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Have you acquired a property or plot of land through purchase, gift, inheritance, division of property or estate? Then you must apply for legal registration or registration of land tenure holdings. You must make the application within three months of the acquisition.
How do I apply?
An animated film (in swedish) to help you who want to apply for legal registration.
Apply via our e-service or by post
Apply for title deed or registration of leasehold holdings you make to register that you are the owner. Choose whether you want to use our e-service or send in the application by post.
Which documents must be included in the application?
Which documents to send with depends on how you have acquired the property or the plot of land; via purchase, gift, division of property, inheritance or estate.
Submit the application via our e-service
You who have e-identification can make your application, or help someone else apply, via our e-service. When you apply for legal registration or registration of land tenure holdings via the e-service, the attached acquisition document, any proxies and consents must be electronic copies of the original documents.
This means that you must scan or photograph the documents in the original and attach them as files. You must also certify in the e-service that electronic copies of the original documents are attached. You do this by checking a special box in the e-service when you attach the files.
If you apply via the e-service, you do not send us any documents by post.
Sign the acquisition document in writing
The acquisition document must be signed in writing. It is not possible to sign the document electronically via BankID or another electronic signing solution.
Electronic signatures are not valid when transferring property in accordance with the requirements of the law. Lantmäteriet can therefore not grant legal registration or registration of land tenure holdings on the basis of electronically signed acquisition documents.
Digitally signed documents, on the other hand, can be accepted where Lantmäteriet has no requirement that originals be sent in, such as statutes, minutes and more.
Information sheet – Digital and physical signing of documents (in Swedish, pdf, new window).
Send one application per acquisition document
If you have acquired several shares of a property in separate acquisition documents, a separate application needs to be submitted for each document. This also applies to transport purchases where the property is transferred within three months on unchanged terms.
Examples of situations where several acquisition documents occur:
- You have bought several shares of a property in separate deeds of sale
- You have received several shares of a property as a gift in separate deeds of gift
- You have inherited several shares of a property from different transferors.
How our e-service works
To learn more about how the e-service works, take a look at:
- user manual for Application for legal registration and mortgage and supplement (in Swedish, pdf, new window)
- information sheet Application for deed and mortgage with e-identification (in Swedish, pdf, new window).
- tips for problems logging in to the e-service
- information about e-identification.
Submit the application by post
If you do not have an e-mail address or e-identification, you can you must instead send in your application by post. You must enclose the original acquisition document as well as any other documents that may be needed in the case. Please note that proxies and concessions must also be submitted in the original. We will send the original documents that you submit back to you.
Fill in one of the forms Application for deed or Application for registration of land ownership.
Send your application to:
Lantmäteriet
Property registration
761 80 Norrtälje
If you have acquired a building on undeveloped land
If you have acquired a building on undeveloped land, you should not apply for legal registration, instead you must report the acquisition to one of the Swedish Tax Agency's offices that have property assessment and announce that you have become the owner of the building.
If you have acquired an agricultural unit in a sparsely populated area
If you have acquired a property that is taxed as an agricultural unit and is located in a sparsely populated area, the following documents must be submitted:
- Application for title deed for the person who bought, received or inherited the property, the official designation of the property must be included in the application (for example Gävle Torp 1: 1).
- Acquisition original, for example a purchase document, gift document, succession, will or estate division agreement. Please state in the acquisition document that it is, for example, a gift from parents to children.
- Land acquisition permit from the County Administrative Board or other document that shows that a permit is not needed.
You may need to apply for a land acquisition permit
Have you acquired the property from an outside person, a relative or a sibling, you need to apply for a land acquisition permit. In most cases, legal persons need to apply for a land acquisition permit in the case of agricultural properties located in sparsely populated areas.
This also applies if it is a purchase or gift in the direct descending line, for example from a parent / grandparent to a child or a purchase or gift between spouses.
If you have been registered in a sparsely populated area in the municipality where the property is located for at least one year, you also do not need to apply for a land acquisition permit.
You must apply for a land acquisition permit within three months of the acquisition document being signed, otherwise the purchase or gift will be invalid. This means that you can no longer apply for legal registration or land acquisition permit with the support of the acquisition document.
You must apply for a land acquisition permit with the County Administrative Board in the county where the property is located.
Example 1
You and your partner receive a property that is taxed as an agricultural unit as a gift from your parents. You are both registered in another municipality. In this case, you do not need to apply for a land acquisition permit because it is a gift from your parents, but your partner needs it.
Example 2
You inherit a property that is taxed as an agricultural unit from your aunt and seeks legal registration with the support of the will. You do not need to apply for a land acquisition permit because it is an inheritance. After you have been granted legal title, you want to give part of the property as a gift to your wife. She also does not have to apply for a land acquisition permit because you are married.
Example 3
You buy a property that is taxed as an agricultural unit and which is adjacent to a property you already own. As you are not registered on any of the properties, you need to apply for a land acquisition permit, even though you already own the adjacent property.
Example 4
You buy a property that is taxed as an agricultural unit and moves to the property in connection with the purchase. Even though you already live on the property when you apply for legal registration, you still need to apply for a land acquisition permit because you have not been registered at the address for at least one year.
Example 5
You are co-owners of a property that is taxed as an agricultural unit and you and your brother buy out the other co-owners. In this case, you do not need to apply for a land acquisition permit because you already own a share of the property, but your brother does.
If you have acquired an owner-occupied apartment
In 2009, a new form of housing was introduced in Sweden - owner-occupied apartments. This means that it is possible to own your own apartment in an apartment building. If you have acquired an owner-occupied flat, you must apply for a deed according to the same rules as for other types of property.
Questions and answers
Lantmäteriet provides general information when you start a case or seek information about our operations. For example, it could be about how you apply for deed, land right, contractual easement or which e-services and forms should be used.
It can also be about which documents you need to send with your application. You can also order extracts from our registers.
It is not part of Lantmäteriet's mission to give advice on, for example, how a property division or inheritance should be carried out, on tax planning or to give advice on how regulations or older decisions can be interpreted. We also cannot give advance notice in cases.
If you need help with your questions, get suggestions on the appropriate course of action or help with interpreting or creating legal documents, we refer you to the private market via external advisers or agents.
By acquisition document we mean one of the following alternatives:
- purchase document (in the case of purchase)
- gift document (in the case of gift)
- succession, division of property and succession document, will or estate register (in the case of inheritance)
- division of property (in the case of division of property)
- estate register (in the case of estate).
You who have protected personal data can make your application via our e-service or by sending your application by post.
In the e-service, you need to enter your name manually as confidential information is not displayed to the user of the e-service.
A certified copy means that a photocopy has been taken of the original. On the photocopy you write that the copy corresponds to the original, and add your signature.
In most cases, the application is submitted in a timely manner. If the application is not received within three months, Lantmäteriet can send an injunction asking you to apply for a title deed or registration of leasehold ownership.
It is in the buyer's interest to secure his ownership of the property it acquired. Lantmäteriet does not conduct any outreach, which means that the authority must be informed that an acquisition took place together with a basis that substantiates the claim. This can be done, for example, by the previous owner coming in with a statement and at the same time attaching a copy of the acquisition document.
Exception from the obligation to apply for title deeds or registration of leasehold rights:
- An estate is only obliged to apply for title deeds or registration of leasehold ownership upon transfer of property.
- A spouse or cohabitant who has been assigned real property in the event of division of property is only obliged to apply for title to the acquisition when the property previously belonged to the other spouse or cohabitant. However, a spouse or cohabitant has the right to apply for a title deed even when the property before the division of property belonged to him or herself.