Recognition of Ukrainian Real Estate Documents Simplified

Federal Law No. 193-FZ establishes the specifics of recognizing documents that confirmed the creation, modification, restriction, transfer or termination of rights to immovable property and encumbrances on such property in the territories of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporizhzhia Region and Kherson Region on the day they were admitted into the Russian Federation.

On the territory of the Russian Federation, title (right-certifying) documents issued by state authorities of Ukraine or local self-government bodies of Ukraine, or issued and/or certified by notaries of Ukraine within their authority and in accordance with the legislation in force in the territories of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions on the day these documents were issued and/or certified, are recognized and valid, provided that they confirm the creation, modification, restriction, transfer or termination of rights to immovable property or encumbrances on immovable property.

Regional commissions are being established in the new constituent entities of the Russian Federation to assess the compliance of title documents. Their powers include making decisions on whether title (right-certifying) documents comply with the provisions specified above. The regional commission includes, among others, a representative of the federal executive authority authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation to conduct state cadastral registration, state registration of rights, and maintain the Unified State Register of Real Estate.

State registration of rights to immovable property on the basis of title documents is not permitted if the regional commission has made a reasoned decision that they do not comply. Decisions of regional commissions may be appealed in court by interested parties.

Regional commissions will exercise the powers provided for by law until January 1, 2028.

It is clarified that documents for review may be submitted through a multifunctional public services center (MFC) at the place of residence, rather than directly to the regional commission.

Documents issued after May 11, 2014 are reviewed.

The MFC will forward them to the commission, and applicants will receive the decision there. If the decision is positive, a package of documents will be prepared for submission to Rosreestr.

Entered into force on 05.10.2025.

Federal Law No. 193-FZ “On the Specifics of Recognition and Validity in the Russian Federation of Documents Serving as the Basis for State Registration of Rights to Immovable Property and Confirming the Creation, Modification, Restriction, Transfer or Termination of Rights to Immovable Property and Encumbrances on Immovable Property, Which Were in Force in the Territories of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporizhzhia Region and Kherson Region on the Day the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporizhzhia Region and Kherson Region Were Admitted to the Russian Federation and New Constituent Entities Were Formed within the Russian Federation”