'If You Want to Find Your Land'... Gyeonggi-do's Ancestral Land Search Service Gains Popularity

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province received a total of approximately 76,000 applications from January to the end of July this year and provided land information for over 50.79 million parcels to residents and public institutions.

First, through the "Josang Land Finding Service," Gyeonggi Province provided land information on about 80,000 parcels (approximately 66㎢) owned by 20,000 people in response to about 71,000 applications submitted by individuals or heirs.

Additionally, for over 5,000 applications submitted by public institutions for investigations, wage claim guarantees, military service reductions, and seizure of delinquent fines, information on approximately 50.71 million parcels (about 29,000㎢) owned by 280,000 people was delivered.

The Josang Land Finding Service is a free administrative service that allows persons with legal inheritance rights who do not know the location or lot number of their ancestors' land to electronically search the nationwide land ownership status registered in the cadastral records and find it for heirs. Applications can also be made if the applicant does not know their own land lot number.

Recently, in Anseong City, an elderly person who only roughly knew the location of their land and had difficulty issuing a land register was able to quickly confirm the lot number and obtain the land register through the Josang Land Finding Service.

The Josang Land Finding Service can be applied for by visiting cadastral-related departments at city, county, and district offices nationwide regardless of land location or online at kgeop.go.kr.

Applicants must submit their ID, agents must submit a power of attorney and a copy of the principal’s ID, and heirs of deceased persons must submit documents proving their heirship (such as family relation certificate, basic certificate, or family relation certificate).

Shim Sang-hyun, head of the Gyeonggi Province Cadastral Reinvestigation Team, stated, "We will do our best to manage residents' property rights through the Josang Land Finding Service and provide accurate data to public institutions."

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