Azerbaijan

Registering Property in

Azerbaijan

Listed below is a detailed summary of the steps, time and cost involved in registering property, assuming a standardized case of an entrepreneur who wants to purchase land and a building that is already registered and free of title dispute.

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  • Standard Property Transfer

  • Property Value: AZN 211,843.7
  • City: Baku

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Verification of title and obtaining a non-encumbrance certificate at the Real Estate State Register

The buyer should request from the seller or from the Service of State Registry of Real Estate of the Republic of Azerbaijan an updated extract, which allows the buyer to verify the title of the seller and the legal rights attached to the building. According to the Law on the State Registry of Real Estate description of the real estate and /or information about its legal owner and /or limitation of rights related to such real estate may be disclosed only to the legal owner of the real estate; the person authorized by the legal owner; legal owner's heirs at law or heirs by will; and relevant state authorities or municipalities in connection with their competences given by legislation.

The cost of the procedure is AZN 90.88, which includes only state dues for obtaining extract from the State Registry of Real Estate, verifying the title of the Seller, technical documentation related to the real estate (passport or plans) and non-encumbrance certificate. The regular procedure takes 5 days, however an expedited version is available for a fee of 100.88 and is completed in 2 days.

The documentation shall include:
Standard application form
Fee for the issuance of the certificates


Agency: Real Estate State Register Service under State Committee on Property Issues 		5 days (regular procedure) or 2 days (expedited procedure) AZN 100.88
2 Notarization of the sale-purchase agreement

Under the law, the sale-purchase agreement and the transfer and acceptance act duly signed by both parties must be notarized.
In order to get the agreement notarized the seller must provide evidence of his title to the property, i.e. registration certificates (see Procedure 2 and 3). In addition to the above, both the seller and the buyer must provide the notary public with other documents certifying their powers to enter into the sale-purchase agreement, i.e. corporate documents, powers of attorney, etc.
There is no legal requirement for the agreement to be prepared by a lawyer. Accordingly, the parties are free to prepare the agreement themselves.
The stamp duty is paid to the notary, which in turn he shall transfer to the Treasury within 2 banking days since the date of receipt of the duty. However, in practice the stamp duty can be paid at a commercial bank. If the parties pay at the bank, receipt of payment should be submitted.

The documentation shall include:
Sale-purchase agreement and transfer and acceptance act
Registration certificates (Obtained in Procedure 1 and 2)
Seller’s cadastral package of documents (obtained in Procedure 3)
Corporate documents of the parties, i.e. charters, foundation agreements, powers of attorney

Agency: State Notary 		1 day AZN 110
3 The buyer applies to the state register service to register the property

Registration of the land as well as the property takes place simultaneously at the State Register Service of Real Estate of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Registry has to complete the registration within 20 days for a fee of 101.10 according to the articles 9.2 and 13.7 of the law "On the State Register Service of Real Estate". As of September 28, 2006 the following expedited versions are also available: 14 days - 151.65 AZN and 7 days - 202.20 AZ. In addition, a state duty of 11 AZN is also collected.

Agency: Real Estate State Register Service under State Committee on Property Issues 		1 day AZN 213.20
4 Registration of the buyer’s title to the building and the land at the State Service for Registration of Real Estate

Upon completion of this procedure, the new legal owner (the Buyer) will receive an extract from the State Registry of Real Estate, evidencing his title and technical documentation as to the real estate, issued in his/her name.

Agency: Real Estate State Register Service under State Committee on Property Issues 		20 days (regular procedure), 14 days (faster procedure) or 7 days (fastest expedited procedure) Already paid in procedure 3
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