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Hosted by the Instituto dos Registos et do Notariado de Portugal, the XVII ELRA General Assembly took place in Lisbon on Thursday 23rd May 2013.

Speech by Alasdair Lewis to the ELRA General Assembly in Lisbon on 23 May 2013

Thank you all for asking me to be the President of ELRA. It is an honour and a privilege. I would like to start by paying tribute to the outgoing Board and to Wim in particular. Under your leadership the Association has gone from strength to strength. I hope that the new Board and I […]

On 22nd May 2013 Dutch notary Leo Kok successfully tested the system for electronic submission of a deed from Netherlands to Portugal. The test took place at the first CROBECO II Conference in Lisbon.

Javier Gómez Gálligo Attorney, Directorate-General of Registries and Notarial Affairs Standing Member of the Codes Commission Approach The mortgage financing model is on its last legs. And it will topple unless measures are taken, and quickly, for its reform. This is not only because of the current financial crisis, which has caused credit in general […]

Wim Louwman ELRA President Introduction As the European organization of Land Registers, we welcome this vision document as a good step forward. Improved awareness of the different roles of Land registers and Cadastres can increase support on the European level. Cooperation with other specialists can help each of us to find the right answers to […]

Fikret Mehovic Advisor to de President of the Sarajevo Court Land registers are public registers which are maintained at the municipal courts level, and the Land Registry Office of the Municipal Court Sarajevo is one of the departments within the Municipal Court Sarajevo. The jurisdiction of the Municipal Court Sarajevo belongs to a total of […]

Doctor of law, member of Polish Association of Registraars in Cracow (Poland), senior registrar in Regional Court in Bialystok (Poland), lecturer of Stanislaw Staszic School of Public Administration in Bialystok (Poland).

In the Netherlands, Cadastre and Landregisters are integrated. The information in the Cadastre registration is derived from the deeds in the Land Register. The Cadastre provides access to the Land Register. The registrar is responsible for as well the Land Register as the Cadastre.

Objects of the Mortgage Register contractual mortgages (pledges) Contractual mortgages (pledges) are agreements of the contractors to mortgage (pledge) immovable or movable property or property rights or unilateral application of the owner of the immovable/movable property or property rights to mortgage (pledge) it legal mortgages (pledges) Legal mortgages (pledges) are mortgages (pledges) of immovable property […]