Prague - The Chamber of Deputies today supported in the first reading the proposal for an amendment to the law on the registration of ownership rights to real estate, which, among other things, increases the fee for registration in the cadastre. The amendment also changes the way lawsuits against cadastre decisions are filed and allows for the cleansing of properties from certain old rights so that owners can use them as collateral for a mortgage, for example. The administrative fee for registration in the cadastre will still be 500 crowns, but it will no longer be paid for the proposal as a whole, but for each property and right separately. The basic rate of 500 crowns will be multiplied by the number of properties for which registration is proposed. For example, for a family house with land and a garden, people would pay 1500 crowns, and for an apartment with shares in the land, 1000 crowns. The maximum amount for a single proposal is set at 20,000 crowns. This is not liked, for example, by the People's Party deputy Ludvík Hovorka, who considers this increase "raw". According to him, it will burden not only rural residents but also municipalities that transfer many parcels, for example, under roads. On the other hand, according to Minister of Agriculture Petr Gandalovič (ODS), who defended the proposal before the deputies today, it is a "very bearable" fee. The minister stated that the government is striving for the digitization of data in cadasters, which should primarily be paid for by their users. The Ministry of Agriculture also argues that the 500-crown fee has not been increased since 1994. According to the amendment, lawsuits against decisions of the cadastral office would be filed directly with this office and not in court. As Gandalovič said, the current legal framework poses a serious threat to buyers and all persons in the real estate market. The cadastral office does not have an overview of any lawsuits filed, so it can accept new proposals for the registration of ownership rights while a stoppage lawsuit is pending in court. A so-called note of dispute should be recorded, which would alert to a possible problem concerning the property. The proposal also facilitates the removal of old rights to real estate, which often prevent owners from using the property as collateral for a mortgage, for example. They would now have to deposit a certain amount into court custody converted according to a special standard. According to Gandalovič, these are not large amounts. The deputies also supported in the first reading the proposal for an amendment to the law on the cadastre of real estate. This, in connection with the new building law, changes the way ownership rights to buildings are recorded and addresses the provision of data from the cadastre. As the owner of the newly registered building, the owner of the land on which the building is constructed will be recorded. In other cases, the relationship between the landowner and the building owner will have to be regulated by a special document, according to which ownership will later be registered in the cadastre.
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