Municipalities ignoring Land Registry

Around half of Greece's municipalities have yet to declare their properties to the Hellenic Land Registry, as in many cases they do not have the necessary ownership deeds, according to the association of companies that undertake cadastral projects (SEGEK). 

This was highlighted in a letter to Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis (to whom the responsibility of the cadastre was recently transferred) noting the reduced participation of public bodies in the cadastral areas, three years after its inception. 

"The biggest problem are the municipalities that are looking for and cannot find ownership titles for schools, municipal buildings, squares etc," said SEGEK President Sotiris Liaros.

"I estimate that 50% of the municipalities in the cadastral areas have not yet declared their municipal property. Many contractors have tried to help the technical...