The Presumption of Reliability of Registered Data
Legal due diligence of real estate rests on the norms of the Law on the Public Registry, represented here by Articles 5, 6, 7, 10 and 19. The foundation is Article 5: a presumption of reliability operates towards data registered in the public registry unless they are declared no longer in force, void or nonexistent by the procedure established under Georgian legislation. A registry entry is therefore the starting level of truth, overturned only as the law provides.
Due diligence works with this presumption: retrieve the registered data, check their completeness, and identify cases where an entry has been declared no longer in force or void. A seller's verbal assurance cannot replace the presumption — what matters is what the registry says.