Cadastre in Iran

The history of the cadastre system and land registry show that it has played an important role in preparation of urban plans, management and other urban-related issues in the past two decades as a land information system in western Europe countries including Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark. Cadastral maps as a base for other urban maps including comprehensive plans had been used earlier.Land registry and cadastre like other science fields is being used in Iran for years. However, studies indicate that the cadastre has not developed enough in Iran. The reason behind slow progress of the cadastre is article 651 of Law for Registration of Deeds and Properties, which lists objective of cadastre as guarantee of ownership and facilitation of property and land registry disputes. It reiterates that cadastre is a branch of Estate and Deed Registry Organization, which is affiliated to the judiciary. Iran’s cadastre comprehensive plan is being prepared since early 6991s. Despite monthly and yearly reports of related organizations in provinces and state cadastre department for having a cadastre system of different corners of the country, the cadastre of any places in the country cannot be compared with what is described as modern cadastre as land information system. In other words, the multipurpose cadastre in Iran has not reached a stage to be used in urban development plans or other issues.

کلیدواژه ها:

Land Nationalization ، Public lands ، public domain ، National lands identification ، Protesting the nationalization of land ، Reference to address objections ، Special court