Land Unit

A land unit is a land territory registered in the cadastre with precisely defined boundaries, a unique cadastre designation, and a specified use purpose. It is the smallest land accounting unit in the Latvian cadastre system.

Land unit vs real estate property:

• Land unit - physical territory with boundaries
• Real estate property - legal concept (may include multiple land units)
• One property may consist of one or more land units
• One land unit can belong to only one property

Land unit characteristics:

• Cadastre designation - unique identifier
• Area - m² or ha
• Boundaries - coordinates in LKS-92
• Use purpose - permitted use
• Cadastral value - value for taxes
• Location - address or name

Land unit operations:

• Creation - new unit registration
• Division - splitting one unit into several
• Merger - combining multiple units
• Boundary specification - data updating
• Deletion - as result of merger or other changes

Cadastre designation structure:

Example: 8001 001 0123 001

• 8001 - municipality/city code
• 001 - parish/city district code
• 0123 - land unit number
• 001 - sub-unit number (if any)

Registration:

Land unit is registered at VZD after:

• Completion of cadastral surveying
• Submission of surveyor-prepared documents
• VZD verification and approval

Related documents:

• Land boundary plan
• Boundary agreement act
• Cadastre certificate
• Land register section

Land unit is a fundamental concept linking physical territory with the legal property system in Latvia.