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When you acquire a property or a site leasehold through a property division, you should apply for registration of ownership. This need to be done within three months of the acquisition.
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If you want your spouse to become a co-owner
If you want your spouse to become a co-owner of the property or site leasehold, the application must include:
- Application for registration of ownership for the person acquiring the property.
- Notification of marital property division during ongoing marriage registered with the Swedish Tax Agency, Marriage Register.
- Original marital property division agreement.
Requirements for the marital property division agreement:
- The complete property designation must be provided (for example, Gävle Torp 1:1).
- It must specify the percentage of the property to be divided between the spouses (for example, ½ if it's half).
- The marital property division agreement must be signed by both spouses.
- The marital property division agreement must be dated after the Swedish Tax Agency has received the notification of marital property division.
If you are getting divorced and want to change the ownership
If you are getting divorced and want to change the ownership of the property or site leasehold in connection with the divorce, you need to apply for registration of ownership.
It is common to conduct a property division in connection with divorce, and you can be allocated the property or site leasehold both if one of you has been the sole owner before or if, for example, you have each owned half.
The application must include:
- Application for registration of ownership for the person acquiring the property or site leasehold.
- Original property division agreement. Note that the property division agreement must be dated no earlier than the same day or after the day the application for divorce was submitted to the district court. It is also good if it is stated in the property division agreement that you are dividing the property due to divorce.
Please note that if you do not divide the property but instead buy or receive your spouse's share as a gift, the marital property right remains in the share of the property that you owned previously.
The same applies if you only divide half of the property; the marital property right remains in the share you owned previously.
This means that your former spouse will always need to give consent to actions concerning the property, even if you are the sole owner.
If you are going to separate and want to change the ownership
If you are going to separate from your partner (cohabitant) and want to change the ownership of the property or site leasehold in connection with the separation, you need to reapply for registration of ownership.
If the property is considered joint property, meaning that it has been acquired together with the intention of it being a shared residence, you can conduct a separation settlement.
The application must include:
- Application for registration of ownership for the person acquiring the property or the site leasehold.
- Original property division agreement, based on the separation settlement.
Note that the property division agreement must clearly state that the cohabitation has ceased. If there are conditions in the property division agreement, such as receiving the property in exchange for taking over loans, an additional certificate must be provided to show that the loans have been assumed. This certificate can be written by a bank official or by both parties.
Please note that if the property or the site leasehold has been owned by one of the partners, for example, during a previous marriage, a separation settlement cannot be conducted. This is because the property has not been acquired jointly and therefore does not qualify as joint property according to cohabitation law. In that case, the property can instead be transferred through purchase or gift.
The same applies if you own multiple properties; you can only conduct a property settlement for the property that has been the shared residence. The other properties can be transferred through purchase or gift instead.
Questions and answers
Lantmäteriet provides general information when you start a case or seek information about our operations. For example, it could be about how you apply for deed, land right, contractual easement or which e-services and forms should be used.
It can also be about which documents you need to send with your application. You can also order extracts from our registers.
It is not part of Lantmäteriet's mission to give advice on, for example, how a property division or inheritance should be carried out, on tax planning or to give advice on how regulations or older decisions can be interpreted. We also cannot give advance notice in cases.
If you need help with your questions, get suggestions on the appropriate course of action or help with interpreting or creating legal documents, we refer you to the private market via external advisers or agents.
You who have protected personal data can make your application via our e-service or by sending your application by post.
In the e-service, you need to enter your name manually as confidential information is not displayed to the user of the e-service.
A certified copy means that a photocopy has been made of the original. On the photocopy you write that the copy is consistent with the original and sign it with you name.