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New FIG Affiliate Member: LEPL National Agency of Public Registry,
Georgia
August 2022
FIG is pleased to announce their new Affilliate Member from Georgia:
LEPL National Agency of Public Registry Under the Ministry of Justice of
Georgia
The National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR) is a legal entity
of public law under the Ministry of Justice of Georgia. It
offers approximately 265 services to individuals or legal
entities through the Public Service Halls, Community Centers,
territorial offices and authorized users. It employs
approximately 1800 persons.
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NAPR was established in 2004, as the legal successor of the State
Department of Land Management and the Technical Inventory Bureaus. It
was an important step towards the sustainable development of the
immovable property market in Georgia. Over the years, comprehensive
reforms were implemented for the creation of a customer-oriented,
transparent, safe and unified registration system. The main purpose of
reforms implemented in legislative, institutional, administrative and
technological directions was to simplify the registration procedures.
NAPR embraces innovation and modern technologies to create products and
services tailored to the current and future needs of Georgian public.
NAPR was one of the first State Agencies to conduct real estate
transactions on Blockchain.
Currently, NAPR is tasked with implementing a Nationwide Systematic
Land Registration program launched by the Government of Georgia. As part
of the Systematic Land Registration activities, NAPR conducts land
surveys in selected areas, makes aerial and drone photography and
conducts other works for creating a complete cadastral coverage of
Georgia by 2024.
Starting from December 2022, NAPR launched a recruitment campaign to
attract surveyors. While experienced surveyors were encouraged to apply,
due to the lack of qualified staff on the market, prior experience was
not required for application and persons with school diploma and with no
prior experience in the surveying filed were authorized to apply. NAPR
would cover the costs of training, certification, equipment and work
gear for the recruits. More than 300 recruits have successfully
completed the trainings process.
Other main activities of the NAPR include: i) Registration of
immovable property rights; ii) Registration of public-law restrictions;
iii) Registration of a tax lien / mortgage; iv) Registration of movable
and intangible property rights; v) Registration of entrepreneurs and
non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities; vi) Registration of
political associations; vii) Registration of economic activities; viii)
Addressing of geographical features; ix) Recording immovable property
cadastral data x) Topo-Geodetic and Mapping Activities. Additionally,
from 2013, NAPR was tasked to coordinate the creation, implementation
and development of national spatial data infrastructure (NSDI) in the
country.
During the UN-GGIM meeting in New York in August 2022
representatives of LEPL National Agency of Public
Registry Under the Ministry of Justice of Georgia (NAPR) met
with FIG President Rudolf Staiger.
Evelien Hertz
August 2022
