---
title: "Land Purchase Legal Services"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/real-estate-law-en/land-purchase-legal-services-en"
field: "Real Estate Law"
description: "Land purchase: Articles 9, 10, 11, 13 and 15 — registration procedure, extracts, registrable rights and priority rules. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-11-04"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Land Purchase Legal Services

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/real-estate-law-en/land-purchase-legal-services-en

## Land Purchase — the Legal Framework of the Public Registry

The purchase of a land plot is built around the public registry of rights to immovable property: it is the registry that determines who the owner is, what rights and restrictions exist on the plot and which application deserves priority. The law on the public registry regulates this process with detailed rules — from the general principles of registration to the ranking of rights. This page explains what a land buyer needs to know about registration procedure, extracts, registrable rights and priority.

The greatest part of the risk in a land transaction is connected precisely with registration matters: incomplete documentation, unknown restrictions or a late-filed application can derail the transaction or shift the right to another person.

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### What does a lawyer check in a land purchase?

The extract and cadastral plan, registered rights and restrictions on the plot, the status of structures and the preconditions of registration — including payment of the fee.

### Why is timely filing of the application important?

Of mutually exclusive rights the earlier-submitted one is registered; ranking is counted by submission time, so delay risks the loss of the right.

### Does a lease pass to the new owner?

Registered rights and obligations, including leases and privatization conditions, pass unchanged to the new owner save for cases determined by legislation.

### How is the seller's authority established?

In a transaction on immovable property the interested person's authority is established only by an extract from the public registry.