Most of the population of Russia owns some kind of real estate: a country cottage, a land plot or an apartment. It is the status of the owner that obliges you to know the elementary legal framework, in which you can find answers to your questions.
Real estate documents
Let's take the simplest case - buying or selling an apartment or other real estate. Here you need not only find a buyer and determine the price of the transaction. The longest and most troublesome process awaits an ordinary citizen when collecting documents and certificates necessary for drawing up a sales contract. Of course, in our time there are many real estate firms that provide the population with paid services for the pre-sale documentary preparation of a property, but you need to know the most elementary legal concepts yourself.
One of the most important documents, without which it is impossible to sell or buy any real estate, is its cadastral passport. Without a properly drawn up cadastral passport, not a single commercial transaction takes place, it is also needed to obtain permission for redevelopment of residential premises and to enter into inheritance rights.
What is a cadastral passport
The name "cadastral passport" was first announced in the law of the Russian Federation "On the state cadastre of real estate" dated March 1, 2008. Within the framework of this law, it was supposed to create a certain information resource, which should contain reliable information about absolutely all registered real estate objects in the Russian Federation, be it residential apartments, land plots, private houses and structures, unfinished construction projects, as well as their borders. According to this law, property owners must obtain a cadastral passport in order to register their rights. This document is an official extract from the state register of data on a specific property for registering ownership or conducting transactions.
Where can I get a cadastral passport
To obtain a cadastral passport, a real estate owner must contact the BIP - design and inventory bureau located at the place of registration. You need to have the owner's passport and a document confirming ownership of the property. You should pay attention to the fact that this document has a validity period. According to the decree of the government of the Russian Federation, the cadastral passport is valid for one calendar year, i.e. if the transaction was not completed before December 31 of the current year, then this document will need to be drawn up again for the next year, if the transaction with real estate is relevant for that period.
