Extract from Czech Real Estate Cadastre, certified, apostilled

How to get a Czech Real Estate Cadastre extract

The Czech Real Estate Cadastre ("Katastr nemovitostí České republiky") is a public registry in the Czech Republic (also known as Czech Land Register). This means that anyone, including foreigners, can request information or extracts without needing to be a resident.

At the moment, there are two ways to get a Czech cadastral extract: online via the official authority website or in-person, with official certification.

Getting a cadastral extract online

The Czech Real Estate Cadastre has an official website where you can search for property information and owners:

https://nahlizenidokn.cuzk.gov.cz/

We should warn you – the website is quite difficult to use. First, it is only available in Czech, though this is the lesser issue as automatic browser translation tools may help you. The second, bigger problem is that the website has very specialized interfaces that are not always easy to navigate.

The most useful sections on the homepage are:

• "Vyhledání parcely" (land parcel search) for land plots;
• "Vyhledání stavby" (building search) for structures and buildings;
• "Vyhledání jednotky" (apartment search) typically for apartments or spaces within buildings.

After selecting a section, additional details will be required. For land parcels, you will need to enter the district name or code ("Název/kód obce"). For buildings or apartments, you will use the address field ("Adresa"). All information must be entered in the Czech language. The more details you provide – such as city, district, street, and house number – the better your results will be. The system offers suggestions/helps as you type.

The system will then help you narrow down search criteria. The search process varies depending on the property type, and we cannot cover every possible scenario here. If you need assistance, feel free to contact us – we are happy to help you navigate the system.

Getting online extracts from the Czech Real Estate Cadastre presents several difficulties:

• The interfaces are not particularly user-friendly – this is just how this registry system works.
• For ordinary users, the amount of information available online is quite limited. While you can find basic property details and ownership information, many specific details are not accessible. More detailed property descriptions are only available through physical, paper-based extracts or via special access privileges given to state notaries and certain government officials.
• Information obtained through such online property records from the Czech Real Estate Cadastre is purely informative. It is unlikely that these online extracts will be accepted for official or judicial proceedings. For such formal purposes, you would still need to obtain a physical, officially certified extract from Land Register.

Below you may find information about getting certified Land Register documents.

Getting certified paper extracts from Czech Real Estate Cadastre

For any official purposes (such as court proceedings), you will likely need a certified extract from the Czech Read Estate Cadastre. These can be obtained at multiple locations within the Czech Republic, including:

• Directly at Czech Real Estate Cadastre offices ("Český úřad zeměměřický a katastrální") – available in every administrative region, including Prague and all regional capitals of the country;
• Through any notary of the Czech Republic;
• At CzechPoint branches (district administration offices and post offices). Remember that such extracts are not valid internationally and cannot be apostilled.

Outside of the Czech Republic – in theory – Czech embassies and consulates should provide cadastral extracts. However, we have never encountered anyone actually obtaining one this way. Check directly with your nearest one embassy or consulates for more information.

To request a cadastral extract, you will need to provide as many details as possible about the property. The exact requirements vary by property type, but generally, prepare the following:

• Property type (land plot, apartment, house, building, etc.)
• City or town where the property is located
• Full address including house number
• Unit number (e.g., apartment number)
• Ownership deed number ("List vlastnictví") – this is a unique document ID that contains all official property records, including ownership history. The deed number always starts with "LV" typically followed by four numbers, e.g., “LV-1234”.

With this information, you will need to visit the relevant government office. A clerk will use these details to locate the property in the system and issue the document.