Tajikistan

Registering Property in

Tajikistan

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: TJS 172,419.82
  • City: Dushanbe

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
* 1 Obtain certificate from the Bureau of Technical Inventory (BTI)

The vendor prepares documents confirming the ownership rights for the buildings and documents confirming absence of bans, arrest and mortgage on the property to be sold. Also, ownership documents for the building, BTI certificate (Technical Passport) providing characteristics of the building and its inventory cost, as well as information on encumbrances, are required.

The current BTI certificate is taken to the BTI, where there is a database with all plots of land. The certificate is to be updated with the most recent information, including additional obligations and characteristics. The updated certificate is returned to the vendor. If the building is a new construction, an inspection is likely to be conducted at this stage.


Agency: Bureau of Technical Inventory 		1-3 days (simultaneous with procedure 2) 45 somoni
* 2 Obtain tax clearance certificate from the Ministry of State Revenue and Duties

The vendor obtains a certificate (spravka) to show that all taxes have been paid, and makes any necessary payments in arrears.

Agency: State Tax Committee 		1 day (simultaneous with procedure 1) no cost
3 Preparation and notarization of sale purchase agreement by notary

It is mandatory for the notary to prepare the sale purchase agreement.

Documentation requirements:
- Identification documents of buyer and seller
- Documents confirming the seller’s ownership rights for the property
- BTI Certificate providing characteristics of the building and its inventory cost (including information on encumbrances – bans, arrests, mortgages.)
- Certificate from the Tax inspection confirming absence of tax debts
- Rights confirming documents for the land plot where the building is located


Agency: Public Notary 		2 days 40% of the calculation index applied on each square meter of the property lot (40 Somoni x 0.4=16 Somoni per square meter) + 100 somoni (registration fee)
4 Registration of sale purchase agreement with the Local Hukumat

Raikomkhoz puts a seal on the sale purchase agreement and the new owner is formally recorded in their books.

Agency: Local Hukumat 		1 day no cost
5 Registration of building property rights at the BTI

The purchaser goes to the BTI in order to register the building and the property rights transfer. A note is made in the registry book and the inventory cards of BTI on the basis of the purchase agreement. Thus, a new entry is made in the BTI database.

Agency: Bureau of Technical Inventory 		1-3 days 26 somoni (Registration fee) + 60 somoni (Certificate)
6 Registration of land use rights at the State Land Use Committee affiliate

Parties prepare documents confirming land use rights for the land plot where the building is located, including current land use certificate and other documents confirming the rights for the land. An application is submitted to the State Land Use Committee in order to receive the new land use certificate.
It can take up to one month to re-register the rights on land use to the new owner. According to the Land Code, land rights are automatically transferred with the rights to the building, however, the purchaser still needs to make a visit to the State Land Use Committee affiliate, where the old land use certificate is cancelled and a new certificate is issued.

Documentation requirements:
- Notarized sale purchase agreement
- Land use certificate


Agency: State Land Use Committee 		30 days 20 somoni + 12 somoni (for new Land Use Certificate)
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.
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