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Cadastre of Real Property

Course developer

Replaced course

JurZ2036 [GJUR2036] Cadastre of Real Property

Course abstract

Students acquire modern cadastral system in Latvia, it’s objectives and tasks. The program relates to comprehensive preparation of cadastral speciālists (land use planners), necessary both for State Land Service and local municipalities. In development of the program has been used requests to cadastral specialists, defined by Central board of State Land Service. Knowledge, acquired in learning process, can be used working in state and municipality institutions (sector cadastre, physical planning, land use planning, cadastral surveying of the land and buildings, real property taxation, real property formation, etc., as well as in private business.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

After completion of the course student:
- knows history, general issues, content of cadastre, necessity, maintenance and use of cadastral information (assessment of learning outcomes according to the results of laboratory works and independent work)
- is able to perform functions of obtaining, summarization and registration of cadastral information (assessment of learning outcomes according to the results of test work, laboratory works and independent work)
- in collaboration with supervisor of study course can perform processing and evaluation of achieved results (assessment of learning outcomes according to the results of laboratory works and independent work)

Course Content(Calendar)

Full-time studies:
1. Introductory lecture. Real estate Cadastre and its role in Latvia. Basic criteria of the course programme. Get acquainted with the structure, objectives and strategy of the VZD(1.5 h).
2. Historical creation of cadastre in Latvia and its role in real estate management (2 h).
Practical work: get acquainted with the portal www.kadastrs.lv and https://vesture.dodies.lv. compare data sets, describe the differences for a given administrative area in different Cadastral periods (1 h).
3. Modern NIVKIS and its role in real estate management in the territory of Latvia (2 h).
Laboratory work: get acquainted with the portal www.kadastrs.lv and VZD website. Compare publicly available data sets, describe information about a specific administrative area (1 h).
4. The administrative act and its components (2 h), on the basis of which the updating of the Register of cadastral objects and cadastral data of NIVK IS is carried out.
Laboratory work: to get acquainted with the decisions taken during the land reform by local government and state institutions, on the basis of which the data of NIVK IS is updated (1 h).
5. Real estate Cadastral objects: legal objects and physical objects (2 h).
Practical work: In the website www.kadastrs.lv search for properties and describe them (0.5 h).
6. Identifiers of cadastral objects (Cadastral numbers and cadastral designations) (1.5 h).
Data characterizing the cadastral object – land parcels and part of the land parcel: purposes of use of real estate, types of land use and encumbrances of real estate (6 h).
Practical work: on the portal www.kadastrs.lv find land parcels by their legal status and provide their Cadastral description (0.5 h).
Laboratory work: Prepare a municipal decision on determining the purpose of real estate use and distribution by land use types (2 h)
Recognize the types of land use depicted in the situation plan and compile a list of explanations of land use types (1.5 h).
Recognize real estate encumbrances depicted in the encumbrance plan and prepare a list of encumbrances with occupied areas (1.5 h).
7. Encumbrance of real estate - servitudes according to Civil Law. Registration and updating of data in NIVKIS and land register (2 h).
Practical work: to prepare an agreement with a graphic attachment for the establishment of a road servitude (1 h).
8. Volume indicators characterizing the cadastral object – structures and room group of premises: classifier of structures, use, facilities, depreciation and data extraction from the construction Information System (4 h).
Practical work: on the portal www.kadastrs.lv search for structures (residential, non-residential and engineering structures), provide their Cadastral description (1 h).
Laboratory work: to prepare a declaration of a building or engineering structure with a graphic attachment for registration in NIVK IS (1 h).
9. Cadastral object - land property, building (structure) property and apartment property. NIVK IS property registration / updating principles in the Republic of Latvia and land register (4h).
Laboratory work: on the portal www.kadastrs.lv search for land, building (structure) and apartment properties and provide their Cadastral description (2h)
10. Options and principles of forced termination of shared property. Registration of expropriated land in NIVKIS (1h).
Laboratory work: on the portal www.kadastrs.lv find shared properties and determine the functionally necessary area. (1h).
11. Building rights, its impact in economic activity and registration in NIVK IS (0.5 h).
Prepare a building rights contract with a graphic attachment for registration in NIVK IS (1 h).
12. NIVK IS data for real estate tax administration (0.5 h).
Laboratory work: calculate the estimated shares when performing the division of a residential house into Apartment Properties (1h).
13. Use and exchange of NIVKIS data in relation to other national Information Systems (2h).
14. The role of land registers in strengthening and protecting property rights (1h)

Part-time studies:

All topics specified for full-time studies are implemented, but the number of contact hours is 1/2 of the specified number of hours

Requirements for awarding credit points

1. Successfully learned the substance of lectures, performed laboratory works and positive results of ndependentwork
2. Successful evaluation of test work
3. At least 85% attendance of classes
4. Exam in oral form:
- successful evaluation of the answers on exam questions
- successful evaluation of the answers on test work questions

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

Throughout the semester - studies of scientific and study literature (monographs, scientific articles and their collections, conferences and seminars materials, specialized scientific periodicals) specified by the lecturer and required for the acquisition of professional competence in the course „Cadastre”
Independent work (4.5 hours) - prior to each lesson.
The results of independent work should be written in hand, submitted in manual (paper) form, at least on 5 pages.
1. Description of the provisions of the Part three of „Property Law” of Civil Code
2. Description of the provisions of the Civil Code and the Cadastre Law in relation to real property
3. Description of the provisions of chapter „General Provisions” of the Cadastre Law
4. Description of the provisions of the Cadastre Law in relation to the system of identification of cadastre objects and subjects
5. Preparation for test work
6. Description of the provisions of regulations of Cabinet of Ministers in relation to types of land use, make characterisation of types of land use, showed in the Situation Plan
7. Description of the provisions of Protection Zone Law, etc., in relation to encumbrances, describe the encumbrances represented in the Plan of encumbrances and the restrictions on use of their territory.
8. Description of the provisions of regulations of Cabinet of Ministers in relation to intended use of real property, types of use of constructions and groups of premises
9. Description of the provisions of the Cadastre Law in relation to the registration of cadastre objects
10. Description of the provisions of the Cadastre Law in relation to the formation of real properties in Cadastre information system
11. Description of the provisions of the Cadastre Law in relation to the storage of cadastral documents and cadastral data
12. Description of the provisions of the Cadastre Law in relation to the registration of textual data
13. Description of the provisions of the Cadastre Law in relation to registration of spatial data
14. Description of the provisions of the Land Register Law in relation to the corroboration of property rights
15. Description of the provisions of the Law „On Immovable Property Tax” in relation to the administration of real property tax
16. Description of the provisions of the Cadastre Law in relation to the receiving and issuance of necessary cadastral information

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

The results of studies in the10-point system are evaluated according to the following criteria:
1. Successful check mark on test work results is obtained if at least 50% of questions have been answered correctly
2. Evaluation of laboratory works depends on the volume and quality of the work carried out.
3. Evaluation of independent work depends on the volume and quality of the arguments presented in the discussion.
4. In an oral exam publicly, in the presence of all students of the course, the answers given to the examination questions in public discussion are discussed.
5. Assessment of exam depends on cumulative assessment of results of:
- examination test
- test work
- laboratory works
- independent work
- attendance of classes.
6. Successful mark is obtained if:
- according to the student's answers to exam questions, it is assessed whether they demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of use of cadastral information, have they acquired the skills independently to obtain, collect and register cadastre information, and are able to process and evaluate the obtained results
- have been obtained positive assessment of the results of examination test, test work, laboratory works and independent work
- at least 85% of classes have been attended.

Compulsory reading

1. Kadastrs no viduslaiku nodevu saraksta līdz modernai informācijas sistēmai un daudzfunkcionālam kadastram. Valsts zemes dienests. Rīga, 2013. 311 lpp. Ir LLU FB 2 eks. Izdevums pieejams tiešsaistē: http://issuu.com/vzdatd/docs/gramata_kadastrs_makets_gala_saspie/1?e=7370776/3873019
2. Zemes reforma – atslēga uz īpašumu. Valsts zemes dienests. Rīga, 2013. 335 lpp.
3. Nekustamais īpašums Latvijā 1991 – 2012. A. Kļavis ... u.c. Rīga: Latio, 2012. 384 lpp.
4. Paršova V. Nekustamā īpašuma formēšana. Mācību grāmata. 2. papildinātais izdevums. Jelgava: LLU, 2010. 359 lpp.

Further reading

1. Williamson I., Enemark S., Wallace J., Rajabifard A. Land Administration for Sustainable Development. Redlands, California: ESRI Press Academic, 2010. 487 p.
2. Parsova V., GurskieneV., Kaing M. Real Property Cadastre in Baltic Countries, Jelgava: Latvia University of Agriculture, 2012. 138 p. Izdevums pieejams tiešsaistē http://llufb.llu.lv/Raksti/Real_property_cadaster/Real_property_cadastre_Baltic_countries.pdf

Periodicals and other sources

1. žurnāls “Mērnieks”. ISSN 1407-7124
2. žurnāls “Praktiskais Latvietis”. ISSN 1407-3358
3. www.vzd.gov.lv

Notes

In professional higher education bachelor study program “Land Management and Surveying” full-time studies and part-time studies