How to find out the owner of an apartment by address or cadastral number (online, free)

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In order not to be deceived, you need to carefully read the documents for the apartment and check not only its history, but also find out the owner of the apartment, because it is his signature that must appear in the transaction agreement. The question remains, how to find out the owner of an apartment by address for free via the Internet?

Why is it necessary to know the owner of the apartment?

This is important to clarify whether one of them is a minor child or an incapacitated person. Then the seller will need the approval of the guardianship and trusteeship authority. Knowing this, the buyer will protect himself, reduce or eliminate his risks associated with fraudulent activities.

Owner verification - why is this important?

Buying real estate: an apartment, a house or any other object is, of course, a very joyful event. However, transactions are always associated with certain risks, so you need to approach the issue of finding the most suitable option and thoroughly checking all legal aspects with all responsibility.

Unfortunately, in the modern world, situations are quite common when sellers do not approach the issue of sales very conscientiously. We are not even talking about fraudulent schemes, but about the lack of additional documents and certificates. This may not affect the registration of the transaction, but it may bring a lot of problems to the buyer in the future.

What you need to check without fail:

Is the owner of the apartment married?
Are legal proceedings ongoing against him?
Is the seller involved in bankruptcy cases?
Is the seller really competent?

However, the very first step on the path to buying an apartment is the need to find out who is the owner of the apartment according to the law. At a minimum, you will need to know his full name for sure. This information will already help you in conducting your mini-investigation. This can be done in several ways, which we will discuss in detail below.

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By cadastral number or address

One of the easiest ways is to find out the owner of the apartment by cadastral number or address. This can be done through the official portal of Rosreestr or through the official mobile application of the structure. The step-by-step algorithm of actions in this case will look like this:

Go to the Rosreestr website;
On the main page, enter the address or cadastral number of the property in the appropriate field for the request;
Pay for the statement;
You receive the documents and compare them with those provided to you by the real estate seller.

Depending on the selected type of statement, you can find out the following information about the object:

Full name of the owner of the property;
Type of ownership;
Permitted use;
Cadastral value of the property;
Presence or absence of encumbrances/restrictions;
History of transfer of ownership.

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that by ordering certificates from Rosreestr you can obtain information about all transactions and changes on a competitive object since 1998. If the situation is such that the apartment has been owned by the same person since an even earlier date, for example, since 1995, then it will not be possible to obtain information.

An extract from the Unified State Register or Rosreestr is the easiest way to find out the owner of an apartment by address online. However, it is worth considering here that the service is provided to citizens on a commercial basis. If you only need to know the owner's full name, then this is the cheapest option. The amount varies from 250 to 350 rubles depending on the region. The most expensive is to obtain an extract that contains a verification of the owner using the Ministry of Internal Affairs databases. The cost of such a certificate ranges from 1900 to 2500 rubles.

All data on the object and the owner will be sent to you by email. Documents are ready within 5 minutes to 24 hours. Therefore, if you need to find out information about the owner of the apartment quickly, then ordering an extract from Rosreestr is the best option.

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There are the following ways to obtain registration information:

You can obtain information about the owner of the property from the Unified State Register of Real Estate. Such a certificate can also be useful for the future owner, because it reflects encumbrances on the property, arrest, and mortgage. USRN information is publicly available online, but not everyone can obtain information about registered persons; for this you must have a power of attorney or a preliminary purchase and sale agreement.

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It is important to know that the procedure for obtaining an extract is paid; the state fee for citizens is 400 rubles, for legal entities - 1100 rubles.

Applying to the passport office provides for the right to perform such an action. To do this, you must have a power of attorney or be registered in the residential area. The advantage of such a document is that it reflects the number of registered persons and the date of deregistration. To obtain a certificate, you must submit an identification document, an application and a power of attorney. But the information may be incomplete and only include registered persons in the residential area at the time of issue. Thus, citizens who are deregistered but have the right to real estate may not be taken into account. For example, missing persons, orphans living in a boarding school, elderly people in nursing homes.
You can obtain information from the management company, housing department, housing office, housing cooperative, which service the house and store information about the list of residents of the house at the address.
The document can be a house register. Advice: you should pay attention to a book that is several years old; it inspires more confidence.
Contact the migration service department at the location of the property with an application. The employee must send a request to the main tenant of the property and ask permission to release information to the applicant or refuse, citing legal provisions. This method will not give much results. Police officers can simply refuse with reference to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and appealing their actions will take a lot of time and nerves. But you can go the unofficial route through friends.
A completely legal way is to register on the government services website or send a request to Rosreestr, indicate the purpose and receive an extract from the Unified State Register.

Requests to the BTI or Housing Office

You can find out the owner of an apartment by address for free if you send a request to the Bureau of Technical Inventory (BTI). However, the BTI can issue a certificate with data only at the request of the apartment owner, so this method is relevant only for those situations when you are the seller and there is a need to find out who is the co-owner of the property.

In order to receive an extract from the BTI, you need to visit the authority in person. The state fee ranges from 200 to 300 rubles. The payment receipt must be attached to the application and submitted to the registrar. Ready time is from 3 to 5 working days. In rare cases, the procedure may take 7-10 days.

The situation is similar when ordering a certificate from the Housing Office. Specialists do not have the right to disclose information to third parties. An exception is if you are the owner or in situations in which the owner of the apartment issues a notarized power of attorney for you, giving you the appropriate powers.

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Confidentiality of information

In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the personal life of any citizen is inviolable and for violation of this provision criminal liability is provided on the basis of Article 137 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:
fine;
punishment in the form of correctional labor;
restriction of freedom.

Therefore, in order not to violate the personal interests of citizens and the law, you should adhere to only legal search methods. There are many options for finding out who is registered at the required address, and each can be effective in its own way. You can start the search yourself or try to involve authorized bodies, which will quickly lead to a positive result.

MFC or notary

You can find out the owner of the apartment for free from a notary. An important caveat: he will only disclose information to you if all this happens in preparation for a purchase and sale transaction. That is, only the buyer can obtain all the information. If you are not planning to buy an apartment, but simply want to get information about who the owner is, then this method is not relevant for you.

Through the MFC you can also obtain information about the owners. To do this, you need to issue a Unified Housing Document (UZD). This method is suitable for sellers who want to find out who owns other shares in the apartment, as well as obtain information about registered citizens.

To obtain an EZhD you will need the following papers:

An application in the established form with the exact address of the object;
Passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation who is the owner of the apartment;
A document confirming ownership - an extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate.

A single housing document is issued free of charge, and its production time rarely exceeds one business day.

Summarizing all of the above, we note that, without being the owner of the apartment, you can get all the information you need only through the services of Rosreestr on a commercial basis.

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What information about an apartment or land plot can be found out for free?

The main characteristics of an apartment or plot of land is free information that can be obtained by anyone. In addition to the cadastral number, it includes the following data:

address;
square;
object category and type;
purpose and type of property;
status of the property record.

All this data is stored in the Unified State Register, for which Rosreestr is responsible.

How to obtain personal information about the owner?

Once you have found out the name of the apartment owner, it becomes much easier to find out about other aspects that may directly relate to the transaction! The easiest way is to use social networks. In addition to the fact that you get the opportunity to personally communicate with the owner, you can also get information about the seller’s marital status, his place of work, and his phone number.

You can also talk to your neighbors. As practice shows, there is a high probability that they will be aware of who is the owner and whether minors live in the apartment. Note that in most cases, verification of the owner through social networks or word of mouth still requires official confirmation.

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How to find a person by last name

Situations in order to find out a person’s registration by last name can be different, for example, it is necessary to find an old school friend or relative, an alimony defaulter, to file a claim, to look for heirs under a will. The duration of the search depends on the amount of information about the person.

Information may be legally requested by:
financial organizations issuing loans to search for the borrower;
State traffic inspectorate and employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
social services;
prosecutor's office

It is difficult for an ordinary citizen to obtain such information, but it is possible:

phonebook;
application to the Federal Migration Service;
inquiry Office;
through the Internet.

How to find a person by first and last name:

What is important to pay attention to when making a transaction?

Before buying an apartment, when you have already received information about the owner, you need to pay attention to the following points:

Whether the seller is the sole owner;
Are there any minor owners in the apartment?
Is the apartment under arrest or other encumbrances?
Do the real data of the apartment coincide with the documentary data?

For example, if the owner assured you that he is the sole owner of the apartment, but in the end it turns out otherwise, then this is a serious reason to think about the feasibility of the transaction.

The best and most correct decision is to contact a professional real estate agency, whose specialists are always ready to help in checking and finding a suitable property. When planning to buy an apartment or house in Sochi, you can contact the specialists of Vincent Real Estate! We check information about the owner and the property in detail, so we offer clients only high-quality and absolutely safe options for purchase!

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How to check temporary registration

Sometimes citizens come to live in another city for work and it is necessary to obtain temporary registration. There are two options for temporary registration, the first is to obtain the consent of the homeowner, the second is to use the services of an intermediary. The second method does not always have a positive result. The intermediary may charge a nominal fee but not take any action. Therefore, the tenant may be concerned about whether the registration is real or fictitious.

There are three ways to contact:
to the migration service department;
at the MFC at the place of registration;
in the housing department, homeowners association, management company that maintains the house.

Others can also verify a person's registration by justifying their purpose.