Georgian PM: over 1.5 million land plots measured free of charge for citizens in “record time”
“There are still citizens who have not yet registered their land plots. In total, this includes about half a million land parcels, and by the end of 2025, these citizens will also have the opportunity to register their land plots entirely free of charge”, he pointed out. Photo: Government press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Saturday announced more than 1.5 million plots of land, covering a total area of more than 880.000 hectares, had been measured and over a million people had become registered owners in a “record time” within the systemic land registration programme.
Speaking at an event, where he highlighted the “successful implementation” of the reform, Kobakhidze emphasised its goal was to “bring land resources into economic circulation and to maximise the realisation of ownership rights”.
“For this purpose, since 2022, our Government has begun the reform [aiming to resolve issues with land ownership]. The systemic land registration is carried out in all municipalities. The reform involves free land measurement for citizens, retrieval of all necessary information, documents, and data from archives, inter-agency coordination, and ultimately, the registration of ownership rights on land”, the PM said.
“The total area of registered land [plots] is 784.000 hectares, which is an impressive figure. Additionally, since October 1 of last year, under the memorandum signed with the Tbilisi City Hall, systemic registration has begun in the capital [Tbilisi] as well. Not only unregistered land parcels are being registered, but corrections are also made to registrations that were managed incorrectly 15-20 years ago”, he added.
The PM noted the Government had decided to continue the systemic land registration process given the “scale and results of the project”.
“There are still citizens who have not yet registered their land plots. In total, this includes about half a million land parcels, and by the end of 2025, these citizens will also have the opportunity to register their land plots entirely free of charge”, he pointed out.
In his closing remarks, Kobakhidze said as a result of this programme, “there will be no unregistered plots of land in the country, a unified, comprehensive cadastral database will be established, the locations of private, state, and municipal land plots will be separated and the identities of the owners will be determined”, and added consequently, the protection of property rights would be “fully” ensured by the Government.