WHAT IS AN ACTIVE SEAL?

An active seal is entered in the land registers as a sign that a certain legal procedure related to the apartment is underway. This may include:

• registration of property rights
• mortgage registration
• division procedure
• enforcement or other litigation
• Connecting the KPU and General Ledger

A seal does not mean that the apartment is unsold, but it clearly warns the buyer that something is happening with the apartment, and that he needs to take additional actions to check what it is about.

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HOW DOES THE SEAL AFFECT THE SALE OF AN APARTMENT?

1. Customer confidence - most buyers shy away from buying an apartment with an active seal because they do not want legal complications.
2. Extends the process of selling an apartment - the sale of an apartment may be delayed until the ongoing procedure is completed and the act of seal is removed from the extract from the land books
3. Price reduction - due to risk and uncertainty, properties with an active seal are often sold below the market price

WHAT CAN THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY DO WHEN HE HAS AN ACTIVE SEAL ON THE ZK EXTRACT FROM THE APARTMENT?

1. CHECK THE STATUS OF THE SEAL - the owner of the apartment must go to the land registers and extract from the subject the documents relating to the active seal. Based on them, he can see how he will solve them. Namely, there are different seals. Some are within the competence of the owner of the apartment, and some are not. We often witness that the apartment, when transferring from the KPU to the General Ledger, also brings several active seals. Some of them are solved even for several years. But this does not necessarily mean that the apartment will not be able to be sold for several years. Some do not really relate to that apartment, some are related to the completion of the connection of the KPU and the General Ledger. You can read all about the connection of the KPU and the General Ledger at https://www.zakon.hr/cms.htm?id=976 because it is carried out on the basis of the RULEBOOK ON CONNECTION OF LAND REGISTER AND BOOK OF DEPOSITED CONTRACTS AND REGISTRATION OF OWNERSHIP OF A SPECIAL PART OF REAL ESTATE (CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP)
2. HIRE AN EXPERT - if you yourself are not expert enough and do not understand enough, it is best to contact a professional person. It can be a lawyer. but it can also be a real estate agency. Namely, if you entrust the sale of your apartment to the real estate agency Euro-interiors, we will carry out the procedure of checking the documentation for you, we will investigate the active seals, we will extract all the documents related to them, we will explain to you how to remove them if possible, and if removal is not possible, we will explain first to you and then to your buyer what is the best way to get rid of them.

If you have an apartment with an active seal, the professional assistance of our real estate agency Euro-interiors will help you sell the apartment at the best price to the best buyer. Our experience in real estate sales is over 27 years. Contact us with confidence!