The family land isn't registered: how to find out what is yours
Does your family have land in Portugal that was never registered? Where to look, what each document proves and how to register land for the first time.
Find out exactly what land you own in Portugal, and put it in order.
BUPi, registration, areas and boundaries, handled by people who know the law and the land.
The most common problems
- Plots recorded with the Tax Office that were never registered at the Land Registry.
- Areas in the property tax record that don't match the land.
- Properties still in the grandparents' names, or from inheritances that were never divided.
- Plots not yet identified in BUPi, or with outlines that overlap the neighbours'.
Since 2026, rural and mixed plots need their georeferenced graphic representation (RGG) to be sold, given away or divided. Land that has not been regularised is land the family cannot use.
What we do
- Full search everything recorded with the Tax Office, the Land Registry and the cadastre in the family's name.
- On-site check where each plot is and where it ends.
- BUPi and cadastre georeferenced graphic representation by the qualified technician on our team, or the appropriate cadastral procedure.
- Corrections and registration area corrections and first registration, with or without a title deed.
- Neighbours resolving overlaps, preferably by agreement.
Learn more
BUPi: what it is, who should do it and what changed in October 2026
What changed in BUPi costs and rules in 2026, and how to identify and regularise your family's land in Portugal while living abroad.
The area in the property tax record doesn't match the land: why, and how to correct it
Does your land's area in the Portuguese tax records not match reality? Why it happens, when it causes problems and how to correct it without coming to Portugal.
You know you have land, but not exactly which or where?
Tell us the parish and what you know. Even with little information, we can make a start.