From December 19, 2024, due to a hacker attack, dozens of state registers in Ukraine were blocked, halting the real estate market and making transactions impossible. No transactions for buying or selling apartments or land were possible. It was not possible to register a business, change company ownership, register a new building, change residency, get married online, and perform many other notarial actions related to obtaining data from the registers.

However, the registers are now gradually returning to work, which opens up opportunities for business but also requires caution.

🔹 The Ministry of Justice reports that the main registers, such as the State Register of Property Rights to Real Estate, are already operational. However, as stated by BBC Ukraine, private notary Mykola Biller, a member of the Commission on Information Technology and Cybersecurity of the Notary Chamber of Ukraine: “The registers are working, but sometimes they lag, data is still being synchronized, and part of the information is being digitized from paper carriers; there have been problems in processing transactions with foreign capital.”

🔹 Lawyers advise not to rush into concluding purchase and sale transactions yet. Although registration is possible, scanned copies of the ownership documents are still being uploaded.

👉 Realtors should:

• Plan transactions to allow time for checking all data.

• Clarify with notaries the status of data synchronization.

• Thoroughly check all ownership documents.

• Ensure that the necessary scanned copies are added to the registers.

• Advise clients to consult with lawyers or notaries before concluding transactions.

🔹 According to the Ministry of Justice, the following registers are already operational:

• State Register of Property Rights to Real Estate;

• State Register of Encumbrances on Movable Property;

• Automated system for enforcement proceedings;

• Electronic register of apostilles;

• Unified register of convicted persons and those taken into custody;

• Automated system "Bankruptcy and Insolvency";

• Unified state register of persons to whom the provisions of the Law of Ukraine "On Lustration" apply.

Source: BBC Ukraine