Execution time: 1.5 – 3 hours
Consultation while executing: free of charge
Documents for an individual: Passports and TINs of the parties, Consent of a property owner’s spouse, in case the owner was married when purchasing the property, as well as passport, TIN, marriage certificate or a notarized permit application, executed before
Documents for a legal entity representative: Legal entity documents (articles of association, extract), Director’s (company authorized representative’s) passport and TIN and documents confirming the director’s authority (order of the director’s appointment, minutes of election of the director), notarized power of attorney, if the authorized person is acting., Seal, Legal entity’s decision to conclude a tenancy agreement (minutes of general meeting)
Required real estate documents: Real estate title documents , Technical certificate for real estate , Real estate expert assessment report, Certificate of registered persons, if the property is not in the city of Kyiv (if the property is in the city of Kyiv, before consultation it is necessary to check whether your apartment is included in the register of registered persons. If not, then you should additionally contact the Administrative Services Centre for entering the data), If minors are registered in the apartment, then it is necessary to obtain permission from the guardianship authorities to conclude an agreement, If the title of ownership arose before 2013, you should obtain from the Technical Inventory Bureau a fact sheet stating that as of 01.01.2013 the property belonged to the seller
Please note: Sale and purchase agreement for an apartment is certified by a notary at the location of the property or at the place of registration of one of the parties. That is, a notary of the city of Kyiv can certify the agreement if the property is located within the city of Kyiv or one of the parties to the agreement is registered in the city of Kyiv.
So, you have finally decided to buy an apartment and found an optimal variant; now there is little left to be done: you should reregister the property right. Or you are selling your own apartment and have no idea what you should start with.
Currently, all agreements for purchase and sale of realty shall be notarised, which secures their legality. Today, a notary, when certifying an agreement for purchase and sale of an apartment, at the same time registers the new owner’s property right with the State Register of Property Rights. It means that when you leave the notary’s office, you are already a rightful owner of the apartment and you do not need to register your property right with any other authorities.
When certifying an agreement for purchase and sale, a notary checks all documents submitted to conclude the agreement, any bans or prohibitions on the alienation of the apartment, the validity of the power of attorney (in case the agreement is concluded by an attorney).
Note that if an apartment has been owned by the seller for over three years and the sale of this apartment is a first sale of realty during the year, the income resulted from the sale is tax-exempt.
