The property of foreigners: challenges
- How much data is collected by your national land registry about a foreigner when making a real estate transaction?
2. Do you use a uniform person identification number?
Yes.
2.1. If Yes, do you use persons assigned number or make your own national number?
The Estonian personal identification code is an 11-digit number formed according to specific rules. It contains information about a person’s gender and date of birth. Each number has its own meaning.
Personal data submitted to land registry department:
The registration application, the consent of the person concerned and the land register entry shall set out the following with regard to a person:
1) the name of the natural person and Estonian personal identification code;
2) in the absence of the Estonian personal identification code, a foreign personal identification code;
3) in the absence of the personal identification code other identification substituting for the personal identification code or the date of birth;
In the case of a person who is not an Estonian citizen, the information concerning the citizenship of the natural person and whether or not he or she holds a valid residence permit in Estonia shall be indicated in the registration application. Such information shall not be entered in the land register part.
In the case of a person who has no place of residence entered in the Estonian population register, their address is indicated additionally, and the land registry department is notified immediately of any change in the address. The address is not entered in the land register part.
3. Do all State information systems use the one/same person identification number?
Yes, if it’s Estonian person.
Foreign persons may have different numbers.
