Finding information about properties that interest you may seem complicated, but tools such as the Online Land Registry make the process much easier. Below, you'll find out what this tool is, what its main functions are and how to access cadastral information online.
What is the online land registry?
The online land registry is a website or digital platform that provides online access to Spain's official database of the Property Registry. Citizens, businesses and public bodies can consult public information such as a property's surface area, use and year of construction, as well as carry out a range of procedures without having to visit a physical office.
Functions of the online land registry
The virtual land registry is a useful tool for many areas of the property sector:
- Administrative procedures: Consult files, download certificates and notifications and submit declarations or correction requests.
- Property transactions: Obtain key information on properties for sales, rentals, inheritances, valuations and appraisals.
- Dispute resolution: Use official cadastral records as documentary evidence in matters relating to boundaries or property verification.
What information can be viewed on the online land registry website?
The cadastre allows users to access information about homes and all types of real estate assets, including:
- Detailed mapping of cities, towns and rural areas.
- Cartographic views covering all areas of Spain, a continuous mapping system, including both urban and rural land, within the same municipality and between neighbouring municipalities.
- Cadastral reference searches.
- Procedures, declarations and special requests.
- Download documents related to land and property.
- Tax calculations relating to land and property.
- Graphical Validation Reports for properties, plots and other types of assets.
The online land registry also provides access to a property search engine and map viewer, allowing users to explore cadastral information in detail.
Can incorrect cadastral data be corrected?
Although errors in cadastral records are uncommon, they can occur. In most cases, notaries, property registrars, local authorities and the Tax Agency are responsible for communicating changes to the cadastre.
However, depending on the type of information involved, individuals can request corrections relating to:
- Ownership: You can change the owner of a property and update each owner's participation percentage.
- Geometry: Property boundaries and surface areas can be corrected if they are inaccurately represented in cadastral plans.
- Uses: Building uses and agricultural classifications can be amended if incorrectly recorded.
- Valuation: Land and building values can be reviewed, for example, where rural land has been wrongly classified as urban land or where a property's characteristics are inaccurate.
If you wish to request a correction, you can:
Visit your local land registry office.
- Go to one of the Cadastral Information Points available at your local council or other public institutions.
The online land registry by province
With the idealista/maps tool, you can consult cadastral information for any Spanish province and explore detailed property and land data through an interactive map.
- Consult the virtual land registry in Madrid
- Consult the virtual land registry in Valencia
- Consult the virtual land registry in Barcelona
- Consult the virtual land registry in Seville
- Consult the virtual land registry in Granada
- Consult the virtual land registry in A Coruña
- Consult the virtual land registry in Asturias
- Consult the virtual land registry in Badajoz
- Consult the virtual land registry in Cantabria
- Consult the virtual land registry in Cuenca
- Consult the virtual land registry in Murcia
- Consult the virtual land registry in Navarre
- Consult the virtual land registry in Valladolid
- Consult the virtual land registry in Zaragoza
