Towards a real property cadastre in Croatia

Abstract

The fall of the Iron Curtain and the change of social and economic order in the East European countries, as in Croatia, have caused great alterations, especially in the perception of real property ownership and real property transactions. To be able to support the growing real property market it is necessary to reform the land administration system, because of the social ownership concept that was in practice over 50 years on the former Yugoslavia territory. Having recognised this challenge, Croatia invests enormous efforts and significant financial resources in order to modernise the land registration system as quickly as possible, so as to guarantee security of ownership and real property transactions. In this paper, an overview of the inherited cadastral system and current activities towards a modern real property cadastre is given.