Municipality warns citizens for abusers with property ownership registration

The reaction came after a woman was identified by presenting herself as a Municipality employee, and asking money to accelerate the procedures.

“The Municipality of Tirana has been notified by the citizens that some persons are abusing by presenting themselves as Municipality employees and by asking money in exchange of an acceleration of the property ownership registration. The Municipality appeals the citizens to be careful of not falling prey to these frauds, because the law and only the law will be the orientation of the Municipality, and not the mediators”, Bisha declared.

Municipality gives usage permits for 124 objects

According to the spokesperson, the Tirana Municipality has followed all legal ways by sending the materials to the Police and Prosecution.

The Mayor of Tirana, Lulzim Basha, has given usage permission for 124 objects. In this list are not included those objects that have been blocked for violating the initial projects or for illegal additional floors in existing buildings. According to Basha, these permits were simply delayed for bureaucratic reasons.

“These 124 objects represent around 3000 families and 12.000 Tirana citizens. I will sign today the end of this process through a letter that I will send to the Minister of Justice. I will attach to this letter the respective files with the 124 usage permits, opening way to the release of property registration documents. The only violation has been made from the local operators, who have delayed them”, the Mayor declared.

According to Basha, the objects that have project violations and additional constructions to existing buildings will end within this year. The Mayor says that the citizens will receive the property ownership documents while the constructors will be violated.

Additional constructions on existing buildings

In a great number of cases, the urban properties in Albania have had additional constructions, which have not been registered, although without any property ownership conflict.

Urban areas have a considerable number of cases when a property has not been updated in registered, because the owners have not needed it.

In such cases, the procedures in the property registration offices are exhausting, to the point of the absurd. The owners are even asked to bring purchase acts dating in 1924, or legal standards that are not compatible with today’s system, but with that of 50 years before.

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