Citizens may, using e-services and electronically available information resources, familiarise themselves with useful information in the Cadastre, the Land Register and special thematic cards at any convenient time and place for themselves.

To receive current cadastre text data on your real estate, you can use the e-service of the Latvija.lv State Land Service (VZD) portal.“My data in the cadastre“. You do not need to pay when executing an e-service.

Video on “My Data in Cadastre” is availablehere.

Using VZDdata publishing and e-service portals (Kadastrs.lv)you can view information not only about the properties that you own, but throughout the territory of Latvia. The SSD shall prepare information from available up-to-date data containing:

• data on objects belonging to the person,

• spatial data on land and buildings included in the composition of immovable property or being a joint property object attached to an apartment property, on buildings which are not part of any immovable property, as well as on encumbrance, according toFor the Law on Protection Bars,The Law on Specially Protected Nature Areas,rules on the establishment and management of micro-reserves,The Law on the Protection of Cultural Monumentsetc.

In addition, Kadastrs.lv can be viewed free of charge on thematic cards:

• post-depreciation buildings;

• average qualitative assessment of agricultural land;

• Real estate use targets card.

In addition to portalKadastrs.lvfor available data that can be viewed free of charge, you can use the e-service “Browsing geospatial data of the State Land Service without contractual obligations'where you can look at other useful information:

• spatial data of the cadastre information system (boundaries, structure contours);

• spatial data of the national address register (address, street and road centrelines and borders);

• estate value zoning cards (existing and forecasted value zones);

• an orthodox card, you can browse through more cards at the disposal of the VZD;

• high-detail topographic information and additional connection of other spatial data at the disposal of the SSD;

• topographic maps;

• site name information.

In order to receive information free of charge regarding the immovable properties, property corroborations recorded in the Land Register and to view the computerised Land Register of the immovable property, visit the sites of the State Unified Computerised Land Registerwww.zemesgramata.lvthe “My Data” section.

If you want to find out about the permitted use of real estate owned by you according to the spatial plan or to be in a case course regarding planning topics in the area of interest to you, use the National Unified Geospatial Information PortalGeolatvija.lv, under the heading “Spatial development planning”, where text and geospatial information on all spatial planning documents are available together, as well as information on the planning documents in the public consultation.

More about the portalGeolatvija.lvfor opportunities, read mana.latvija.lv in a life situationParticipation in public administration and public processes. For information of interest, use the search options provided by the portal: by indicating a point on the map; searching by address; searching by the cadastre designation of the unit of land.

Cutting and maintenance

If you have land registered as agricultural land and want to remove a tree or scrub from it, then the trees must be felled in accordance with Cabinet Regulation No. 309 of 2 May 2012.Regulations regarding Tree Felling outside the forest'paragraph 3. A permit for felling from the State Forest Service regarding such overgrown areas is not necessary. There is also no need for authorisation or harmonisation to cut trees with a strain average of less than 20 centimetres in the growing agricultural land, as well as for felling fruit trees and trees which pose a direct threat to human health and life if photofixation has been carried out before.

A local government permit shall be required if the trees are intended to be felled outside forest land located:

• in urban and village areas;

• in a specially protected nature area, with the exception of the protected landscape area and the biosphere reserve of North Waze and the neutral zone of specially protected nature areas;

• in the territory in which cultural monuments are located and in the protection zone thereof;

• in the park;

• the cemetery;

• in an alley;

• along national and municipal roads;

• in the protection zone of water bodies;

• in the protection zone of the coasts of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga;

• and in other cases specified in that provisionIn point 4.

The owner of agricultural land is entitled to cut scrubs, but if the bush is made up of trees and it conforms toforest definition, then it's the Forest Law Object, which is supervised byState Forest Service, in accordance with Cabinet Regulation No. 935,Regulations regarding Tree Felling in the woods”.

If you are not sure, and in order to avoid potential risks, you should consult your local authority about the planned action.The municipality, orin nearby forestry.

If the tree has reached the size of the tree, the felling of such wood shall be permitted if it has become dangerous and a permit of the Nature Protection Board has been obtained. More detailed information on and management of wood is available at:In the management of nature protection.

Limiting invasive plant species

If a plot of land is in your ownership or possession, your responsibility is to limit the spread of invasive plant species that are not representative to the nature of Latvia, which threaten local species and their habitats, cause economic damage or damage to human health and the environment, namely to destroy and prevent the spread of invasive species if they have started to grow. to own your property. The punishment for not performing measures to limit the spread of invasive plant species shall be determined by the Latvian Code of Administrative Violations51. Article ²- the non-performance of measures to limit the spread of invasive plant species shall be subject to a warning or a fine shall be imposed. Cabinet Regulation No. 559 of 14 July 2008The invasive plant species – the hogweed Heracleum sosnowskyi Manden – Species'shall determine separately the limitation of the distribution of the invasive plant species Sosnovska hogweed.

Plant Protection Lawlimiting and identifying the prevalence of invasive plant species has been determined:18. Article ¹, third paragraphit shall be stipulated that the growing of invasive plant species is prohibited in Latvia, and the land owner or possessor has a duty to destroy the plants of these invasive species if they have spread to the land under his or her ownership or possession.

Information on invasive species whose distribution would need to be limited may be obtainedIn the management of nature protection.

Agricultural land not cultivated

Landowners have an obligation to ensure land use according to those highlighted in the land borders plan and on the portalKadastrs.lvregistered uses of land. The fact that the land is overgrown with trees and shrubs means that it has not been properly managed and has been transformed into another use of land.

Land owners have a number of options for further action (according to local authoritiesspatial planningconditions):

• cleaning the overgrown land from the crop and managing it as agricultural land;

• carry out an inventory of the growing forest, further managing it as a forest or plantation forest;

• targeted forest-growing or plantation forest,by submitting an overview of the VMD on forest breeding. It is possible to submit the report electronically by signing it withsecure electronic signature (e-signature)and by sending, usinge-address, or to the e-mail address pasts@vmd.gov.lv.

it may be prohibited to change the land use category, thus, in situations where the owner wishes to change land management in protected nature areas, it is recommended to contactManagement of nature protectionand to find out if there are any restrictions.

The land survey shall be carried out on areas which, according to the information of the State Land Service, are at least 1 ha by type of land use.

Agricultural landowners who bought land after 1 November 2014 but have not started production within three years will applypunishmentdepending on whether the land had been applied for for the single area payment prior to its purchase and whether the natural or legal person was responsible.

For more information on surveying agricultural land:On the LAD site.

The forest owner is obliged to carry out a first-time forest inventory and to submit its dataForestry of the National Forest Service (VMD). Forest inventory shall be carried out by persons certified in the field of forest inventory for which data can be obtainedOn the VMD site.

The forest owner shall inform the State Forest Service each year by 1 February regarding the forest-friendly activity performed in the previous calendar year, if felling of trees, grooming of young stands, forest renewal or forest rearing has been performed in the forest property. The information may be submitted on site in anyVMD in forestry, via mail, or in the form of an electronic document, by signing the application withsecure electronic signature (e-signature)and by sending usinge-address, or to the e-mail address pasts@vmd.gov.lv. You can find sample formsOn the VMD site.

Deforestation

Felling of trees in the forest requires a statement that the forest owner can receive electronically through the use of e-service “Certification for tree felling'on the Latvija.lv portal, in situ at VMD forestry or onlineState register of forestsif the forest owner has an agreement with the WMD on the online use of the information system, the State Forest Register. A statement shall be issued if a submission of the forest owner has been received and the submitted activity conforms to the requirements of regulatory enactments.

Felling of trees in the forest may be carried out using several permitted felling types:

• main felling - for harvesting the main harvests of wood in the forest stand after reaching the age of the main felling or the average of the main felling.

• grooming felling - improvement of forest stand composition, permanent forest stands for tree growth conditions and the state of forest stands.

• sanitary felling - for the felling of forest diseases, pests, animals or other damaged, dry, wind-blown and broken trees.

• reconstructive felling - felling unproductive forest stands in accordance with the procedures specified in regulatory enactments.

• other felling - the type of felling used if felling is necessary for the establishment and maintenance of forest infrastructure and border stiffs, harvesting of dangerous trees, preservation of natural values, landscape building, taking measures for the management of species and habitats.

The forest owner must inform the WMD of the forestry activity carried out in his forest by 1 February each year, where felling of trees, grooming of young stands, forest renewal or forest rearing has been carried out in forest ownership or legal possession by submittingoverview. The report may be submitted to one of the following:forestry, or electronically, signed with a secure electronic signature, and transmitted by means of a secure electronic signature,e-address, or to VMD e-mail:mvmd@vmd.gov.lv

The report must be submitted for the following activities:

• on the rehabilitation of the forest;

• forest-growing;

• grooming of young stands;

• the felling of trees.

 

Restocking and regrowing the forest

The obligation of the forest owner, after the effects of felling or other factors, shall be to restore the forest stand, as well as to ensure the maintenance of the renewed or reared forest stand. Available on the VMD websiteforest renewal rulesthe requirements prescribe both the time-limits for forest renewal and the procedures by which the forest is to be restored, while the species of trees recommended for this purpose are referred to inList of tree species to be used for forest renewal and forest rearingwhich provides for the rehabilitation of the forest with five main, economically usable species of wood: birch, pine, spruce, aspen and baltalksy. The forest owner shall perform forest reconstruction work and shall notify the State Forest Service of the progress made. About rebuilding the forest, read moreOn the VMD site.

Compensation for forest owners for restrictions on economic activity

Land owners whose assets are located in a specially protected nature territory or in a micro-reserve and, consequently, are subject to restrictions on economic activity shall be entitled to compensation for the unobtained property benefit which they cannot obtain due to restrictions on economic activity.

Compensation is provided for in the Law "On compensation for restrictions on economic activity in protected areas', which provides for two types of compensation:

• compensation for restrictions on forest-friendly activity; or

• land repurchases.

For more compensation and activities in specially protected nature areas and micro-reserves, read the Natural Protection Authoritieson the website.

Estate Tax Payment

Using an e-service“Real estate tax pay online”, you may pay the real estate tax on your or other persons' property recorded in the Land Register, including agricultural land.

Real estate tax shall not be subject to:

• land in specially protected nature areas in which economic activity is prohibited by law;

• buildings, engineering structures and land used for the protection of nature in specially protected nature areas, occupied by renewed or reared forest stands (young stands);

and there are othersexceptions.

Area payments

Area payments shall constitute annual financial support for farmers or forest owners. Any natural or legal person shall be entitled to a financial contribution from the State and the European Union which may be received for each hectare managed by agricultural land or forest land. Payments may be made if the farmer fulfils all the conditions for receiving the aid, the main of which is that the land is managed and maintained. For area payments, read moreOn the LAD site.

Power line protection zones, an easement path and many other burdens reduce the cadastral value of real estate. If there is a lower cadastral value, the real estate tax shall also be reduced accordingly. The owner of the immovable property may use the e-service of the State Land Service (VZD) to ascertain the encumbrances registered in the Cadastre and the areas occupied by them.My data in the cadastre'on the portal Latvija.lv.

More details of the burdens can be searched foramelioration in cadastreandin the nature data management system “Ozola”, where interactive maps are available, andEncircled Territories Information System (ATIS).

 

It is the responsibility of each landowner to know and also to maintain his or her own ownershipborders of units of land. The land property starts and ends where it is marked with border marks in the area. In order to avoid disputes or even judicial proceedings with the owner of the adjacent land, it is necessary to know exactly where the property borders are, so where the right of action ends. Failure to comply with borders can also have consequences such as recovering losses, such as trees felled in foreign ownership.

If the border marks have been destroyed or have disappeared over time, the owner shall refer to the ground in the cadastral survey to a certified surveyor with a request for border surveys or border renewal.

The measuring officer may:

• to evaluate the documents of the cadastral survey of land;

• clarify the compatibility of the boundary in the area with the plan, the Land Border Survey/Determination Act;

• to perform an evaluation of the results obtained in the survey and survey of the borders of a unit of land in order to comply with the requirements of regulatory enactments;

• prepare an opinion on the findings;

• take a decision on the progress of the ground cadastral survey work and, if necessary, on solutions in specific situations.