General Administration of Patrimonial Documentation

The GAPD (General Administration of Patrimonial Documentation) plays a key role in patrimonial management. It is the place where all information is gathered on property, parcels and fiscal property data. Our name may not immediately ring a bell, but the impact of our services is felt everywhere.

Our tasks cover a broad spectrum:

  • Who owns what? We keep track of who owns which parcel of land or building.
  • Where are the boundaries? We offer reliable information on property boundaries and surface areas.
  • What is cadastral income? We calculate this tax component and ensure that when changes are made, all information is updated correctly.

In addition, we ensure flawless registration of deeds, including mortgage details in order to guarantee legal certainty for citizens and businesses.

However, our tasks go beyond these activities. We are also responsible for:

  • the sale of seized property and government property,
  • the levying of regional taxes, such as registration duties and inheritance tax for Brussels and Wallonia.

In order to efficiently organise all these activities, we operate with four specialised administrations. Together, we ensure that patrimonial management is efficient, transparent and future-oriented.

The administrations

The Administration of Measurements and Valuations guarantees:

  • the measurement of administrative limits as part of the update of the cadastral parcel plan and the development of a geographic information system,
  • the update of the cadastral parcel plan,
  • the issuance of parcel identification numbers reserved for subsequent cadastral registration,
  • the determination of the taxable basis, such as the cadastral income, for tax purposes and the verification of the declared value for registration and estate duties,
  • the estimation of the market and rental values of immovable property in support of other FPS Finance departments and other public entities.

The Administration of Legal Security guarantees:

  • the collection of registration and estate duties (for Wallonia and the Brussels-Capital Region) as well as the mortgage duties, the court duties and the various taxes and duties,
  • the publication as regards the real estate and the mortgages of the public officers' deeds,
  • the update of the patrimonial documentation.

The Administration of Patrimonial Services guarantees:

  • the private purchase or the purchase by expropriation order of the real estate useful or essential for the building of infrastructures decided by the public authorities,
  • the sale of the real estate of the public authorities at their request,
  • in its capacity as "public notary", the drawing up of official deeds as regards the purchases and the sales as well as some special deeds on behalf of public enterprises,
  • the management of the real estate holding of the State, either by renting it out or by granting it as a concession or by selling it,
  • the sale of the movable property out of service from the government,
  • the sale, recycling or destruction of the seized goods.

The Administration of Information Exchange and Collection guarantees:

  • the collection and exchange of patrimonial information concerning the real estate as well as the movable property of the natural or legal persons,
  • the diffusion of this information to the public authorities as well as to the private authorities or to the citizens. It must of course be carried out in accordance with the provisions as regards the protection of data privacy.

Useful links

  • Website Finimmoweb: sale of federal real estate
  • Website Fin Shops: sale of movable property
  • Organizational chart of the Administration Measurements and Assessments: Dutch French
  • Organizational chart of the Administration of Legal Security: Dutch French
  • Organizational chart of the Administration of Patrimonial Services: Dutch French
  • Organizational chart of the Administration of Information Exchange and Collection: Dutch French