How to find out exactly who is registered in the apartment and the total number of people

One of the most important circumstances related to the implementation of legally important actions with housing is the establishment of the composition of citizens registered on a permanent basis in the premises. How can I find out who is registered in an apartment and how many people are registered at a given address? The answer to these and other similar questions can be clarified in the presented material.

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Who can receive this data?

Information about the number of registered persons at the address of interest will allow us to determine what potential risks may arise for the purchaser of the object.

The owner has the opportunity to register an almost unlimited number of people in his living space, and their eviction or discharge can be extremely difficult, especially if such persons include minors.

Who can find out the number of residents registered in the apartment at the moment? Such persons include:

• citizens who are owners of residential premises;
• persons registered at the specified address;
• authorized state and judicial institutions in cases provided for by law.

Thus, a potential buyer of an apartment cannot independently request such information about the number of people registered in the apartment; this can only be done by citizens directly related to the housing.

Why do we need information about people registered in the living space?

Data on the composition of such persons becomes most relevant when preparing a transaction with housing and checking the legal purity of the property.

To do this, you need to find out how many people are registered in the apartment that will be the subject of the transaction.

Analysis of the legal purity of the transaction allows us to establish the circle of persons who potentially have independent rights to residential premises.

The number of registered people, especially those with family ties, represents a hidden burden that can affect itself after the purchase of real estate.

Obtaining information about the number and identities of residents registered at a certain address can completely exclude the possibility of concluding an agreement, since the potential buyer must eliminate any possible risks of a future transaction.

This circumstance is extremely relevant in the secondary real estate market, where the composition of persons registered in an apartment can change almost monthly.

In addition, obtaining information about the exact number of people registered in the apartment is necessary when resolving disputes with property objects in court:

• establishing rights to residential premises;
• challenging real estate transactions;
• complaint about refusal to improve living conditions;
• disputes about forced eviction and expulsion of citizens.

In particular, if the number of people in a municipal apartment exceeds the established standards for the provision of living space, citizens have the right to be put on a waiting list for improved housing conditions and to receive new housing with a larger area.

Where can I find out information about those registered in the apartment?

To register citizens in his premises, the owner contacts the local departments of the Federal Migration Service. On the ground, similar actions are carried out by passport offices at local administrations.

In addition, information about the owners is entered into the Unified State Register of Real Estate, and management companies maintain databases of such persons to calculate utility bills.

Based on this, clarification of the number and identities of people registered in the apartment can be carried out in the following authorities:

• local branch of the FMS;
• passport office of the local administration;
• institutions of Rosreestr. those responsible for maintaining the Unified State Register;
• management companies servicing an apartment building.

Only in these institutions can reliable and up-to-date information about the owner be obtained, and the number of residents registered with him can be clarified.

How can I obtain information about the residents registered in the apartment?

To find out about the number of residents in any residential premises, you need to obtain a document of the established form from the above authorities. To do this, you must fill out a request or application indicating the specific information of interest.

Personal accounts are maintained for each residential premises in passport offices and FMS offices, and general information about the residential building is contained in the house register.

Such registers are kept from the date the house was put into operation, so they allow you to trace the entire chronology of move-in and check-out for each individual room.

If the tenant was registered in the premises for at least a few days, information about him will be contained in the passport office.

To request information about the composition of such persons through the Federal Migration Service or the passport office, you must submit in person:

• passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
• application for a certificate.

The owner or tenant, as well as their representatives who have a notarized power of attorney with the appropriate powers, have the right to submit an appeal.

If filling out an application is a mandatory requirement for applying to the Federal Migration Service, then passport offices can issue certificates (extracts) directly when citizens apply.

Information on such a request is provided at the time of applying for an extract and will contain an exhaustive list of persons registered in the living space at the moment.

Certificates can contain both general information and detailed archival information for the entire period of accounting for the object. The period for issuing information to the Federal Migration Service cannot exceed one month from the date of application.

From the Rosreestr authorities you can obtain basic data on the technical properties of real estate, including the composition of owners.

Since the number of owners and registered persons does not always coincide for objective reasons, this type of request will not allow one to reliably find out the composition of residents registered in the housing space.

An extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate may contain data on the presence of encumbrances on housing if it was previously acquired with the retention of the right of residence of third parties.

Only a comparison of information from the USRN extract ( read more ), which is requested from the Rosreestr authorities, with certificates from the passport office will allow for the most detailed analysis of the legal purity of the apartment.

Do we find out the exact number of people registered in the apartment at the address?

Is it possible to find out how many people are registered in an apartment if there is information about its address? It is possible, but to do this you need to be the owner or tenant of the specified property. This information will not be available to other persons.

Moreover, an attempt to apply for information by a person not related to the object will not have legal consequences. Address information in many cases represents personal information, and a request for such data is possible only with the explicit consent of the citizen.

A request to the management organization will also allow you to obtain a certificate about the composition of the residents, however, in this case, only the owner or person living in the living space has the right to apply.

Do we receive the necessary information about those registered via the Internet?

Is it possible to find out how many people are registered in an apartment online, since the development of electronic Internet services makes it possible to obtain almost all the information in this way?

Despite many advertising offers that allow you to obtain this information for a fee, this option is illegal.

The right to privacy guarantees citizens the absence of the possibility of open access to information not expressly specified in the law.

The list of such information includes data on owners from the Unified State Register of Real Estate, but data on registered persons is not included in such a list.

Thus, only the owners and citizens living in the apartment have the right to obtain information about persons registered in the residential premises. Other persons have limited access to such information.

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