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The data that Land registration registers in the Land register is not only registrations of ownership and mortgages but also other registrations, for example notices.
This is a notice
A notice can be something regarding:
- distraint and impoundment
- sequestration and detainment
- registration of a new representative for management of a jointly owned agricultural property unit
- declaration of interest for a tenant owner association
- declaration of interest for a for a leaseholder´s right to acquire the leasehold property
- executive sale or expropriation
- information about a court dispute regarding repudiation, reversion of an acquisition of real estate / site leasehold or about better right
- injunction or prohibition according to the Planning and building act or environmental code
- ...or other notices that shall be registered according to the law or other statutes.
Do you want to register or remove a notice in the Land register?
This is what you do if you want to register or remove a notice in the Land register; all materials for registration or removal of a notice can be submitted by e-mail to fastighetsinskrivning@lm.se. IIf you want to register or remove a notice you can also use the form registration or removal of notice (in Swedish, pdf, new window).
It is important that you write the word “anteckningsärende” (notice case) in the subject field so that the attached documents reach the correct location within our agency.
Please note that the submitted documents need to be in such a format and sent by such routines that Lantmäteriet can receive, read, and store the documents and protect themselves from data viruses and other threats to information security. We therefore recommend that the documents that are submitted, for example decisions or other documents are sent in the pdf-, doc- or odt-format.
To keep in mind for removal of a notice
If the notice affects someone else, then that individual should sign the application together with the applicant.
For it to be possible to remove a notice it must be evident that it is no longer valid. That means that Lantmäteriet must directly see that the documents submitted show that the notice has ceased or is no longer valid.
If the application is for removal of notice regarding declaration of interest, then the declaration of interest must be revoked by the tenant owner association that originally applied for the registration.
If the application is for removal of a notice of joint household, then both partners (sambos) who have applied for registration need to sign the application.
A notice about proviso can only be removed through a joint application by the one who originally set up the proviso together with all the individuals that are affected by the proviso. If the application is not made in that manner, then the proviso can only be removed if it is evident that it is no longer valid, for example if the individual who needs to give consent is no longer alive.
Questions and answers
A tenant owner association who wants to acquire a rental property for conversion to condominiums can make a declaration of interest.
The declaration needs to among other things include certain data about the tenant owner association and which property the declaration pertains to. A specific certificate from the board of the association also needs to be submitted.e
Keep in mind that it is only possible to register one declaration of interest at a time in the Land register. That means that a new declaration of interest can be registered at the earliest on the title registration date when the previous declaration of interest is no longer valid.
Conversion to condominium or cooperative rental property (in Swedish, pdf, new window).
IIf your leasehold property comes up for sale and you want to buy it, then you need to submit a declaration of interest to Lantmäteriet.
This pertains to agricultural leaseholds that include both housing for the leaseholder and residential ground leaseholds. This means that the property owner cannot sell the leasehold property without first offering the leaseholder to buy it.
This pre-emption is only valid if the leaseholder has made a so-called declaration of interest to Land registration.
A declaration of interest can be made by the leaseholder. For residential ground leaseholds the requirement is that there is a dwelling on the leasehold and that the house has a tax-assessment value.
Apart from the application the applicant needs to submit the leasehold contract in the original or as a certified copy to Lantmäteriet.
If the declaration pertains to a residential ground leasehold, then a document showing that the house has a tax-assessment value also needs to be submitted.