Cadastral surveying will no longer be required prior to the commissioning of a building, the Latvian government decided on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Economics noted that on the 13th of November, the Saeima approved amendments to the Construction Law providing for the introduction of a unified building registration process from the 6th of January 2026.
Accordingly, the government on Tuesday approved and aligned these changes across seven additional Cabinet of Ministers regulations related to construction.
Under the amendments, if a building is registered through the unified building registration process, cadastral surveying will no longer be required before the building is commissioned.
Going forward, the necessary data entered into the Construction Information System (BIS) will be automatically transmitted to the State Land Service,
replacing the current obligation for the property owner or legal possessor to submit documents manually.
As previously reported, the Saeima adopted the amendments to the Construction Law in final reading, introducing a single registration process covering the commencement of construction, building registration, and the registration of property rights.
The new solution establishes a unified digital process whereby data entered into BIS will automatically be forwarded for registration with other institutions. This also means that cadastral surveying of buildings will no longer be required.
Currently, a person initiating construction must submit three separate applications to three different institutions: to BIS for commissioning the building, to the State Land Service for cadastral registration, and to the Land Register to record ownership rights.
The unified registration will apply to the construction of buildings and engineering structures carried out by landowners on their own property, including renovation and restoration projects. The authors of the amendments emphasise that the changes will significantly reduce bureaucratic burden in real estate development, enable faster commissioning of buildings and structures, and lower overall costs.
The Saeima also adopted related amendments to the Land Register Law and to the Law on the Registration of Real Estate in the Land Register.
The new procedure will enter into force next year and will also apply to all construction projects submitted to BIS by the end of this year.
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