The registration in the cadastre will cost 1000 CZK, twice as much as before

Prague - The Senate today approved an increase in the fee for registration in the cadastre from the current 500 to 1000 crowns. According to the government, the higher fee is expected to bring over 300 million crowns to the state annually. Minister of Agriculture Petr Bendl (ODS) told senators that the fee has remained unchanged since 1994.
    According to Senator Jan Horník (for STAN), the cadastre offices will not receive a single koruna from the increased fee for the digitalization of cadastre maps, as the amount will become income for the state budget.
    According to the Ministry of Agriculture, higher fees are charged elsewhere in Europe. For example, in Germany, registering a family house in the cadastre costs 400 euros, or nearly 10,000 crowns, in Austria a percentage of the house's price, and in Slovakia, it costs 66 euros, or about 1600 crowns.
    The cadastre offices collect hundreds of millions of crowns annually from fees. For example, two years ago, it was 596 million crowns, of which 316 million crowns was for registrations in the cadastre.
    The amendment will bring administrative relief to companies. They will not have to attach extracts from the commercial register if the information can be verified online. Proposals to initiate registration proceedings will be submitted on a designated form. The amendment also eliminates the filing of vexatious lawsuits aimed at making it difficult or impossible for competitors to establish a real right to property.
    The amendment will also allow for the deletion of old liens taken from the land registry maintained until 1964.