Making a Cadastre law for 3D properties in Norway

Abstract A pending proposal for a new Law on the Cadastre in Norway [Norwegian State Reports: NOU 1999:1 Lov om eiendomsregistrering (Law on the Cadastre)] includes for the first time regulations for establishing and registering properties under and above the surface. The new regulations shall typically cover for registration of parking garages in the underground, or registration of buildings/constructions on pillars above the surface, as separate properties. It is assumed that the law will be adopted by the Parliament in 2002–2003. The proposed regulations consider 3D properties to be subdivided and registered largely in line with establishing parcels on the surface. The Law Committee saw no major problems in making neighbouring properties “above each other”, than dividing properties on the surface making neighbours “next to each other”. The proposal refers to 3D properties as “construction properties”, proposing that such properties should only be registered when it is needed for realisation of a specific construction. An important issue is to ensure a distinction between “construction properties” and condominiums.