What is a cadastral number
According to the legislation of Ukraine, a cadastral number of a land plot is a parameter of spatial indexing in the cadastral system of Ukraine, which remains unchanged throughout the entire physical and legal existence of the land plot as a whole.
To put it simply, it’s like an identification number that every citizen of Ukraine has. Only in the cadastral number, information about the location of the land plot, its designated purpose, boundaries, and other important data is “stored.”
A unique digital code is assigned to a land plot during registration in the State Land Cadastre and is not repeated throughout the territory of Ukraine. The form of the State Act indicating the cadastral number was approved on April 2, 2002 (CMU Resolution No. 449), in connection with which State Acts of the old sample do not contain a cadastral number. Of course, they are valid without it, but according to Article 132 of the Land Code of Ukraine, each agreement on the transfer of ownership of a land plot must contain a cadastral number. Having a cadastral number, you can check if the land plot is registered in the State Land Cadastre system by using the Public Cadastre Map of Ukraine.
What a cadastral number consists of
A cadastral number consists of 19 digits, separated by colons. And it should be noted that these digits are not random:
- The first 10 digits outline the boundaries of the administrative-territorial structure of Ukraine (settlement).
- The next 2 – the number of the cadastral zone in relation to the administrative region.
- The next 3 – the number of the cadastral quarter in relation to the cadastral zone.
- The last 4 – inform about the location of the land plot in relation to the cadastral quarter. The cadastral number changes only in cases of division/unification of land plots and reassignment to other administrative-territorial units. In this case, the canceled cadastral number receives archive status and is no longer used. In case of a change of owner or user, the cadastral number remains unchanged.
Why is a cadastral number needed?
Today, without a cadastral number, it is impossible to carry out any legal transaction with a land plot:
- sale;
- donation;
- inheritance;
- pledge;
- exchange;
- division or unification;
- lease;
- contribution to the statutory fund of an enterprise;
- sale of a house or building located on the plot.
It should also be noted that according to Article 13 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Procedure for Allocation in Kind (on the Ground) of Land Plots to Owners of Land Shares (Pais)” if as of January 1, 2025, the owner of an unclaimed land share (pai) or his heir has not formalized the ownership right to the land plot, he is considered to have refused to receive the land plot. Therefore, obtaining a cadastral number for a land plot that already belongs to a person on the basis of a state act on land ownership, but which does not have a cadastral number, is a necessary condition for registering the ownership right to the land plot itself.
How to obtain a cadastral number?
- Owners of land plots, the ownership right to which is certified by a State Act without indicating a cadastral number, should contact a land management organization that has a certified land management engineer on staff — LLC “Mykolaiv Regional Engineering Center.”
- The next step is ordering from us technical documentation on land management regarding the establishment (restoration) of land plot boundaries in kind (on the ground), which is the basis for obtaining a cadastral number. It is on the basis of this documentation that state registration of the land plot takes place (CMU Resolution No. 1051 dated October 17, 2012).
- After receiving the above documentation, we apply on your behalf to the administrative services center and order the service “State registration of a land plot with the issuance of an extract from the State Land Cadastre.”