Změny katastru nemovitostí: zpřísnění přístupu a digitalizace řízení

On October 1, 2025, the Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre submitted a comprehensive amendment to the Land Registry Act for comment procedure. The aim is to revise the current regulations, increase the digitalization of processes, and reflect the conclusions of case-law from the last decade.

The first noteworthy change is the significant tightening of rules for providing data from the land registry. According to the proposed amendment, data containing personal information will only be available after the applicant's identity has been verified (e.g., through Bank identity).

In practice, this means the end of verification through CAPTCHA codes when revealing the owner of a specific property. The same principle will apply to requests for extracts from the deed of ownership, copies of contracts from the collection of documents, or extracts of data on achieved property prices.

Applicants will also need to state the legal reason for their request, and this information will be documented and kept on record along with their identity.

Another significant point of the amendment is the emphasis on the digitalization of proceedings before the land registry. Individuals who are required to have a data box (i.e., entrepreneurs or legal entities) will now be obligated to submit applications for registration exclusively in electronic form. At the same time, the requirement to affix a qualified electronic timestamp to electronic documents will be abolished, which, according to the explanatory memorandum, is intended to further support digitalization.

A substantial proposed innovation is the introduction of the possibility to submit a joint application for registration in cases where multiple properties are being transferred across different cadastral districts. This would allow for a single registration procedure and the payment of only one administrative fee. This change aims to reduce administrative burdens and financial costs for participants, as the current regulations require separate applications for registration in each cadastral district.

Certain changes have also been made in the area of offenses and related sanctions. Some offenses have been removed, such as those related to participation in proceedings at the land registry or correcting errors in documents submitted by participants. At the same time, a new offense has been added—unauthorized extraction of land registry data and its dissemination without the Office's permission—which is directly related to the tightening of access to data in the land registry.

For these new offenses, fines of up to CZK 100,000 can be imposed, and for legal entities or business individuals, fines can reach up to CZK 1 million.

Currently, the Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre is addressing the comments received. Thus, the draft amendment is at the very beginning of the legislative process.

We will monitor the progress of the amendment through the legislative process and inform you of any changes.

Authors:

František Schirl

Matěj Plšek