For every modern person, real estate, including an apartment, is of considerable value. And so the ability to document your ownership is of the utmost importance. As a rule, for this there is a certain set of documents, and one of them is a technical passport for the apartment. We will analyze the validity period and procedure for completing this document in detail.
What is this data sheet?
The registration certificate is an apartment plan with dimensions that has been complied with. In addition, it necessarily indicates the basic information about the premises:
- the location and number of storeys of the building where the apartment is located, the material from which it is built;
- year of construction and the year when the last major overhaul was carried out;
- material of internal ceilings;
- explication;
- decoration features and technical characteristics of the room itself.
An inventory assessment is also indicated here. Its size is calculated according to certain standards and, as a rule, is significantly inferior to market value. Thus, the technical passport issued by BTI contains all the technical characteristics of the property and is necessary for everyone who is going to sell, exchange or buy it.
Technical passport for the apartment: validity period
As a rule, all documentation has a validity period. Theoretically, the technical passport BTI is not limited in time. However, due to the fact that the cadastral passport is valid only for five years, there are situations when it is necessary to update it. In addition, the layout of the apartment with dimensions, which is a mandatory part of the data sheet, may change due to redevelopment. Reconstruction or physical deterioration of a real estate property can be attributed to this category, because according to the legislation, the owner is obliged to independently introduce changes in the technical condition. It is better not to postpone the visit to the BTI, because according to the regulatory enactments, all real estate objects must undergo an inventory process once every five years and the fact that the age of the passport exceeds this period often serves as an obstacle to any actions with real estate. That is why the technical passport for an apartment, the validity of which has exceeded five years, is better to update all the same.
Why do I need a data sheet?
You cannot do without a valid data sheet in the following cases:
- upon receipt of a cadastral passport;
- for the implementation of reconstruction, redevelopment and other changes;
- at transfer of residential premises to non-residential fund;
- to determine the inventory value of the object.
Who issues technical passports?
The preparation of technical passports is carried out by a special state institution - the technical control bureau. There is a similar organization in every region of the country. Its task is the technical accounting and control of all real estate. At the same time, depending on what type of property the property is assigned to, the following data sheets are prepared:
- On the building.
- To the facilities.
- On the premises.
- For construction in progress.
As a rule, when it comes to housing, it is compiled either during the initial inventory, which occurs in the case of the construction of new houses, or during a secondary or unscheduled inventory. It reflects all changes made to capital construction (changes in utilities, reconstruction, redevelopment). All this must be agreed with the BTI and can only be carried out with its permission.
Registration of a technical passport
In order to get a technical passport for an apartment, you must contact the technical inventory office. In this case, a statement is written in which the owner indicates the purpose of obtaining the document. When submitting an application, in addition to a passport, it is required to provide documents for the apartment: a certificate of ownership, as well as, depending on the situation, a certificate from a notary at the time of inheritance, a request from the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning when making redevelopment, a pledge agreement if the property is executed as collateral. This list is not finite. In different situations, additional documents may be required. After payment of the state fee (usually this can be done in all branches of Sberbank), these documents are accepted under signature by a BTI employee who appoints the day and time of departure of the technician. Usually registration of a registration certificate for an apartment takes from 7 to 14 days. If necessary, this time can be reduced by paying an increased tariff for urgency.
What is indicated in the data sheet?
After submitting an application to BTI, its employees inspect the facility and conduct its technical inventory. Based on its results, a technical passport is issued. It records the following data:
- address or location of the apartment;
- surname, name, patronymic of the owner;
- technical characteristics of the premises - the year the building was built and the number of floors, the material of the walls, floors and finishes, the year the last major overhaul was carried out, the number of rooms, ceiling height, the presence of communications;
- the area of the entire apartment and each room separately;
- inventory value of real estate;
- inventory number of the apartment;
- engineering Communication;
- mark on entering information about the object in the register of real estate.
Despite the fact that the term of the registration certificate for the apartment is not limited, it is better to make the technical changes that appear on time. In case of discrepancy between the data specified in the BTI and the actual, a fine of 1,500 rubles may be levied.
How much is the registration certificate for an apartment?
Since BTI is a state organization, the cost of its services is set by the price list, which is approved by the regional government. Thus, prices in different parts of the country will be different. The cost of the technical passport will include the costs of visiting a specialist, processing information, extracting archival data, and making electronic drawings. Of great importance is the area of the object, the year of the last survey, and the availability of redevelopment. Also important is the time of year: work in the cold is rated higher. And of course, the cost will be much higher if the registration certificate needs to be issued in a short time.
What to look for when checking the data sheet?
When purchasing real estate, a potential buyer should carefully study the documents for the apartment he is going to buy. This also applies to the data sheet. Studying it, you need to pay attention to the following information:
- An inventory of the property should be carried out no later than five years. Otherwise, a second examination may be required, since a technical passport for the apartment was submitted, the validity of which exceeds the time limits of the inventory, fixed in regulatory enactments.
- All redevelopment should be reflected in the plan of the apartment and legalized. Otherwise, the registration authority may refuse to register ownership. If the purchase and sale transaction still took place, the new owner risks subsequently paying a fine for illegal redevelopment or other changes made.
Technical plan
Since 2008, to carry out any real estate transactions, a cadastral, not a technical passport is needed. It is this document that confirms that the object is included in the cadastre and an individual number is assigned to it. However, since 2012, another one has been added to the list of documents allowing transactions with real estate - a technical plan, but at the same time the data sheet continues to exist safely as an independent document. This is because it is precisely his data that underlies the technical plan.
Moreover, the technical plan reflects one of the important points for registering real estate in the cadastral registry - the coordinates of the corners of the building or the location of the apartment on the floor. Thus, the object is attached to the land where it is located, or to the floor of the building. Documents that are the basis for the technical plan (project documentation, permission to operate the facility or technical passport) should be included as annexes in the form of certified copies. The compilation of this document is done by one person - a cadastral engineer. He is fully responsible for the accuracy of the information reflected in it, assuring the technical plan with his seal and signature.
Basic documentation for the apartment
Today, in order to be able to perform any actions with real estate, it is necessary to go through three stages:
- order a technical passport from the bureau of technical inventory: in practice, this can take from 7 to 30 days;
- order the technical plan of the object there: usually it is done within a month;
- order a cadastral passport at the Rosreestr branch: this takes from 5 to 20 days.
Thus, the package of documents will be ready in about two months. Depending on the state of documents already existing, this process may take a little more or a little less time. But in any case, to speed up the process will have to significantly overpay. And if there is also no certificate of ownership, then these three stages are inevitable and are only the first steps. Therefore, when planning to sell your property, it is better to take care of the preparation of documents in advance.
Technical passport: is it needed?
According to the new federal law, which entered into force in 2008, the BTI technical passport has lost its legal force. Now for real estate transactions, you must have a cadastral passport, which is essentially an extract from the state cadastre, confirming information about the property. However, this document does not reflect all the information necessary for transactions or other actions with real estate. Even taking into account that the cadastral passport necessarily contains explication (layout of the apartment), it is still issued based on the information specified in the data sheet.
After the changes made in 2012, the question often arises: why is a technical passport needed at all? In order to understand this issue, you need to clearly understand the differences between the cadastral and technical passports. Indeed, in essence, they are the final documents of two different accounting systems. The situation is complicated by the fact that today in the state, along with cadastral registration, a technical inventory of capital construction facilities continues.
That is why most of the regulatory legal acts regulating this area remain valid and operate in parallel with the newly adopted laws on the state cadastre. In addition, the law states that the owner of the premises is obliged to independently monitor the technical condition and, if necessary, immediately make changes to the property related to its technical characteristics. It is much more practical to reflect them in the technical passport.
