Official cadastral surveying procedure

The procedure of the land register survey is carried out in two fundamentally independent procedural steps:

Delineation and marking

During the boundary determination, the boundaries are established on the basis of the existing boundary points or other documents on the spot. The established boundaries are pegged by the appointed engineer-surveyor and publicly displayed in accordance with the legal procedure for the publication. After the pegging becomes legally effective, the boundary signs are marked. The work steps of pegging and marking are accompanied and supervised by the surveying commission, which is formed by representatives of the municipality.

The municipalities are responsible for carrying out the boundary fixing and marking in consultation with the government. One quarter of the costs are borne by the municipality, and three quarters by the landowners.

The boundary establishment and markings have now been completed nationwide.

Surveying

After the completion of marking, the land boundaries and other spatial information that form the content of the plan for the land register are surveyed by the engineer surveyor. The surveying works are continuously controlled and verified by the verification authority. After completion of the survey, the plan for the land register and other extracts from the data of the official cadastral survey prepared for the purpose of the land register management shall be made available to the public. After the completion of the publication procedure, the government approves the data and extracts, in particular the plan for the land register. The newly surveyed land plots are registered in the land register.

The government or the Office of Civil Engineering and Geoinformation, to which the government has delegated the management, coordination and technical supervision, is responsible for carrying out the surveys. The costs of the survey are borne by the state.