State registration of real rights to real estate is an important legal procedure for all Ukrainians. If your home was built before 2013, it is worth entering information about it into the State Register of Real Rights to Real Estate (SRRE).
This important step will provide a number of benefits, namely:
- Legal protection – official registration confirms your rights to real estate, which protects you from possible attempts to challenge ownership rights by other persons.
- Legal certainty – registration provides clarity in the legal status of ownership, which is important when entering into transactions such as purchase and sale, donation or inheritance.
- Ability to make transactions – without registering ownership, you will not be able to legally sell, rent, or inherit real estate.
- Access to credit – many banks require documentary proof of ownership to provide loans secured by real estate.
- Participation in government programs – registration is necessary to participate in various government programs related to real estate. For example, regarding property restoration and receiving compensation for destroyed property.
- Official data – registration ensures that information about your property rights is entered into the State Register, which is important for statistics and human rights activities.
Who should I contact to register a property right to real estate?
The place of registration of real property rights to real estate in Ukraine is quite differentiated, therefore citizens have the right to choose it independently from the existing list:
– A state registrar who is in an employment relationship with the executive body of a village, settlement and city council, Kyiv, Sevastopol city, district, district in the cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol state administration.
– Administrative Services Center (ASC).
– State notary office or private notary.
– Through the Diya Portal (in the case of state registration of rights to real estate (other than land), the registration of which was carried out before 01.01. 2013 in accordance with the legislation in force at the time of their occurrence). The specified service is currently available in 21 regions. Unavailable – in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson regions and the city of Kyiv. The person must have a qualified electronic signature.
What documents are required to register a right to real estate in Ukraine?
To register ownership of real estate in Ukraine, you must have:
- An application for registration, which must be completed in the prescribed form in the State Register of Real Rights.
- A document confirming ownership. This can be a purchase and sale agreement, a gift, a certificate of inheritance, or another document confirming the right to real estate.
- Technical passport is a document containing the characteristics of real estate.
- Passport and registration number of the taxpayer's registration card.
- Document of payment of administrative fee (receipt). If the property was registered before 01.01.2013, then the procedure is free of charge.
6. Additional documents. If the property is registered in the name of several owners, their signatures and consents, certificates certified in accordance with the procedure established by law, copies of documents, etc. may be required.
Before submitting documents, we recommend checking the current requirements, as the list may change depending on specific circumstances and type of property.
Incorrect execution of documents when registering ownership of real estate can lead to the following negative consequences:
- Refusal of state registration. The reason for this may include:
– lack of necessary documents;
– errors in documents;
– the property is already registered to another person;
– property subject to a ban on alienation.
- Litigation – incorrect registration can cause disputes with other parties.
- Financial losses for correcting errors, court fees, etc.
- Uncertainty of legal status – incorrect registration can lead to legal uncertainty, which will complicate further real estate transactions (for example, sale or lease).
What are the deadlines for carrying out registration actions and providing information from the State Register of Rights?
Registration of rights is carried out on the day of filing the relevant application in the State Register of Rights, except for cases provided for by the Law of Ukraine "On State Registration of Real Rights to Real Estate and Their Encumbrances". The total period of the procedure does not exceed five working days from the moment of registration of the application in the register.
Provision of information from the State Register of Rights in electronic format is carried out in real time.
If other applications for the same real estate object have already been registered in the State Register of Rights, the registration period is determined from the date of the state registrar's decision to register rights or to refuse such registration for an application submitted earlier.
What is the cost of carrying out registration actions and providing information from the State Register of Rights?
An administrative fee of 0.1 subsistence minimum for able-bodied persons is charged for state registration of property rights. If citizens wish to shorten the 5-day waiting period, it will cost:
– 1 subsistence minimum for able-bodied persons – for a period of two working days;
– 2 subsistence minimums for able-bodied persons – for a period of one working day;
– 5 subsistence minimums for able-bodied persons – for a period of 2 hours.
You can find more detailed information about the tariffs for services for conducting registration actions in Article 34 of the Law of Ukraine «On State Registration of Real Rights to Real Estate and Their Encumbrances» (hereinafter referred to as the Law).
The following are exempt from paying the administrative fee for the above-mentioned registration actions:
1) individuals and legal entities - during the state registration of rights that arose and were registered before the state registration of rights in the manner prescribed by the Law (until 01.01.2013).
2) citizens classified as categories 1 and 2 victims of the Chernobyl disaster;
3) persons with disabilities as a result of World War II, persons from among the participants of the anti-terrorist operation, participants in the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defense, repel and deter armed aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, who were granted the status of a person with disabilities as a result of the war or a participant in hostilities, and families of soldiers (partisans) who died or went missing, and persons equated to them in accordance with the established procedure;
4) persons with disabilities of groups I and II;
5) citizens of Ukraine whose real estate was destroyed as a result of hostilities, terrorist acts, sabotage caused by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, etc.
Information as of 05.05.2025
According to the official website of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine