The Austrian model for cadastre and land registry
Pfahler, Gerhard and Harald Meixner
The Austrian system of land cadaster and property registration is a success story in modern e-government. The basic elements, the distribution of responsibilities, the data collection and updating and the financial aspects of the Austrian system will be demonstrated. One of the secrets of the most economical system are the self-regulating organisations with well defined responsibilities, governing the private industry in land surveying. A strict code of conduct with very tight regulations is the basis for a well-functioning system. Outsourcing has been put into practice since several years (1968) with clear tasks. It enables the government to reduce costs for a specific cadaster and land registration system and load the burden of costs to those subjects and persons who really own land as to avoid having each citizen contributing with his tax-payers money for things which are of any interest to them as they donnt have land property. The private industry is organized under a single chamber organization with 4 nonoverlapping district chambers through the country. The authorization of performing cadastral and land registration surveys is given by the Ministry of economic affairs upon request of the self-regulating chamber organisation.
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