Land Register Act.

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This Act provides for the procedures relative to the keeping of land registers. The text of the Act consists of 81 sections divided into 11 Chapters: General provisions (1); Content of land register (2); Register entries (3); Registration; (4); Division and merger of registered immovable properties (5); Correction of Register entries (6); Rewriting and rewording (7); Appeals and complaints (8); Closing register part (9); Access and extracts (10); Electronic Land Register (11); Implementation of Act (11). Land registries located in county and city courts shall maintain land registers (sect. 2). Section 2 also states that the State is liable for damage caused as a result of unlawful activity (not defined) of a land registry. The country is divided into land jurisdictions corresponding with the jurisdiction of the court or city to which the registry is attached. The register consists of (1) a register; (2) a land registry journal; (3) a land registry file.

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