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What does the Greek property data and document storage system offer?
One or more registries operate within the jurisdiction of each district civil court (ειρηνοδικείο) and offer the following services by law:
- registration, prefixation, seizure or pledge of immovable property located within their jurisdiction;
- transfer of acts that must be transferred by law; and
- registration of lawsuits and any other act or note relating to immovable property.
There are 6 stipendiary and 175 gratis mortgage registries. The number is changing as the process of phasing out and inclusion of abolished mortgage registries in the legal entity governed by public law ‘Hellenic Cadastre’ of the Ministry of Digital Governance is ongoing.
Mortgage registries are public services of the Ministry of Justice.
In Rhodes and Kos, the Land Offices of Rhodes and Kos operate as services of the Ministry of Justice, where the transfer system is centralised (land/building holdings).
Unremunerated mortgage registries are distinguished:
- specialised non-stipendiary registries managed by registrars appointed by the Minister for Justice after passing a competitive examination; or
- non-specialised non-stipendiary registries managed by notaries appointed to the head office of the mortgage registry.
You can find the contact details of the above-mentioned mortgage registries on the website of the Ministry of Justice.
The Hellenic Cadastre has a single system that records legal, technical and other additional information on immovable property and rights on them under the responsibility and guarantee of the State.
In particular, the Hellenic Cadastre:
- Records all acts creating, transferring, altering or removing rights on property. Each act is recorded only after being thoroughly checked, so that no act is recorded if a person transferring a property is not the person listed in the land register as owner of the property;
- Records a geographical description (form, location and size) of the property;
- Systematically records public property; and
Legal database
Basic information about theHellenic Cadastre may be found on its website.
Is access to Greek immovable property data services free of charge?
In areas where land registries operate as transitional cadastral offices, research shall also be carried out electronically at the premises of the relevant services using computers made available for this purpose free of charge.
History of the Greek property data and document storage system
A system of land registration was first provided for in Law 41/1836. The authorities referred to above have kept land records ever since land registration began.
In areas where land registration is being completed, local mortgage registries have been operating as provisional land registries ever since the Mapping and Cadastral Organisation of Greece (Οργανισμός Κτηματολογίου και Χαρτογραφήσεων Ελλάδος – ΟΚΧΕ) decided to create the Cadastre. Since that time, transactions in land register records have been recorded solely by electronic means.
How to search for data
The electronic land registration system allows searches by: (a) with the details of the person, (b) the Greek land register code number, (c) the address of the property or also in combination.
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Last update:
23/02/2024
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