the Agency shall offer the parties to resolve the dispute through notarial mediation. Before ordering notarial mediation, the Agency shall be obliged to verify the compliance of the legal data and cadastral data of the registered land plot with the documentation/information kept at the Agency.

6. If, in the case provided for by paragraph 4 or 5 of this Article, the notarial mediation could not be concluded by settlement, the Agency shall adopt a decision on termination of the registration proceedings. The civil dispute arising between the interested persons regarding the ownership of the disputed land plot shall be resolved by applying to a court.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Article 11. Special conditions for the registration of a land plot🔗

1. If, within the framework of sporadic registration or systematic registration, by reconciliation of the documentation confirming the right to an agricultural land plot and the results of the cadastral survey it is established that the area of the land plot bounded by a fixed boundary line exceeds the area indicated in the registration document, the area registered in the Registry of Rights to Immovable Things, or the unspecified area indicated in the accounting card of the technical accounting archive by not more than 15 per cent, the land plot shall be registered in accordance with the area established as a result of its cadastral survey and bounded by the fixed boundary line, except where registration of the right of ownership to a homestead land plot or of a change in that right is requested. This rule shall not apply to an immovable thing that has been purchased from the State and/or a municipal body, or in respect of which the right of ownership has been recognised by the Commission.

2. If, within the framework of sporadic registration or systematic registration, by reconciliation of the documentation confirming the right to a homestead land plot and the results of the cadastral survey it is established that the area of the land plot bounded by a fixed boundary line exceeds the area indicated in the registration document, the area registered in the Registry of Rights to Immovable Things, or the unspecified area indicated in the accounting card of the technical accounting archive, the right of ownership to the homestead land plot or a change in that right shall be registered in accordance with the area established as a result of its cadastral survey and bounded by the fixed boundary line.

3. In the case provided for by paragraph 2 of this Article, the right of ownership to the area beyond the land plot bounded by the fixed boundary line, or a change in that right, shall be registered on the basis of a certificate issued by the municipality confirming that this area has been granted for the arrangement of a homestead and/or family household.

4. When registering the right of ownership within the framework of sporadic registration or systematic registration, the total area of land plots registered on the basis of the certificate issued by the municipality provided for by subparagraph „h“ of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Law, paragraph 9 of Article 7 and paragraph 3 of this Article shall not exceed 1.25 ha per natural person or household (members of the household) in the plain, and 5 ha in a highland settlement defined in accordance with the Law of Georgia "on the Development of Highland Regions".

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Article 12. Rule for registration of the right of ownership over the built-up area of a land plot🔗

1. The right of ownership registered in the Public Registry over a building/structure extends to the built-up area of the land plot occupied by this building/structure. A change in the registered data shall be registered in accordance with the cadastral planning/measurement drawing of the land plot.

2. If only a building/structure, without the land plot, has been disposed of by an authorised state body, the right of ownership of the interested person shall be registered over this building/structure and the land plot occupied by it, in accordance with the built-up area of the building/structure.

3. If, upon reconciliation of the documentation confirming the right to the land plot with the results of the cadastral survey, it is established that the area and/or configuration of the building/structure has been changed without an appropriate legal ground, the right of ownership shall be registered in accordance with the built-up area of the land plot occupied by this building/structure, if the built-up area exceeds the area indicated in the registration document by not more than 10 per cent.

4. If the built-up area of the land plot exceeds the area indicated in the registration document by more than 10 per cent, registration of the right of ownership over the entire built-up area of the land plot occupied by the building/structure shall be permissible if, in respect of the excessively occupied area, a document confirming the right provided for by the legislation of Georgia has been submitted. In the event of failure to submit to the Agency a document confirming the right to the excessively occupied land plot, the right of ownership over the land plot shall be registered over the built-up area indicated in the document confirming the right, taking into account the permissible allowance defined by paragraph 3 of this Article.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Article 13. Rule for registration of a right in the presence of incomplete or mutually inconsistent identification data🔗

1. For the identification and verification of the identity of a citizen of Georgia and an alien residing in Georgia, the electronic database of the Legal Entity of Public Law operating in the field of governance of the Ministry of Justice – the Public Service Development Agency – shall be used.

2. If the names and/or surnames indicated in the identity document of the interested person and in the registration document do not correspond to each other, a decision shall be made in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of Georgia "On the Public Registry".

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Article 14. Rules for determining the location of land plots and for performing cadastral planning/surveying works within the framework of systematic registration🔗

1. The basis for commencing cadastral planning/surveying works within the framework of systematic registration is the identification of the location of a land plot on the basis of an indication by the owner of the land plot, a person entitled to request registration of the ownership right, a representative of the municipality and/or the owner of another land plot located in the relevant geographic area/a person entitled to request registration of the ownership right.

2. The authority to perform cadastral planning/surveying works within the framework of systematic registration is vested in the certified natural person defined by subparagraph „y“ of Article 2 of the Law of Georgia on Public Registry.

3. Within the framework of a project of special state and public importance, the commencement of cadastral planning/surveying works shall be ensured by the implementer of the project of special state and public importance. The implementer of the project of special state and public importance shall be responsible for the identification of the location and boundary of the registrable immovable thing, for the complete performance of cadastral planning/surveying works and for the correctness of the data of the cadastral planning/surveying drawing of the land plot.

4. The implementer of a project of special state and public importance is entitled to submit to the Agency an application for registration of the ownership right of an interested person to a land plot, if the document confirming the ownership right is issued with the participation of an administrative body/official, a local self-government/government (municipality) body.

5. Where necessary, the owners of other land plots located in the relevant geographic area/persons entitled to request registration of the ownership right shall confirm the actual location of the land plot (the boundaries and configuration of the land plot in relation to the adjacent land plots).

6. The Agency shall establish the identity of the land plot provided for by the document confirming the right in the geographic area of systematic registration and/or the land plot registered with imprecise cadastral data/the land plot registered with precise cadastral data and the land plot reflected in the cadastral planning/surveying drawing of the land plot, while within the framework of a project of special state and public importance – the implementer of the project of special state and public importance by an individual administrative-legal act.

7. In the event of refusal by the owners of adjacent land plots/persons entitled to request registration of the ownership right to confirm the actual location of the land plot within the geographic area of systematic registration, or in the absence of information on the place of residence of the owner of the adjacent land plot/person entitled to request registration of the ownership right, the Agency shall determine the actual location of the land plot on the basis of the assessment and reconciliation of all circumstances material to the case, relying on appropriate evidence.

8. In the event of refusal by the owners of adjacent land plots/persons entitled to request registration of the ownership right to confirm the actual location of the land plot within the framework of a project of special state and public importance, or in the absence of information on the place of residence of the owner of the adjacent land plot/person entitled to request registration of the ownership right, the actual location of the land plot shall be determined by the implementer of the project of special state and public importance on the basis of the assessment and reconciliation of all circumstances material to the case, relying on appropriate evidence.

9. By an individual administrative-legal act of the Agency or of the implementer of a project of special state and public importance, it is possible to determine jointly the actual location of both individual land plots and land plots included in a registration block or parts thereof.

10. The rule for determining the actual location of a land plot defined by this Article shall not apply where the actual location of the land plot is unambiguously determined on the basis of registration documentation.

11. The final plan of the registration block drawn up on the basis of the legal and cadastral information/documentation obtained within the framework of systematic registration, and the actual location of the land plots included therein, shall be confirmed by an individual administrative-legal act by the Agency or the implementer of a project of special state and public importance after the results of the cadastral survey are reflected on the cadastral map and published for public review.

Law of Georgia No. 5500 of 11 December 2019 – website, 18.12.2019

Law of Georgia No. 7021 of 15 July 2020 – website, 28.07.2020

Law of Georgia No. 1168 of 16 December 2021 – website, 27.12.2021

Article 15. Submission of cadastral survey results for public review🔗

1. Upon completion of cadastral planning/survey works and preparation of registration documentation in the registration block, the cadastral map drawn up as a result of the cadastral survey, indicating the data of owners/persons entitled to request registration of ownership rights and users, shall be published for public review on the official website of the Agency (www.napr.gov.ge), within the framework of a project of special state and public importance – on the official website of the implementer of the project of special state and public importance, as well as on the official website of the municipality (if such website exists) and in a conspicuous place in the municipality, which will enable persons residing in the respective settlement to review it.

2. Interested persons shall have the right, within 1 month from the publication of the cadastral map provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article, to apply once to the Agency or to the implementer of the project of special state and public importance with a request to verify the specific results of the cadastral survey of the land plot. After the expiry of the one-month period, rights shall be registered in accordance with the information reflected on the cadastral map, except where the verification of the specific results of the cadastral survey of the land plot is in progress.

3. The procedure for submitting the results of cadastral surveys of land plots for public review, their verification and the introduction of relevant changes shall be determined by an instruction.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Article 16. (removed)🔗

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Article 17. Grounds for legalisation of registration documents for agricultural land plots🔗

1. In accordance with this Law, rights to agricultural land plots shall be registered on the basis of registration documents drawn up in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia.

2. The following documents issued in respect of agricultural land plots shall be considered as drawn up in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia:

a) an acceptance-transfer act issued by the land reform commission, if it indicates the owner of the land plot and the area and bears the seal of the land reform commission, the municipality or another authorised body, regardless of whether or not the year of issue of the acceptance-transfer act is indicated therein;

b) an acceptance-transfer act which does not comply with the form approved by Resolution No. 503 of 28 June 1993 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Georgia on the regulation of the documentation of land plots transferred for use to citizens of the Republic of Georgia, but which meets the requirements provided for by subparagraph „a“ of this Article;

c) a gardener's book issued by a gardening association, which indicates the name of the gardening association and the area of the land plot and which bears the seal of the gardening association, regardless of whether or not the year of issue of the gardener's book is indicated therein;

d) decisions adopted on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara by the general meeting of the workers of a cooperative agricultural enterprise and by a meeting of the cooperative agricultural enterprise, which are/shall be certified by the executive body of the municipality;

e) a distribution list with or without an attached land allocation plan, which has not been approved at a village (town) assembly (general meeting), but is/shall be certified by the executive body of the municipality.

3. If the gardener's book issued by the gardening association has not been completed in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia or cannot be found, but a dacha house design has been issued to the interested person, certified by the relevant seal and indicating the name and surname of the interested person, the Agency shall be entitled to register the ownership right within the maximum area of the land plot established for the other members of that gardening association.

4. The ownership right to land issued by a gardening association shall be registered without a gardener's book if the documentation submitted in the case confirms the admission of the person as a member of the gardening association, the payment by him/her of the membership contribution and/or the monthly membership fee, or if the person is entered in the list of members of the association. In this case, the Agency shall be entitled to register the ownership right within the maximum area of the land plot established for the other members of the said gardening association.

5. Additional conditions for the registration of the ownership right on the basis of documentation issued by a gardening association shall be determined by an instruction.

6. The preferential rules established by this Law in relation to a gardener's record book shall also apply to a gardener's membership record book.

7. On the basis of an act issued by a fruit-growing, vine-growing, livestock-breeding or other type of farm, the right of ownership shall be registered if this act contains the signature and seal of a brigade leader or of a member of the land reform commission.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18 December 2019.

Article 18. General rule of notarial mediation🔗

1. If, in the course of registration proceedings initiated on the basis of this Law, a private-law dispute is revealed between the parties, the Agency shall, in order to resolve this dispute, mandatorily resort to notarial mediation. The mediator notary shall inform the parties of the terms of the notarial mediation and, with their consent, shall appoint the time and place of the meeting.

2. Notarial mediation shall be completed no later than 3 weeks from the application to the mediator notary. If the parties fail to reach an agreement, the right to the land plot shall be registered in accordance with the procedure established by this Law.

3. Registration of the right of ownership to a land plot in the public registry does not restrict the right of the parties to resort to notarial mediation for the resolution of the dispute.

4. Taking into account the specifics and complexity of the dispute, the notarial mediation shall be conducted by one or more mediator notaries.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18 December 2019.

Article 19. Rule for selecting a mediator notary🔗

1. The notarial mediation process shall be conducted by one or more mediator notaries with special knowledge.

2. The mediator notary shall be selected by the disputing parties from a pre-determined list of mediator notaries drawn up by the Agency, on the basis of mutual agreement. In the event of disagreement, the mediator notary shall be selected by the Agency.

3. A neutral and impartial notary shall be selected as the mediator notary, who shall be obliged, in the event of a conflict of interest, to declare this in advance.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18 December 2019.

Article 20. Notarial mediation process🔗

1. A notarial mediation session is held at a notary office or at a place pre-determined by the mediator notary for the mediation.

2. The notarial mediation process is confidential. It is inadmissible to receive explanations from the mediator notary about the circumstances which the parties entrusted to him in the notarial mediation process, except where the parties themselves give consent to the disclosure of the relevant information.

3. With the aim of facilitating negotiations between the parties and identifying common interests, the mediator notary holds both individual and joint meetings with the parties.

4. In the event of reaching an agreement, a settlement act is drawn up between the parties, which is signed by the parties and the mediator notary.

5. In the event of disagreement of the parties, the mediator notary draws up a record, which is signed by the parties and the mediator notary.

6. The settlement act concluded as a result of notarial mediation is the basis for the registration of a right to a land plot.

7. For the purposes of this Law, the preconditions for appointing notarial mediation, the rules for the Agency's compiling of the list of mediator notaries, the selection of a mediator notary and the conduct of notarial mediation are determined by an instruction.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Article 21. Procedure for Involving Interested Persons in Administrative Proceedings🔗

1. The Agency ensures the involvement of interested persons in administrative proceedings by sending them a notification and by taking all reasonable measures for their involvement in the administrative proceedings.

2. A public notice about the administrative proceedings shall also be published on the official website of the Agency (www.napr.gov.ge), on the official website of the municipality (if such exists) and in a conspicuous place, which will enable persons living in the respective settlement to become acquainted with it.

3. The notification shall indicate the information established as a result of the processing of the documentation confirming the right and of the data registered in the public registry concerning the interested persons, the location of the land plot/plots and the dates of commencement and completion of the planning works.

4. During systematic registration, the notification about the cadastral planning/measurement works shall also be published no later than 15 calendar days before the commencement of the cadastral planning/measurement works.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Article 22. Procedure for Adopting and Appealing a Decision of the Agency🔗

A decision of the Agency shall be adopted and appealed in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of Georgia on the Public Registry.

Article 23. Transitional provisions related to the entry into force of the law🔗

1. The cadastral data compiled on the basis of Decree No. 327 of the President of Georgia of 16 May 1999 "On urgent measures for the primary registration of the right of ownership of agricultural land and on the issuance of registration certificates to citizens of Georgia" and Resolution No. 231 of the Government of Georgia of 28 June 2012 "On the regulation of certain issues related to the registration of the right of ownership of agricultural land plots existing on the territory of Georgia and the improvement of cadastral data" and kept in the public registry may, for the purposes of this law, be used as additional information on the location of a land plot, which is subject to clarification, change or cancellation.

2. For the purposes of this law, the Agency is entitled, on the basis of the cadastral data, documentation and/or information submitted for registration, to clarify, change, declare invalid or recognise as void the erroneous or mutually inconsistent data registered on the basis of Decree No. 327 of the President of Georgia of 16 May 1999 "On urgent measures for the primary registration of the right of ownership of agricultural land and on the issuance of registration certificates to citizens of Georgia" and Resolution No. 231 of the Government of Georgia of 28 June 2012 "On the regulation of certain issues related to the registration of the right of ownership of agricultural land plots existing on the territory of Georgia and the improvement of cadastral data".

3. Until 1 January 2025, the works to be performed within the framework of systematic registration (search and systematisation of documentation, certification of the signatures of the parties to a transaction, notarial mediation, recognition of the right of ownership of a land plot, ascertainment of facts) shall be performed free of charge (without remuneration) and the right of ownership of a land plot/a change in this right shall be registered without payment of a fee.

3¹. In relation to a land plot located in the geographic area of systematic registration, on the basis of an application submitted in accordance with the procedure established for sporadic registration, the fee for the recognition by the Agency of the right of ownership of the land plot and for the registration service shall be determined by a Resolution of the Government of Georgia. The said fee shall not exceed double the amount of the highest rate of the fee for the service rendered by the Agency established by the legislation of Georgia, in force on 8 December 2021.

4. Until 1 January 2022, an inheritance certificate shall be issued without collection of a fee for immovable property located in the geographic area determined by order of the Minister within the framework of systematic registration.

5. Cadastral planning/surveying works performed within the framework of sporadic registration may be reimbursed in accordance with the procedure established by a legal act of the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia. Within the framework of systematic registration, in the geographical areas determined by order of the Minister, the Agency shall perform cadastral planning/surveying works free of charge, while cadastral planning/surveying works performed within the framework of a project of special state and public importance shall be reimbursed by the implementer of the project of special state and public importance.

6. From 1 January 2020 to 1 January 2023, the primary registration of the right of ownership over an immovable thing within the framework of sporadic registration or systematic registration shall not affect the assessment of the socio-economic situation of the family determined by the Law of Georgia “On Social Assistance”.

7. In relation to a letter/application sent to a municipal body/commission before 1 January 2020 within the framework of sporadic registration or systematic registration, to which no response was given within the period established by law, the 3-month period determined by paragraph 5 of Article 4 of this Law shall be counted from 1 January 2020.

8. When considering the letter/application provided for by paragraph 7 of this Article, the respective municipality or commission is entitled, within the framework of administrative proceedings, to invite a competent representative (representatives) of the respective state agency for consultation.

9. Within 10 working days from the commencement of systematic registration, the respective body of the municipality shall send to the Agency for consideration the application existing in the administrative proceedings of the municipality relating to a land plot located in the respective geographical area, in respect of which, in accordance with paragraph 1¹ of Article 4¹ of this Law, the respective authority of the municipality shall be suspended for the period established for systematic registration, if no final decision has been taken on the said application.

10. Until 1 January 2027, within the framework of sporadic registration in the municipalities of Georgia (except for self-governing cities), the Agency shall ensure:

a) recognition of the right of ownership over an arbitrarily occupied land plot;

b) establishment of the identity of the land plot provided for by the document confirming the right and/or the land plot registered with imprecise cadastral data/the land plot registered with precise cadastral data and the land plot reflected on the cadastral planning/surveying drawing.

11. The Agency shall exercise the powers provided for by paragraph 10 of this Article in accordance with the procedure established by paragraphs 6−8 of Article 4, paragraph 6 of Article 5, paragraph 14 of Article 7 and paragraphs 5−7 and 10 of Article 14 of this Law.

12. Until 1 January 2027, within the framework of sporadic registration, in the municipalities of Georgia (except self-governing cities), the operation of subparagraphs „a“, „c“ and „c1“ of paragraph 1 of Article 4¹ of this Law, paragraphs 12 and 15 of Article 7 and Article 9 of this Law shall be suspended.

13. On the basis of an application submitted in accordance with the procedure established for sporadic registration, the fee for the recognition of the right of ownership to a land plot by the Agency and for the registration service shall be determined by a Resolution of the Government of Georgia. The said fee shall not exceed double the highest rate of the fee for the service rendered by the Agency in force until 3 December 2025.

Law of Georgia of 22 December 2016 No. 192 – website, 30.12.2016.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Law of Georgia of 2 March 2021 No. 310 – website, 09.03.2021.

Law of Georgia of 16 December 2021 No. 1168 – website, 27.12.2021.

Law of Georgia of 17 December 2025 No. 1327 – website, 22.12.2025.

Article 24. Subordinate normative acts to be adopted/issued in connection with the entry into force of the Law🔗

1. The Government of Georgia shall, no later than the 30th day after the publication of this Law, determine the settlements of Georgia in which the pilot project shall be implemented.

2. The Minister of Justice of Georgia shall, no later than the 45th day after the publication of this Law, approve:

a) the rules for systematic and sporadic registration of rights within the framework of the state project, for the submission of cadastral survey results for public review, for their verification and for the making of the relevant changes, and for the selection of a mediator;

b) the forms of documents necessary for administrative proceedings conducted by a representative of a municipality within the framework of the state project.

3. The Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia shall, no later than the 45th day after the publication of this Law, approve the rules for the remuneration of cadastral planning/surveying works performed within the framework of the state project.

4. The mayors of the respective municipalities shall, no later than the 45th day after the publication of this Law, determine the officials and civil servants of the city halls to whom the powers conferred on the representative of the municipality by this Law shall be transferred.

Law of Georgia of 26 July 2017 No. 1253 – website, 29.07.2017.

Article 25. Operation of the Law🔗

1. This Law, except for Articles 1–23 of this Law, shall enter into force upon publication.

2. Articles 1–23 of this Law shall enter into force on the 45th day after publication.

3. (deleted – 11.12.2019, No. 5500).

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2018 No. 2712 – website, 29.06.2018.

Law of Georgia of 13 December 2018 No. 3965 – website, 25.12.2018.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2019 No. 5500 – website, 18.12.2019.

Law of Georgia of 12 June 2019 No. 4807 – website, 18.06.2019.

President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili

Kutaisi,

3 June 2016

No. 5153-rs