Cadastral engineer last years“in high esteem”, and finding a good specialist with the advent of the register of cadastral engineers is becoming easier and faster.
All activities related to the cadastral registration of land plots or real estate are carried out by a cadastral specialist. It must be a professional high class, since high-quality inspection and competent preparation of documents allows you to avoid problems in the future when carrying out any real estate transactions.

How to check information about a cadastral engineer

Before concluding an agreement to perform cadastral works, it is necessary to check information about the engineer who will carry them out. Only in this case can you be sure of the provision of quality services and the absence of errors in the documents. After all, if in the future any inaccuracies are discovered in the boundary or technical terms, any operations with real estate will become impossible without repeated cadastral work. And this takes a lot of money and time.

What should you pay attention to when checking an engineer's background? The customer of cadastral work needs to know:

• exact details (full name) of the specialist, which will make it easy to find him in the Rosreestr lists;
• information about telephone numbers for communication and clarification of all questions;
• availability of special education;
• availability of a qualification certificate;
• engineer membership in SRO.

All information can be obtained in general state register cadastral engineers of this profile, which can be found on the portal rosreestr.ru. Information can be requested by e-mail absolutely free. Information can also be provided on paper; to do this, you need to send a request to the organization where the cadastral engineer works. They are also required to provide all information about their specialists.

The qualification certificate gives the right to carry out cadastral activities after the engineer passes the exams. Examinations are taken by a special commission, which also has the right to deprive a specialist of a certificate if errors are made in his work or gross violations. As for membership in an SRO, each cadastral engineer must be a member of a self-regulatory organization and have a document confirming this fact. It is SROs that develop rules and regulations aimed at increasing the level of professional qualifications, and provide everything the necessary conditions for quality and implementation of cadastral services.

How the contract is concluded

The contract, which is drawn up for cadastral work, specifies a detailed list of all cadastral activities. The document specifies the task for territorial design, the order of work, and also prepares an estimate. The entire plan is approved by the customer. Documents and an application for cadastral registration of real estate and land plots can be submitted on behalf of the client by a cadastral engineer.

What documentation does a cadastral engineer prepare?

In order to register with the state registration authorities, it is necessary to draw up a certain list of official papers. As a result of collecting information about objects and carrying out the necessary land management activities, the cadastral engineer must prepare in accordance with according to the current procedure the following documents:

• Technical plan. Issued on the basis of an inspection of individual buildings, country houses, planned or unfinished construction projects, individual parts of premises for registration in the state register.
• Boundary plan. It is compiled to clarify the boundaries of a plot when dividing or merging land plots, as well as when allocating part of them for registration in the state register.
• Inspection report. Issued for deregistration of real estate. Often compiled to deregister damaged, destroyed or unfinished buildings.
• Permission to commission. Issued for various real estate properties.
• Declaration on entering land or buildings into the state register. Compiled and certified by the copyright holder.
• Project documents or technical passports for real estate objects received from the BTI before January 1, 2013.

The competence of a cadastral engineer includes the compilation and preparation of the listed documents for submission and registration with the relevant government agencies.

Land survey plan

The most popular cadastral procedure is land surveying, during which a land survey plan is developed. To prepare such a document, the owner of the site or the cadastral engineer requests a cadastral passport of the surveyed territory or a corresponding cadastral extract. The boundary plan is a plan diagram of the site and a text part, which reflects information about the study area and acts of approval of the location of boundaries.

The plan is carried out in in electronic format with assurance electronic signature cadastre engineer. But most often the contract also provides for execution on paper. A boundary plan is drawn up when carrying out the following operations with land plots:

• clarification of boundaries;
• division of territories;
• unification of individual territories;
• provision of land;
• seizure of plots;
• land conservation.

The established boundaries of land plots must necessarily be agreed upon with other owners, as well as with the owners of plots located in the neighborhood, especially if the neighboring territories are already included in the state register.

The customer of cadastral work has the right to choose the method of establishing the boundaries of the site - with establishment on the ground or purely technically, in the form of a drawing. But both options must be agreed upon.

The owners of neighboring plots or their representatives, who act on the basis of a notarized power of attorney, are involved in the approval. If disagreements arise, interested parties submit a refusal in writing, which must be attached to the boundary passport. Interested parties must provide a copy of the refusal, certified by the seal and signature of a cadastral engineer. This ensures that any obstacles encountered will be taken into account in the future.

In the event that interested parties notified in advance have not provided justification for their claims in fixed time, the placement of the boundaries is considered consistent. Objections that arise during land management work are eliminated by re-surveying and agreeing on new boundaries. Complex cases are resolved in court.

Technical plan

The document is issued in relation to real estate properties that have already been built or are under construction. It is compiled both for the entire object and for its individual parts. The technical plan reflects everything specifications structures and provided to accounting authorities.

The plan can be developed electronically with the appropriate signature or duplicated on paper.

Inspection report

The purpose of the inspection report is to describe reliable information about the object subject to deregistration. The document is submitted to the cadastral registration authorities. The act indicates the initial data of the object and provides an engineer’s conclusion. Usually done on paper. The act can be presented in the form of a construction examination.

Responsibility of the cadastral engineer

All activities of cadastre engineers are strictly controlled by government agencies. They issue a qualification certificate, take exams in the relevant field, enter specialists into the state register, and in some cases cancel the certificate.

If false information is entered into the boundary plan, an administrative penalty is imposed on the engineer. This could be a fine (RUB 5,000) or disqualification (up to 3 years). If particularly serious mistakes are made, the engineer is subject to criminal prosecution.

To comply with all the requirements specified in the Cadastre Law, established self-regulatory organizations. They monitor the activities of cadastral engineers.

Any actions of an engineer performed within the framework of a contract may be challenged in court.

According to average statistics, at least once every five years, every resident of Russia draws up documents in the field of land and property relations.

Transactions related to the purchase and sale of land plots, their donation and exchange, changes to the original plan of residential premises, entry into inheritance rights, require the initiator to have a document - a cadastral passport. A cadastral engineer will help you fill it out correctly, take measurements using professional equipment, and prepare a list of necessary papers.

Brief Description and Responsibilities

A cadastral engineer is a manager in the field of land cadastre, in his activities he is guided by the current regulations, land and civil legislation of the Russian Federation. The profession arose at the intersection of the humanities and technical sciences, and is associated with constant travel and business trips.

The specifics of his work are related to the solution of the following issues:

• land surveying (borders and total area);
• definition legal status plot (purpose, form of ownership);
• drawing up a boundary plan for land plot, for a real estate property - technical. This data is necessary for cadastral registration with the Cadastral Chamber;
• participation in land management examination (to resolve land disputes in court);
• registration of land survey reports and removal of site boundaries.

Drawing up plans is associated with field work on the ground. To measure areas, special geodetic instruments are used - a tacheometer, a laser rangefinder, a level, a tripod, a pole, and GSM equipment.

Education of a cadastral engineer

For legal cadastral activities, an individual must have a secondary specialized or higher education specialized education and pass the qualification exam of a cadastral engineer.

After completing the certification, those who successfully pass the exam are issued a permanent certificate confirming their qualifications. After which, the organ executive power within one working day, sends a copy of the issued document to the accounting authority, and the cadastral engineer begins to perform his duties after information about him appears in the state register.

It is important to know: Applicants with an outstanding criminal record and citizens of other states are not allowed to take the exam.

The specialist bears responsibility (including criminal liability) for his activities. For example, under Article 170, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, entering knowingly false data is punishable by up to 2 years in prison or a fine of 100 thousand rubles. up to 300 thousand rubles.

Register of cadastral engineers

Sample of filling out an application in the register of cadastral engineers (click to go to the Register website)

The state register contains mandatory information about all persons who have passed certification and have a cadastral engineer certificate.

The register of cadastral engineers includes the following data:

• Full Name;
• Date and place of birth;
• phone number;
• postal and email address;
• personal passport details;
• date of issue of the qualification certificate and its number;
• date and reason for cancellation of the document.

This data is publicly available. They can be easily found on the Internet, on the official cadastral registration website. In order to obtain such information, you must fill out a special form on the registry website and send a request.

Within 5 working days from the date of application, a response to your request will be ready. Information about a cadastral engineer is automatically deleted only in the event of his death, which is previously confirmed by a certificate.

How professional activities are carried out

Sample contract agreement for cadastral works (click to enlarge)

Obtaining a certificate of a qualified cadastral engineer makes it possible to an individual realize professional activity in 2 directions:

1. Individual entrepreneurship - you must register as an individual.
2. Employment with a conclusion employment contract (law firm, a real estate company).

Regardless of the chosen direction, before starting any work, a contract is concluded between the engineer and the customer and an estimate is drawn up.

After drawing up the estimate, the specialist checks the availability necessary documents from the hired person (passport details, land ownership), and conducts a full technical inspection of the land plot. Boundary signs are erected at the site of the new boundaries.