Property owners risk losing their rights: why an extract from the State Register of Property Rights is mandatory.

Many owners believe that if they have a purchase and sale agreement or a certificate of inheritance, they automatically become property owners. But in reality, it is much more complicated: to have official confirmation of ownership rights, it is necessary to register information about the property and the owner in the State Register of Property Rights (SRPR).

Without an extract from the SRPR, you are not an owner in the legal sense, even if you have all other documents. This is the only document recognized by the state as the main proof of ownership rights, emphasize the

Central Interregional Administration of the Ministry of Justice (Kyiv)

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What documents confirm ownership rights in 2025

The only official confirmation of ownership rights remains the extract from the SRPR. It contains:

• complete data of the owner;
• address and description of the object;
• cadastral number;
• legal basis for acquisition;
• existing encumbrances or prohibitions.

The extract can be obtained in several ways: through the 'Diia' portal, at a notary, or at the Center for Administrative Services. For this, you need a passport, identification code, and the address of the object.

What documents are considered only supplementary

Until 2016, the main confirmation of ownership was a certificate from the Bureau of Technical Inventory (BTI) or the local council. Now these documents lose their validity without entering data in the SRPR. The same situation applies to purchase and sale agreements, gift agreements, court decisions, or certificates of inheritance.

They remain important for explaining the grounds for acquiring ownership rights, but by themselves, they do not serve as confirmation of this right.

How to confirm inherited real estate

Receiving inheritance is only the first step. After receiving the certificate of inheritance from the notary, it must be registered in the SRPR and an extract obtained. Only after these procedures can the heir be considered a full-fledged owner in the legal sense.

Without this registration process, problems may arise when selling or transferring such property.

Confirming property ownership in Ukraine is a critically important procedure, and the most mandatory document is the extract from the State Register of Property Rights. This document contains key information about the owner and the property object and is the only official proof of ownership rights in a legal sense. Therefore, it is important for owners to have this extract to avoid potential legal issues or misunderstandings.