Property register - Notify construction of a building

If you erect a building, you must notify the authorities. Notification is required by law. The building must also be recorded in the property register after every new building or extension.

If you do not report the construction of the building, structural changes will be recorded by the surveying authorities or publicly appointed surveyors and recorded in the property register.

Related forms and processes

Prerequisite

  • You own the property or you are a person with hereditary building rights.
  • You would like to erect a building, change its footprint or demolish it.

Responsible department

the lower surveying authority in whose district the property is located

Depending on the location of the property, the lower surveying authority is the municipal administration or the district office.

Procedure

You must informally notify the competent authority of the construction of the building. Please state the amount of the construction costs.

You can inform the competent authority in writing, by telephone or by e-mail. The authority will then update the property register.

Note: You can dispense with the notification if you commission publicly appointed surveying engineers to carry out the necessary surveying tasksen.

Deadlines

Display after construction

Required documents

none

Costs

The amount of the fee depends on the construction costs of the building.

Example:

The construction costs for a typical residential building are between EUR 100,000 and EUR 400,000.

You will have to pay

  • for recording the building: EUR 510.00 plus VAT
  • as a continuation fee 35 per cent of the fee for the building survey: EUR 178.50

Further information can be found in the schedule of fees.

Miscellaneous

none

Appeal

An appealcan be lodgedagainst an administrative act .

Legal basis

Vermessungsgesetz für Baden-Württemberg (VermG)

  • § 5 Liegenschaftsvermessung
  • § 18 Pflichten

Landesgebührengesetz (LGebG)

Verordnung des Ministeriums für Landesentwicklung und Wohnen über die Feststetzung der Gebührensätze für öffentliche Leistungen der staatlichen Behörden für den Geschäftsbereich des Ministeriums für Landesentwicklung und Wohnen (Gebührenverordnung MLW -GebVO MLW) vom 1. März 2024

Release note

machine generated, based on the German release by: Ministerium für Landesentwicklung und Wohnen Baden-Württemberg, 19.07.2024