Land plot cadastral number: what it is and how to find it

You will find your number on your lease contract and on any cadastre extract, and a search on yourself in the State Register of Real Property Rights lists the numbers of your plots whose rights are recorded there: as of November 2026 that costs 80 UAH on paper at any administrative service centre. If a plot has no number, a certified land surveying engineer prepares the technical documentation, and the fee for a plot's state registration has been 332.80 UAH by law since 27 October 2026 (as of November 2026; art. 41 of the State Land Cadastre law as amended by Law No. 5020-IX). The rules here follow the texts of the acts in the editions in force on 10 November 2026; each edition is named in the sources.

What the 19 digits mean#

The Cabinet of Ministers sets the number's structure in the Procedure for Keeping the State Land Cadastre (Resolution No. 1051, edition of 09.05.2026). It has three parts separated by colons: the cadastral zone, quarter and plot. The zone number has 12 digits, its last two split from the first ten by one more colon, so the full number reads XXXXXXXXXX:XX:XXX:XXXX.

The first eight digits of the zone number usually match the KOATUU code, the old classifier of administrative units, so the first two digits mostly point to the oblast. By the Procedure's text, though, the number does not show which administrative unit a plot belongs to, and cadastral zones are drawn independently of the administrative map. So a number does not prove which community or district a plot is in, and the reading "the first ten digits are the settlement" is wrong: they are only part of the zone number.

What a cadastral number is needed for#

By the text of the Land Code (edition of 16.10.2026), a plot counts as formed from the moment it is given a cadastral number, and rights to it are registered only after the plot is registered in the cadastre.

• A contract of sale, gift or exchange of a plot must state its cadastral number (Land Code art. 132).
• A plot or a right to it, a lease right included, can be pledged only once the plot has a number (art. 133).
• A lease contract must name the plot's cadastral number (Land Lease law art. 15).
• For any transaction on a plot except a will, the notary obtains a cadastre extract (State Land Cadastre law art. 38).

Documents on ownership or permanent use issued before the cadastre law took effect are valid without a number, and plots whose rights arose before 2004 count as formed. The number becomes necessary to sell, give, pledge or newly lease such a plot. On the land tax, see our article on land tax and the minimum tax liabilitya.

Where to find your own plot's number#

The number must be in a land lease contract, because it is one of its essential terms, and it is on any cadastre extract, because the plot ledger opens with it. It may also be on a state act, but, as regional offices of the State Geocadastre write, some old-form acts carry none.

If you have no papers, request information about yourself from the State Register of Real Property Rights: a search on a person lists each record with the plot's cadastral number. The procedure provides for Diia and any administrative service centre, but as of 10 November 2026 Diia's page for this service says it is temporarily unavailable. The reliable route is a service centre, on paper; as of November 2026 it costs 80 UAH.

The exception: under the rights register law, if a right to a plot is registered to a legal entity, the electronic answer omits its number and gives the location only to the oblast. This holds for all of martial law and one year after it, so at least until the end of January 2028.

How to check a cadastral number, free and paid#

First check the format: 19 digits written 10:2:3:4, with colons between the parts. A number with any other count of digits does not fit the structure Resolution No. 1051 sets. After that there is one free route and two paid ones.

Diia's page "Information on the owner of land" says the service is being re-engineered and sends users to the e.land.gov.uaa cabinet: log in with an e-signature, choose "Search for information" under "Information on rights" and enter the cadastral number. Rights that arose after 1 January 2013 are kept in the rights register, so the free search does not replace the paid routes: the legally reliable answer comes from the cadastre extract and the register information.

What a cadastre record shows#

By the text of art. 15 of the State Land Cadastre law in its edition of 27.10.2026, the cadastre keeps on a plot:

• the cadastral number, the location and the State Address Register data where they exist;
• the boundary description, the area, line lengths and coordinates;
• the purpose, that is the land category and the type of use;
• the land types, with the names, addresses and identifiers of the buildings and structures on the plot;
• restrictions, land protection measures, and parts under a servitude or a sublease;
• land quality and soil grading data, the normative monetary valuation and land reclamation (irrigation or drainage) data;
• whether the plot is contaminated with explosive objects.

So a plot's record includes the buildings on it, but there is no "finding a house by its cadastral number": a house has its own registration number in the rights register. Under martial law neither owners nor third parties get the boundary coordinates. Knowing the number, you can order a cadastre extract and rights register information and view the data in the State Geocadastre's e-cabinet.

Finding a plot by its number: the public map is closed#

The Public Cadastral Map has been down since February 2022. The law obliges the State Geocadastre to publish it free of charge, but Cabinet Resolution No. 564 lifted that duty for martial law plus one month. The State Geocadastre's 2026 plan only foresaw a draft resolution to restore the map, and in August 2026, as the Ukrainian National Bar Association reporteda, it was still a draft. As of November 2026 the map is closed.

The state map ran at map.land.gov.ua, so sites that now show plots under the name "Public Cadastral Map" are not the state cadastre. Boundary coordinates go only to listed state cadastral registrars and to certified land surveyors and geodesists cleared for the work. The State Geocadastre's help page says the cadastre does not allow a search by address.

On ADAM's field map, in the farmer account, you can type in a number: the map moves to the village council or oblast its code roughly points to, and you outline the field yourself. ADAM does not show the plot's boundary.

Finding the owner, or a plot by the owner's surname#

By law, information in the State Register of Real Property Rights is open, public and paid. Anyone who identifies themselves can get it on any plot without the owner's consent. A search on a plot shows the rights on it, the owner included, and a search on a person lists their property with plot numbers. So finding a plot by the owner's surname is lawful.

• A search on a name alone can return namesakes, so search by tax number (RNOKPP) or passport if known.
• Plots on which a right is registered to a legal entity appear in the electronic answer without a cadastral number.
• Rights registered before 2013 may sit only in the cadastre; they are checked free of charge by number in the State Geocadastre's e-cabinet, which also has a service giving information on a real right's holder.
• The owner can later find out who asked about the plot.

As of November 2026 the information costs 40 UAH electronic or 80 UAH on paper; if the person owns a lot, the fee is charged per 25 pages.

Before you lease or buy a plot#

Before the deal, order rights register information on the plot and a cadastre extract. The register information shows the current rights, the owner included, and the encumbrances, and on request also the history: in date order, how the rights were acquired, changed and ended (Resolution No. 1127, item 5). Check the area and purpose written in the contract against the extract. By the text of Land Code art. 132, a contract of sale must state that there are no bans on alienation and give information on restrictions such as a pledge, a lease or a servitude, so see those entries before you sign.

How to check whether a plot is already leased#

Under Land Code art. 125 and Land Lease law art. 19, a lease right arises only from its state registration, so a registered lease shows in the rights register information on the plot; a paper answer from a service centre lacks the electronic one's wartime limits. A lease registered before 2013 may be recorded only in the cadastre: it is checked free by number in the State Geocadastre's e-cabinet and also shows on the cadastre extract.

Under martial law, the tenant of an agricultural plot may pass the lease right to another person for up to a year without the owner's consent, and notifies the lessor in writing within five days of the state registration of the transfer contract (Land Code, section X item 27 sub-item 9). The rights register law (art. 4) requires a change of tenant to be registered, so look for such an entry in the register information as well. Check it for emphyteusis too, the right to use someone else's land for farming: the emphyteuta can then lease the plot out for no longer than the emphyteusis contract runs, unless that contract forbids it (Land Code art. 102¹).

The cadastre extract and the valuation extract#

Anyone may get an extract from the State Land Cadastre on a plot; a third party gets it without the owner's personal data, such as the tax number, passport and address. The extract holds the plot ledger's data and the cadastral plan; rights that arose after 1 January 2013 go into it only at your request and are paid for separately. By the text of art. 38 of the cadastre law, a paper extract is issued on the day you apply.

Under martial law extracts are issued only by listed state cadastral registrars, service centre administrators and authorised council officials in communities outside active combat and occupied areas, always without boundary coordinates. The sure route is a paper application at a service centre.

If your plot has no cadastral number#

The number is assigned by a state cadastral registrar when the plot is registered.

An old state act or a land share: the usual route#

The basis is the technical documentation for establishing (restoring) the plot's boundaries in the field.

A number on paper, but no record in the cadastre#

A number determined before 1 January 2013 in documentation approved before that date, but never assigned, counts as assigned under section VII of the cadastre law on the documentation customer's written request, with no fee. Where, before 1 January 2013, technical documentation for drawing up the documents certifying the right to a plot was prepared on a state or local self-government body's decision to transfer the plot into ownership or use, a lease included, and the plot never reached the old State Register of Lands, it is registered on that documentation.

A new plot from state or communal land#

Free privatisation is banned under martial law, with exceptions listed below. Where a house with registered ownership stands on a plot with no registered rights, the number is assigned on the house owner's application, on the technical documentation.

Errors in the cadastre and how they are fixed#

Under section VII of the cadastre law, plots in the old State Register of Lands were to be moved into the cadastre automatically, without applications and free of charge. The Procedure for Keeping the Cadastre (item 138 of Resolution No. 1051) lists among the error types errors made in that move, errors in the coordinate system of plots formed before 2013 (shift, rotation, mirroring) and errors made at registration.

The notice of an error goes on the form in annex 29 to the Procedure: electronically with a qualified e-signature or a high-assurance electronic ID through Diia or the State Geocadastre's web page, or through the State Agrarian Register (item 139).

What martial law changes#

The cadastre works in wartime: registrations and extracts are handled by listed state cadastral registrars in communities outside active combat and occupied areas, so a number can be obtained now. Applications that a registrar must process for plots in areas of active hostilities or temporarily occupied territory wait until those territories are removed from the list approved by a State Geocadastre order.

Free privatisation of state and communal land, permits to prepare its documentation and preparing it are banned for the duration of martial law. The exceptions: owners of buildings on the plot, former owners of property destroyed by Russia's aggression, and plots given into use before the Land Code took effect in 2002.

Martial law was extended from 31 October 2026 for 90 days, to about 29 January 2027, and every extension moves these dates. The fees in this article are computed from the living wage on 1 January 2026.

What is often written wrong about cadastral numbers#

Some of these claims turn up even on the pages of state bodies:

• <strong>"The first ten digits are the settlement."</strong> The first twelve digits together are the cadastral zone number, and the number does not prove which community or district a plot is in.
• <strong>"You can find a plot on the Public Cadastral Map."</strong> The state map has been down since February 2022 and, as of November 2026, has not been restored.
• <strong>"A site with a plot map is the state cadastre."</strong> The state map ran at map.land.gov.ua; sites that now show plots under its name are not the cadastre.
• <strong>"Registering a plot is free."</strong> It was until 27 October 2026; as of November 2026 the fee is 332.80 UAH by law (art. 41 of the cadastre law as amended by Law No. 5020-IX).
• <strong>"The registrar decides within 14 working days."</strong> The term is 14 calendar days.
• <strong>"Every state act carries the number."</strong> Some old-form acts carry none, and acts issued before the cadastre law took effect are valid without it.