Reorganising land registration in Denmark
Nielsen, Soren Reeberg & Birgit Kristiansen
Technological development, including the use of digital signatures, has improved the prospects of e-Government development in key areas. National land registries are central to society, regardless of the level or form they have at any given moment. Land registration in Denmark is divided into three separate areas - the Cadastre, the Land Register and the common municipal property data system. These are based, respectively, in the Ministry of the Environment, The Ministry of Justice and The Ministry of Welfare. In 2008, the transmission of cadastral cases from licensed land surveyors to The National Survey and Cadastre will become paperless through the introduction of new systems. Land registration will also become paperless over the course of 2008. These developments are part of a larger reform of judicial districts in Denmark that will also sponsor the centralisation of land registration. Modernisation of the Land Register and Cadastre as well as their interaction with the Civil Registration System of individuals will reduce duplicate registration of information by several public institutions. These developments are being coordinated with the relevant public sector stakeholders, including mortgage credit institutions, banks, licensed land surveyors and lawyers. A general review of these developments will be given, along with an update on the progress of the reforms.
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