Establishing a modern land administration system : the case of the Czech Republic
Suchanek, Vit
Historically, the land register systems in our country have been tied to the Austrian and later on to the Austro-Hungarian system of a mutually interconnected Land Registry and Land Cadastre. The Land Cadastre originated in the 18200s and contained a technical description of real properties including cadastral maps and surveys, while, as of 1873, the Land Registry contained the rights to real estates. In 1918, this dual system was taken over by the newly established Czechoslovak Republic and was then successfully operated with minor technical changes till 1951. In 1951, the new Civil Code discontinued the duty to register real estate transfers in Land Registry and a period of incorrect information and chaos began. In 1964, a so-called Real Estate Registry was created which bore certain features of the current Cadastre; however, it focused mainly on userss rights to real estate. Real estate transfer contracts were registered at state notaries. At the same time, Land Registry was closed and archived to serve in the future only as one of the sources of the Real Estate Registry. In 1976, a unified computer-based processing of Real Estate Registry was launched. However, it only included data on territorial units, lots and users/owners; detailed information regarding ownership folios and detailed data on ownership were still kept only in paper form. Then surveying centers (the predecessors of todayys cadastral offices) received updated quarterly printings, later microfiches, and all changes made between the updates were carried out manually.
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