Which documents can be registered?
1. On the basis of your national law, is it possible in your national system to register (notarial) deeds that were drawn up by a foreign notary? If possible, could you please provide a legal basis
General Part of the Civil Code Act § 82
No, it’s not possible because only Estonian notaries have the right to authenticate transactions.
2. On the basis of your national law, is it possible to register (notarial) deeds that were drawn up in a foreign language? If possible, could you please provide a legal basis?
Land Registry Act § 37
- The land register is maintained in Estonian.
- Documents in foreign languages shall be submitted together with the translation into Estonian certified by a sworn translator or notary or with the translation into Estonian on which the signature of the translator is certified by the notary.
3. On the basis of your national law, is it possible to register multilingual deeds? If possible, could you please provide a legal basis?
No
Land registry Act § 37
4. Which procedure do you follow if you receive a deed from a foreign party that does not fulfill your registration requirements? In particular, in which language does the land registrar communicate with the foreign party? In particular, if the foreign party neither speaks your mother tongue nor English, is the assistance of translators required?
Registrar submits the documents in Estonian. The parties have to translate it themselves.
