Kosovo Property Comparison and Verification Agency
Republika e Kosovës · Republika Kosovo · Republic of Kosovo
KPCVA
The Kosovo Property Comparison and Verification Agency (KPCVA) operates through three main bodies: the Supervisory Board, the Executive Secretariat, and the Adjudication Commissions, which work in coordination to ensure the efficient and effective implementation of the KPCVA’s legal mandate.
An independent institution established under Article 142 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo and Law No. 05/L-010 on the Kosovo Property Comparison and Verification Agency, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 08/L-052.
Comparing the original cadastral documents from the period before June 1999, taken from Kosovo by the Serbian authorities, with the current cadastral documents in Kosovo, in order to identify and resolve the discrepancies and gaps between them, in accordance with the legislation in force.
Reviewing and resolving the remaining claims concerning private immovable property, including agricultural and private commercial property, as well as implementing the decisions of the relevant KPCVA commissions, the judgments of the Supreme Court of Kosovo and the decisions of the relevant commission of the former Housing and Property Directorate (HPD), in accordance with the legislation in force.
Receiving, registering and reviewing claims for the legal recognition of property rights transferred through informal transactions before 24 March 1999, in accordance with the criteria and procedures set out in the legislation in force.
Implementation is carried out through the legal remedies prescribed by law. Mediation may be used as an alternative remedy for decisions related to the demolition of illegal structures.