The Implementation of Public E- Services for Immovable Property Contracts in Lithuania : Legal Aspects

This article analyzes the implementation model of Public E-Services In The Immovable Property Contracts (PESIPC) between Lithuanian State Enterprise (SE) “Centre of Registries” (Centre of Registries) and notary and its legal aspects. the PESIPC informational system in Lithuania was instituted to simplify the contract conclusion and registration procedures by eliminating appearance in person of the interested parties directly in the Centre of Registries, because all contract procedures would be completed at the notary office. All the official information concerning registry and cadastre of immovable property, required for concluding and confirming the contract, must be delivered through the Internet directly to notaries and interested parties. Both the preparation of contract documents and the registration of varied legal facts and contracts themselves in the register of immovable property shall become automatic. This is one of the first the PESIPC systems introduced in Europe, thus it is especially important to analyze the legal aspects of practice of the above-mentioned informational system.