Legal Acts in English

Transfer of immovable property shall be free, unless otherwise provided by law.

Immovable property, within the meaning of this Law, shall be: land (agricultural, building land, forests and forest land), buildings (business, residential, residential and business buildings, commercial buildings, and the like) and other construction facilities, as well as separate parts of buildings (apartments, business premises, garages and garage spaces) where a separate ownership right may exist (hereinafter: immovable property).    

Transfer of immovable property, within the meaning of this Law, shall be the transfer of the ownership right to immovable property by a legal transaction, with or without compensation.

Transfer of the right to use immovables in public property from one holder of the right to use immovables in public property to another holder shall also be considered the transfer of immovable property.    

Transfer of the ownership right to a building, i.e. another construction facility, shall imply a simultaneous transfer of the ownership right to the land on which the building is located, as well as to the land which serves the building's regular use.

The land which serves the building's regular use shall be defined in an immovable property transfer agreement, and if this is not agreed upon, the rules envisaged in the regulations on planning and construction defining the land that serves the building's regular use shall be applied.

Transfer of the ownership right to the building constructed on the land to which the building owner does not have an ownership right, but have solely the right to use it or right to lease it, shall imply the transfer of the right to use or right to lease the land on which the building is located, and the land which serves the building's regular use as well.