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What the list of insufficiently identified owners is

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The Office for Government Representation in Property Affairs (ÚZSVM), together with the Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre (ČÚZK), maintains a list of properties lacking a properly identified owner.

Where the errors come from

Most entries of this kind date back to 1948–1989, when property ownership records in the public register weren't maintained at all for a time, or were only kept in a simplified form.

The deadline has already passed — what that means

Important The new civil code set a ten-year deadline to file a claim from when the list was published in 2014. That deadline expired on 31 December 2023, and as of 1 April 2024 unclaimed properties are passing into state ownership.

An exception applies to properties where a supplementary probate proceeding was requested with the court by the end of 2023 — those remain recorded under an unknown owner until the court rules. That's exactly the group still relevant for later searching.

What the list contains

FieldExample
DistrictPlzeň-jih
Cadastral areaPřeštice
Land title number482
Owner's nameNovák Jan

Some entries may also include a partial date of birth or address — but for most entries these fields are missing, which is exactly why the owners are "insufficiently identified."

How often it's updated

While the program was running, ÚZSVM published updates twice a year. The last publicly available version is dated 1 March 2024 — since then it's more of a wind-down of remaining cases than a live, regularly updated list.

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Enter a name to see if it appears in the ÚZSVM list.

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