Main points
- Ukrainians may lose land plots due to errors in cadastral documents, including duplication of cadastral numbers.
- To preserve land rights, it is necessary to check documents, correct errors, and register the right in the State Land Cadastre to avoid the risk of losing land in 2026.
Ukrainians may lose part of their land / Photo Unsplash
Ukrainians risk losing their land plots in 2026. In particular, this is possible if there are errors in the documents. This also applies to the cadastral number.
What is a cadastral number anyway?
The cadastral number of a land plot is an individual sequence of numbers and characters that is assigned to a land plot during its state registration and is stored with it throughout its existence, as the State Registration Department of the Executive Committee of the Kremenchuk City Council writes.
The cadastral number should not be repeated. However, there are often cases of its duplication.
Errors in the State Land Cadastre can lead to the following consequences:
- inability to register ownership;
- refusal to sell, donate or inherit a plot of land;
- legal disputes with neighbors due to the imposition of boundaries;
- obstacles during construction;
- penalties or refusal to issue technical documentation.
Please note! In this way, a person loses control over the land plot.
In order to register the right to land , you should contact the State Land Registry Office to establish the fact of duplication of the cadastral number.
The next step is to contact the state registrar to conduct state registration of ownership based on the state act of ownership of the land plot containing the incorrect cadastral number.
It is also necessary to provide supporting documents received from the State Land Registry Office that the state act contains an error and what cadastral number was assigned to the land plot to replace the erroneous one.
Providing an extract from the State Land Cadastre is not necessary, since the state registrar will receive information from the State Land Cadastre through information interaction,
– the Department explained.
Important! Failure to provide a document confirming the error gives the state registrar the right to make a decision to refuse to conduct state registration of rights.
The land owner must contact the state registrar with an application and documents from the State Geocadastre confirming the duplication of numbers in the State Land Cadastre and the assignment of a new cadastral number to replace the erroneous one.
Under what other circumstances can Ukrainians lose their land?
Ukrainian legislation provides for the possibility of seizing (requisitioning) land plots for state needs during martial law, according to the legal and land management company “Land Fund of Ukraine”.
According to information, land can be seized for the following needs:
- providing for the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- construction of defensive structures;
- accommodation for people who have lost their homes.
Particular attention is paid to areas that are actually used but do not have a legal status,
– the material says.
If land has been cultivated for years, but without proper documents, then it is not private property . Thus, the plot remains in state or municipal ownership.
That is, the state or a territorial community can dispose of land within the limits set by law.
It is important to understand that if you are using a plot of land without documents, you cannot simply be forced to leave it without due process,
– added in the text.
This is possible:
- by court decision;
- through mechanisms provided for by law (including requisition).
How can a land owner confirm his rights to it?
First, you should check the available documents. Even an old village council decision or lease agreement is already an important legal basis.
Next, you should contact the state registrar and carry out state registration of the right of ownership or use.
The last step is to obtain an extract from the State Register of Real Property Rights. This document is an official confirmation of the rights to the land plot.
What else is worth knowing about agricultural legislation in Ukraine?
Expert Artem Ripenko explained that there is no formal fee for “entering” data into the State Land Registry and assigning a cadastral number. But the fact is that information is entered only on the basis of one or another land management documentation.
The price of such documentation, along with the necessary geodetic surveys, can vary. The amount can range from several thousand hryvnias to tens or even hundreds of thousands.
At the same time, expert Larisa Kys told how the inheritance is registered. She said that it is necessary to provide documents confirming that the deceased had the right to use the share. This could be, for example, a State act on the right to ownership of land. Larisa Kys also noted that lost documents must be restored.