Operating supervising surveyors : two-year experience of an unusual governmental enterprise
Forrai, Joseph and Gili Kirschner
The land registration method in Israel is based on the Torrens system. The state (through the service of the Survey of Israel, SOI) is responsible for the definition of the land parcel boundaries as registered in the Land Registry Office. The land administration practice in Israel involves both the governmental and private sectors. One of the most important tasks of the private surveyors is the preparation of mutation plans, which serve as the required technical documentation for any change in land registration. According to the existing law, each mutation plan has to be carefully checked and approved by SOI before starting with its registration procedure. SOI should complete increasing supervising tasks with permanently decreasing professional personnel. These opposite trends result in queue of mutation plans waiting for the beginning of their check. According to the survey regulations, the Director General of SOI authorized private surveyors - by delegation of power - to execute the supervision of mutation plans prepared by other licensed surveyors. SOI keeps the right of the final approval to itself, but also commits itself to complete it within 21 working days. Currently, supervising surveyors check some 35% of the mutation plans. The results clearly prove that the integration of governmental and private professional knowledge and the mutual willingness for cooperation contribute essentially to a better cadastral practice.
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