If you are dissatisfied with a decision concerning a registration matter

Submit your appeal in writing

The appeal must be written to the district court but must be submitted or sent to Lantmäteriet. This is because Lantmäteriet must examine whether the appeal has been received in due time. If the appeal has been received within the deadline, Lantmäteriet will submit the appeal to the district court.

Your request must always be sent or submitted in writing to Lantmäteriet.
Letters shall be sent to Lantmäteriet Fastighetsinskrivning, 761 80 Norrtälje.
E-mails shall be sent to fastighetsinskrivning@lm.se.
You can also submit your request at one of our offices.

This is what the appeal must contain

An appeal must contain information about:

• the decision being appealed (for example property unit designation and case number)
• in which part the decision is appealed, and which change you want
• the grounds of appeal (why you think the decision is wrong)
• the evidence relied on and what you want to prove with each piece of evidence.

Specific requirements for different types of appeals may apply. They are described on this page.

Is an appeal necessary or is a rectification sufficient?

In some cases, instead of appealing the decision, you can request the rectification of an incorrect information in the land register section of the Real Property Register. A prerequisite for this is that the inaccuracy is obvious and that it is due to a clerical error by the land registration authority or another party, some comparable oversight or a technical fault. Decisions in a rectification case will be made by Lantmäteriet.

More information for appealing decisions in a title registration transaction

By title registration transactions, we mean transactions concerning registration of ownership, mortgage, site leasehold, easement or right of user and note transactions.

Below you can find a summary of deadlines, reference to relevant sections of the legislation and any additional information about requirements for your request that apply to title registration transactions:

Rectification of information in the registration part of the Property Register

There is no time limit for when you need to submit your rectification request.

Legislation: Chapter 19 Section 22 Subsection 1 of the Land Code

Appeal of final decisions (rejection, refusal, grant) or decision to declare an application dormant.

Your appeal needs to have reached us within three weeks of the day on which a notification or a certificate of the decision was made available to the applicant (see date on the notification). The writing may always be submitted within four weeks of the title registration day on which the decision was returned.

The appeal must be written to the district court responsible for the area where the property is located but must be submitted to Lantmäteriet. If you do not know which district court the property belongs to, you can search for the property's postcode on the Swedish Courts website (new window).

Legislation: Chapter 19, Sections 32 and 34 of the Land Code

More information for appealing decisions regarding stamp duty

You can request an amendment of stamp duty if the decision is clearly incorrect, for example due to new circumstances, and the decision can be changed quickly and easily. Decisions in a case about amendment of stamp duty will be made by Lantmäteriet.

It is also possible to appeal a decision concerning stamp duty. The district court will then examine whether the stamp duty decision is incorrect. For information on what needs to be stated in the appeal, see information on appeals of decisions in registration cases above.

Below you can find a summary of deadlines, reference to relevant sections of the legislation and any additional information on requirements for your request regarding stamp duty decisions:

Amendment of stamp duty

There is no time limit for when you need to submit your stamp duty amendment request.

Legislation: Section 37 a of the Stamp Duty Act

Refund of stamp duty

Refund of stamp duty means that you do not have to pay tax, or that you can get the tax you have already paid refunded. You can claim a refund of stamp duty if a registration of ownership, site leasehold or mortgage has been annulled, i.e., declared invalid, which is decided via Lantmäteriet or judgment from a court. You can also claim a refund of stamp duty if the tax you have already paid could not be settled in full in a so-called transport purchase, according to Section 7 of the Stamp Duty Act.

Your request for a refund of stamp duty needs to have reached us within three years from the date on which the tax was decided, and at the latest within one year after the reason for recovery has occurred.

Legislation: Sections 36-37 of the Stamp Duty Act

Postponement of payment of stamp duty

Your request for postponement of payment of stamp duty can be made at the earliest when applying for registration of ownership or site leasehold, and no later than one year after the date on which the stamp duty was determined.

Legislation: Sections 32 a-b of the Stamp Duty Act

Appeal of determination of stamp duty, post-taxation and refund of stamp duty

Your appeal must have reached us no later than three years from the date of the decision.

The appeal must be written to the district court responsible for the area where the property is located but must be sent to Lantmäteriet. If you do not know which district court your property belongs to, you can search for the property's postcode on the Swedish Courts website (new window).

Legislation: Section 39 of the Stamp Duty Act

Appeal of other decisions concerning stamp duty

Applies, for example, to postponement of payment according to Section 32 a, deferral of payment according to Section 32 and imposition of a fine according to Section 28 of the Stamp Duty Act. Your appeal needs to have reached us no later than three weeks from the day the notification was made available to the applicant (see date on the notification) or four weeks from the registration day when the decision was announced.

The appeal must be written to the district court responsible for the area where the property is located but must be submitted to Lantmäteriet. If you do not know which district court your property belongs to, you can search for the property's postcode on the Swedish Courts website (new window).

Legislation: Section 38 of the Stamp Duty Act and chapter 19 Section 34 of the Land Code

More information for appealing decisions regarding handling fees

You can also appeal or request rectification of a decision on handling fees.

Below you can find a summary of deadlines, reference to relevant sections of the legislation and any additional information about requirements for your request that apply to handling fees:

Appeal of decisions on handling fees

Your appeal needs to have reached us no later than one year from the day you paid the fee. You can also submit your appeal before you have paid the fee.

Decisions on expedition fees must be appealed to the Tax Agency but must be submitted to Lantmäteriet. The invoice must be attached to the appeal.

Legislation: Section 24 Land Register Ordinance

Rectification of handling fees

There is no time limit for when you need to submit your handling fee rectification request.

Legislation: Sections 36-39 of the Administrative Procedure Act

Did you fail to appeal in time?

If you have not appealed a decision within the statutory deadline and you had legal excuse (i.e., it is due to something beyond your control, for example a problem in the mail or a serious illness that prevented you from appealing in due time) you can apply for a so-called restoration of expired time. If the application is granted, this means that you get a new deadline for appeal.

The application for restoration of expired time is to be made in writing to the Court of Appeal. The application must be submitted within three weeks of the termination of the excuse and, at the latest, within one year of the expiration of the period.

Restoration of expired time is regulated in chapter 58 section 11-13 of The Swedish Code of Judicial Procedure. For more information about the application for restoration of expired time, you can also contact the Court of Appeal that is responsible for the area where your property is located.