What documents are needed for land surveying?

Land surveying is a procedure for determining the boundaries of a land plot on the ground, its area and size. It is required to be carried out in the event of disputes between the owners of neighboring plots about the characteristics of the property, its location on the territory and the distribution of boundaries.

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A boundary plan is not a mandatory confirmation of the status of a plot for registering land ownership in SNT or another gardening partnership, but is required to carry out certain legal actions in relation to a disputed plot, as well as when registering a building on the land. What documents are needed to survey a land plot, and how is the procedure carried out?

What the law says

In cases where land surveying is required, the procedure for its registration is prescribed in the following regulations:

• Federal Law No. 218 on registration of rights to real estate and transactions with it;
• Land Code of the Russian Federation;
• Law on the State Real Estate Cadastre;
• Law on Land Management, etc.

The presence of a survey act when conducting transactions or registering legal procedures with land is a guarantee of the legitimate status of the site. It is almost impossible to challenge the contract due to the lack of clear boundaries of the plot or the emergence of a dispute between the owners of neighboring plots.

This is due to the fact that in the course of conducting land surveying, an act of determining the boundaries of the land is drawn up, which is signed by the neighbors or established legally through the court.

An important condition for conducting land surveying is that the procedure be carried out by accredited legal entities that have SRO approval to carry out this type of work. Citizens or other organizations do not have the right to conduct such events.

List of documents for land surveying

The following documents are required for land surveying on the basis of the law:

• Identity card of the applicant - an individual or a representative in case of applying to the authorized bodies of the organization, attaching a power of attorney. Organizations are also required to have a package of documents: a constituent agreement on the formation of the company, a charter with prescribed types of activities, a decision or protocol on the appointment of a person authorized to act on behalf of the company - the head of the enterprise. Certificates of organization registration and tax registration.
• A document of title on the basis of which the owner has powers in relation to a land plot - a certificate of acceptance of inheritance, a contract of sale, exchange, donation, privatization, an act on the allocation of a plot of land to a citizen or legal entity.
• Confirmation of land ownership - a certificate from the Rosreestr, if the transfer of rights was formalized before 2017, or an extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate when receiving ownership documents after January 1, 2017.
• Application form for carrying out boundary work.
• Confirmation of the boundaries of the land plot: cadastral plan or extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate with the characteristics of the land plot , a certificate from the BTI about the absence or construction of a structure on the plot with a description.

All documents should be obtained in advance, before contacting an organization that has permission for boundary work. This will significantly speed up the process of performing the service.

Papers are provided in originals and copies; it is better to immediately order a certificate from the Cadastre and Cartography Service in 2 or 3 copies for submission to various authorities; duplicates are issued without charging a fee.

The procedure for surveying a plot with and without a cadastral number

The process of establishing the boundaries of a land plot on the ground is represented by several stages:

1. Collecting documents, obtaining consultation from authorized bodies if necessary.
2. Registration of the land surveying project.
3. Obtaining information about the owners of neighboring land plots, including by ordering extracts from the Unified State Register of Real Estate . Sending them notifications or providing them with a written message in person about the need to distribute joint boundaries in the area.
4. Departure of a specialist to carry out cartographic and geodetic work - surveying an object on the ground, establishing its boundaries, determining the area.
5. Determining the boundaries of a land plot, establishing the occupied territory on the ground by installing special boundary signs. It is prohibited to demolish them; administrative liability in the form of a fine is imposed for this.
6. Drawing up a land survey document based on a drawn up deed establishing boundaries, signed by neighbors, and the results of a topographic survey.

There are some differences depending on whether the land is assigned a cadastral number. It is reported when submitting documents, including applications for land surveying.

If it is not assigned, then the procedure for drawing up a land survey file is preceded by the procedure for cadastral registration. To do this, you need to contact Rosreestr with an application and title documents for the land. The site will be registered within 20 days.

What documents are issued after land surveying?

This is a boundary plan, which is drawn up in two original copies. One is transferred to the Cadastral Chamber as part of Rosreestr for entering information into the unified state register of real estate, and the second is handed over to the owner of the land.

In the future, you will be able to receive certificates from this register to make transactions with land. To see what an electronic statement looks like, click here . This is what the survey document looks like (this is section 3 of the extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate on the position of the land plot ):

Is it possible to carry out land surveying without documents?

It happens that the list of documents for land surveying in the hands of the owner is incomplete. Some of them are lost or expired. They need to be restored, for this you should contact the authorities that issued such official papers.

Sometimes it is enough to request certificates, in others it is enough to apply for confirmation from the archives of state and municipal bodies at the location of the land. This will take some time, so you need to make sure you have the full package of documents required for land surveying in advance.

Why do we need a land surveying act and its contents?

Drawing up an act when registering land in the event of land surveying is carried out to determine the boundaries of the site and prevent disputes regarding the area of ​​the plot in the future between the owners of neighboring plots.

In other words, this is a document that is issued after surveying your plot of land from your neighbors, so that in the future there will be no claims or claims to the territory.

Their interests may be violated by drawing boundaries arbitrarily without consent when owning land on the right of perpetual or inheritable possession, property, easement and in other cases of legal use of the disputed territory.

For the purpose of drawing up a land surveying act when registering land ownership, a meeting of the owners of neighboring lands is organized. Pre-notifications are sent out informing the date and time of the meeting, indicating the reason for scheduling the meeting and the location.

Coordination is carried out in one of the following ways during land surveying:

• With the consent of all neighbors, an act is drawn up, which sets out the main characteristics of the boundaries of the site. It is signed by citizens or authorized representatives of organizations - owners or users bordering the plot of land being registered. In case of non-attendance at the meeting, conditions are created for delivery or forwarding and transfer of written consent.
• If one of several owners of neighboring plots does not want to sign the deed, although such cases are extremely rare in practice, approval takes place in court. Objections must be attached to the land survey and are an integral part of it. If the boundaries are subsequently established, and the neighbors do not agree with them, they can apply to change them and resolve the dispute with a lawsuit.

Plots are accepted for registration with the Rosreestr authorities without surveying and coordination of boundaries. A case is drawn up only in cases where there is a dispute or difficulties in establishing them. In other cases, it is enough to provide a cadastral passport or an extract from the cadastre.

In case of dispute of land boundaries, the interested party provides the necessary package of documents required for demarcation. The process involves defining boundaries on the ground. In this case, land surveying is necessary to register the land as ownership. Thus, plots are allocated by decision of several owners in SNT or individual housing construction.

Documents are issued after land surveying in the name of the owner of the land or the person who applied for the procedure with established powers.

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