Any building that has been constructed after 30/11/1955, either without a building permit or if illegal additions or changes of use have been made to it, which have not been exempted from demolition or legalized by illegal regulations that have been valid until today, are considered illegal. In an illegal property, handing it down (sale, parental provision, mortgage, donation, etc.) as well as creating a right in rem are completely invalid.
It should also be noted that no building permit or operating permit can be issued on an illegal property.
Over the years many laws have been passed to regulate / legalize illegal constructions and changes of use. A prerequisite for the inclusion in the law in force today is the illegal construction or change of use to have been carried out before July 28, 2011, and not to be located in a public area of the city, public property, forest or forest area, seashore, archeological sites of zone A, beach zone, stream, critical coastal zone etc.
The benefits of legalizing:
- Final exemption from demolition or suspension for 30 years of imposing sanctions for illegal construction or change of use
- Possibility of handing down the property
- The cost of the legalization is much lower than the fine for construction and maintenance of illegal construction and is counterbalanced by already paid fines of construction and maintenance
To regulate illegal constructions or changes of use, the following supporting documents must be prepared:
- Property title deed
- Real Property Statement E9
- Building permits (documents and blueprints)
- Proof of Oldness of the structure from a public authority (if there is any)
- Documents that prove that they belong to special groups of population (disabled, returnees, large families, long-term unemployed, etc.) if that is the case.