From Tuesday, 6 January 2026, residents and businesses will have access to the Unified Building Registration Service, which will significantly reduce bureaucratic burdens, simplify service delivery, and make the process more efficient and cost-effective. The Ministry of Justice, in cooperation with the State Land Service and the Court Administration, has substantially reformed the registration and data flow of buildings by introducing a unified and digitalized process—from commissioning a building to registering data in the Cadastre and confirming property ownership in the Land Register.
With these changes, the registration period in the Cadastre Information System is reduced from 32 to 10 working days. In cases where a large volume of data must be registered—more than three buildings, 10 room groups, or 100 rooms from a single construction case—the period will be up to 15 working days.
Under the unified process, cadastral surveying files and on-site building inspections are no longer required. The State Land Service will register building data in the Cadastre based on documents submitted through the Construction Information System (BIS). A single payment will cover both the Cadastre registration fee and the Land Register office fee for new constructions. Payment and process progress can be conveniently monitored through the BIS construction case and the Kadastrs.lv portal, ensuring a clear, transparent, and user-friendly service.
Justice Minister Inese Lībiņa-Egnere emphasizes: “Every day a building is ready to receive occupants but waits for commissioning costs our residents and the economy disproportionately. Attracting investment and reducing unnecessary administrative burdens in construction has been one of the most important bureaucracy-reduction priorities in 2025. From now on, property owners will no longer need to visit three different institutions—the building authority, the State Land Service, and the Land Register. One submission will suffice, and the responsible institutions will automatically complete the remaining registration steps. This means buildings will enter circulation faster, costs will be lower, and the business environment in Latvia will become more attractive to investors.”
According to the State Land Service, registration costs for private houses will be approximately halved, while savings for larger projects can reach several thousand euros. The unified process applies when a landowner constructs a new building or engineering structure on their land or reconstructs or renovates an existing building, engineering structure, or room group, such as an apartment. In such cases, the landowner submits a single application in BIS, which simultaneously completes the commissioning of the building, data registration in the Cadastre, and, if necessary, property ownership confirmation in the Land Register.
The unified process will automatically apply to all construction projects started in BIS from 6 January 2026 if the landowner is building on their own land. It can also be applied to ongoing construction projects where commissioning has not yet been completed, provided all required documents are attached, including floor or room group plans, vector files of as-built measurements, and building photos if required.
More information about the Unified Building Registration Service and its costs is available on the State Land Service website.