The Essence of Title Search and Its Legal Framework
A title search service means planned work with the data of the public registry, and its legal framework on this page is represented by Articles 5, 6 and 10. The starting principle comes from Article 5: towards data registered in the public registry a presumption of reliability operates, unless they are declared no longer in force, void or nonexistent in the manner established by Georgian legislation. The purpose of the search is precisely to obtain documentary coverage of these data in full and to assess them legally.
In practice this means that a search is not simply pulling a certificate: it is a process that begins with identifying the specific property, continues through a proper request and ends with receiving the document and analysing its content. Each stage can meet obstacles, and this is exactly why a search needs legal accompaniment.
The Extract and Its Sources
Article 10 provides that an extract from the registry of rights to immovables is prepared on the basis of the unified databank of the registries of rights to immovables, public-law restrictions, tax liens or mortgages, and debtors, and reflects the data registered in those registries and in force at the moment of preparation. The retrieved document thus combines a picture of rights, restrictions and obligations as of a given time.
The extract from the public registry is issued to any person and is prepared together with the decision on registration, and where registered data exist — upon payment of the corresponding fee; its content and form are defined by an instruction. The practical value of the search lies in the rule that, when effecting a transaction or another legal act concerning an immovable — apart from establishing the right of inheritance — the interested person's authority is established only by an extract from the public registry. The retrieved document is thus not merely informative: it is the sole means of confirming authority for the deal.