Azerbaijan Republic State Committee on Property İssues Unified State Cadastre of Real Estate is the Foundation for transparent registration in Azerbaijan Ramiz Guliyev Director of Real Estate Cadastre and Technical Inventory Centre under the State Committee on Property Issues

Several field cadastres - state land cadastre, state forest cadastre, state water cadastre, state town building cadastre, state city cadastre, and mineral wealth deposit cadastres – are maintained by respective bodies of executive power in Azerbaijan. (Scheme 1)

The Real Estate Cadastre and Technical Inventory Center:  Coordinates the work of central executive bodies maintaining cadastre of separate real estate objects;  Designs and maintains unified state cadastre of real estate;  Designs unified state cadastre maps of real estate;  Arranges and implements automated cadastre service.

The following principles serve as guidance in design and maintenance of the unified state cadastre of real estate:  Unified State Cadastre of Real Estate shall cover the entire territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan;  Unified state cadastre of real estate shall be maintained based on the unified system;  Data from the unified state cadastre of real estate shall be complete and objective;  Except for data the acquisition of which is limited by the law, data from the unified state cadastre of real estate shall be open;  The unified state cadastre shall be maintained on paper and on electronic medium;  Executive powers and local government bodies, as well as natural and legal entities shall provide for favorable conditions for data collection upon design of the unified state cadastre of real estate.

Design and maintenance of the unified state cadastre of real estate serves the following purposes:  Collection of cadastre data formed at the central executive bodies maintaining field cadastres in the Republic of Azerbaijan and establishment of the unified information database on real estates in the country ;  Transforming information into commodity;  Enhancement of the level of application of information and communication technologies in maintenance of the unified state cadastre of real estate as the main indicator of transparency and democracy in public administration (real estate registration).

All the data incorporated into the unified state cadastre of real estate are combined and form the unified information system.  Information system is formed through the following sources:  Data submitted by respective executive bodies maintaining cadastre on separate real estate objects prior to the establishment of the centre;  Data submitted on a quarterly basis by respective executive bodies maintaining cadastre on separate real estate objects following the establishment of the centre;  Data on real estate objects submitted by title holders (natural and legal entities);  Cadastre database designed by the Centre.

Data from the unified state cadastre of real estate can be used for different directions in different areas (scheme 2) :

Current Problems of the Unified State Cadastre of Real Estate and the Ways of Their Resolution (table 1) # ProblemWays of its resolution 1 Gaps in the legal framework during implementation of works on the design and maintenance of the unified cadastre of real estate as well as on technical inventory and address register Develop and adopt the law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the unified cadastre of real estate, develop and adopt necessary statutory acts for implementation of works in regards to technical inventory and design of address register 2 Software problemsPurchase software licenses and develop software 3 Field cadastre data are scattered, unsystematic and non-standard Acquire comprehensive data from central executive bodies maintaining field cadastre and transform them to a standard form through systemization, establish unified database 4 Absence of standards for maintenance of unified cadastre system Achieve development of standards of the unified cadastre system with relevant bodies

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