New Registration of State-Owned Property with Twice the Area of Yeouido through Intellectual Property Study Reorganization

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to Promote Maintenance Projects for Unregistered Cadastral Records
Returning Over 10,000 Parcels Worth Approximately 18 Billion KRW to the Public

[Asia Economy Reporter Noh Kyung-jo] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 17th that through the 'Cadastral Register Unregistered Maintenance Project,' it newly registered an area twice the size of Yeouido (7,954 parcels, 5.6㎢) as national property. Land boundaries (10,512 parcels) worth approximately 18 billion KRW in official land prices were also corrected.

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport / Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

The cadastral register refers to the ledger and maps that record land (forest) details and ownership, such as land (forest) ledgers and cadastral (forest) maps. Until now, there have been concerns that lands not registered in the cadastral register or with incorrectly registered boundaries and areas faced difficulties in various permits, development projects, and private transactions.

Accordingly, from 2020 for three years, the Ministry of Land and the Public Procurement Service newly registered lands omitted from land and forest ledgers and cadastral and forest maps. Errors arising during the digitization process of lands and maps whose boundaries and areas did not match the ledgers were also corrected.

First, using initially registered ledgers, maps, survey data, and aerial photographs, a detailed investigation was conducted on 40 million parcels nationwide. Lands with errors numbered 65,000 parcels. The government conducted land use status surveys and cadastral surveys on these lands.

As a result, unregistered lands equivalent to twice the area of Yeouido (2.9㎢) were identified. The government decided to register these as national property and clarify ownership by verifying rights relations in the future. For cases registered in maps and ledgers but with boundary or area errors, corrections were made, increasing the cadastral register area by 0.7㎢.

The completed maintenance project data can be checked by anyone at local government civil service counters, the integrated real estate civil service platform Ilsa Pyeonri, and Government24. It is also accessible through the National Spatial Information Portal.

Park Geon-su, Director of the Land Information Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Land, said, "This cadastral register unregistered maintenance project clarified the rights relations in the cadastral register, helping citizens exercise their land property rights," and added, "We will continue to strive to strengthen the public functions of the cadastral register."

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