Registration of residence

Local government can offer necessary services if the receipt of taxes from the residents is ensured and it is known how many people have registered the local government unit as their place of permanent residence.

If, in reality, there are more people living on the local government territory than indicated in the population registry, the quality of services may suffer and damage is done not only to people with incorrect residence data, but those who have performed their registration duties correctly.

Entry or placement of an individual in a hospital, social welfare institution, custodial institution or in military service shall not constitute sufficient basis for changing the residential address of an individual entered in the population register.

Residential information can be changed:

• on the basis of a notice of residence submitted by an individual;
• on the basis of a notice of residence or an application to register a permanent residence in a foreign state if an individual permanently settles in a foreign state;
• on the initiative of a city or rural municipal government;
• at the reasoned request of the owner of a property;
• on the basis of a judicial decision whereby an individual loses the right to use a property as his or her residence;
• if the administrative-territorial organisation which is the basis of the residential address, or the names and numbers of objects which are address units, are altered;
• on the basis of information received from a competent foreign state authority if the individual’s residential address is in a foreign state.