Land register is a primary source of information about properties. It is an important element in the process of real estate management, defining the legal status and determine the owner. Land register include information about limited property rights and mortgage. This source is important to notary, surveyor, bankclerk, investor, property appraiser. This article presents an analysis of the land register structure in Poland and an analysis of the information contained in the traditional land register. It compares also traditional and new land register system in Poland. The article shows the establishment of an electronic land register, witha particular attention to the content. ...
The concept of real estate legal status has not been explicitly defined by the legislator. Despite this, the literature took the view that this is generally the rights and restrictions assigned to the property. To determine legal status one should determine first the entities which has rights to the property. For the purpose of determining the legal status of real estate, mortgage registers are established in Poland. Unfortunately, at this moment, a large part of the properties, particularly in rural locations do not have established mortgage registers. In the absence of mortgage registers other documents showing ownership of the property may be land ownership acts. For agricultural properties, they are sometimes the only documents on the basis of which one can specify the entities to which it has rights in rem to real estate, they are also the basis for founding the mortgage register.In recent years the number of new mortgage registers increased significantly in real estate of rural areas. The basis for establishing the mortgage register in addition to the documents confirming the acquisition of rights is also data shown in the Land and Property Register, which are the basis for determination of the property. Due to the fact ...
