Description
From 1 January 2012, pursuant to Article 22 of the Law on Land Reform in Rural Areas of the Republic of Latvia (https://likumi.lv/ta/id/72849#p22) and Article [18] of the Law on Land Reform in the Cities of the Republic of Latvia (https://likumi.lv/ta/id/70467#p18), decisions on cadastral surveys of land are taken and cadastral surveys of land are organised by the State Land Service using State budget resources.
Cadastral survey of the land shall be carried out by the State budget funds:
- former land owners, to whom ownership rights have been restored, by granting land in the administrative territory where the former land property was located until July 21, 1940;
- former owners of land for whom ownership rights have been restored by granting equivalent land in another administrative territory due to circumstances beyond the control of the person and the land has not yet been surveyed due to legal proceedings initiated;
- former land owners for whom ownership rights have been restored by granting equivalent land in another administrative territory due to circumstances beyond the person's control;
- heirs of all the above-mentioned persons - spouses, children and grandchildren, politically repressed persons and group 1 disabled persons.
Land cadastral surveying using State budget resources shall be carried out in accordance with Cabinet Regulation [Procedures for carrying out land cadastral survey using State budget resources] (https://likumi.lv/ta/id/243611-kartiba-kada-performing land-cadastralo-metering-on-State-budget-vehicles).
The Service shall maintain lists for land cadastral survey using State budget funds in accordance with the division of administrative territories as of 30 June 2009.
The link between the administrative territories indicated in the lists and the current classification of administrative territories is available in the table – Classification of administrative territories.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakdown of administrative territories | xlsx | Open resource | |
| List of excluded land units | xlsx | Open resource | |
| List of land units to be measured | xlsx | Open resource |