The Hellenic Cadastre, Greece’s national land registry, began full operation across the regional unit of Laconia, in the southern Peloponnese, on 12 October 2026. The move adds 326,754 properties and 426,817 rights to its database.
According to a Hellenic Cadastre announcement issued on 13 October, five municipalities joined the system: Sparti, East Mani, Monemvasia, Evrotas and Elafonisos. East Mani includes the Gytheio and Oitylo areas, and Sparti includes Mystras. With them, the whole of Laconia now runs under the full Cadastre.
The announcement states that, from now on, all transactions with the Cadastre in these areas are carried out digitally. In practice:
- Notarial deeds, with some exceptions, are filed digitally only.
- Lawyers register mortgage pre-notations and the removal of security interests digitally.
- Court acts arrive electronically through bailiffs, and public bodies such as AADE, the tax authority, file electronically.
- Correction requests, including for obvious errors, and searches of the database are digital only.
- Certificates and copies can be requested online at any hour.
- Revenue stamps on applications and certificates are abolished, and payment is electronic only, by e-banking or card.
In-person research hours are 08:30 to 13:30, the same across the country. The local office is the Sparti branch of the Peloponnese Cadastral Office, at the 1st km of the Sparti–Tripoli road. Technical questions go through the Cadastre’s support portal.
Laconia follows South Athens, where Kallithea and Palaio Faliro moved to full operation on 7 October, as we reported in our piece on the South Athens switch.
What it means for buyers
The change covers coastal areas such as Monemvasia, Gytheio and the eastern Mani as well as Sparti and its villages. For a house anywhere in Laconia, title now sits in one digital Cadastre record.
Before signing, a buyer’s lawyer can compare the area, boundaries and rights in that record with the seller’s deed and the building permit, and have any mismatch corrected before the contract. Our guide to records to check before you buy sets out which documents to compare.
Buyers who sign through a lawyer with a power of attorney should need fewer office visits made on their behalf. Buyers should confirm how this applies to them with a Greek lawyer.
