Applications and attachments submitted to the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) include personal data or other confidential information that need to be protected. The classified e-mail service offers a secure way to submit such data. More detailed instructions for using our secured email service.
Application forms are only in Finnish and in Swedish.
Apartment ownership and using an apartment as security for a loan
By answering the questions in our interactive instructions, you can check how to apply for registration of your apartment in various situations, for example, when you have a paper share certificate or an electronic registration of ownership.
Send the application and attachments to one of the addresses below.
- Via our secured email service to huoneistohakemukset@maanmittauslaitos.fi
- By post to Maanmittauslaitos / Huoneistot, PL 3300, 65101 Vaasa
- Street addresses of our service points
If the original share certificate or temporary certificate is required as an attachment, send the application and attached document by post or deliver them to the nearest location. Please note that the share certificate is a transferable security and it is important to select a secure delivery method. For additional information, see the Posti website, for example. If you have a large number of share certificates, please send them by post to Vaasa.
Contact information of the shareholder for the housing company's shareholder list
Property ownership and mortgages
We recommend using our electronic channels to contact us. Via the NLS e-service (in Finnish or in Swedish), you can apply for registration of title or registration of a leasehold or other special right, or supplement a pending application. In the Property Transaction Service (in Finnish or in Swedish), you can apply for a new mortgage and transfer or annulment of a mortgage deed.
Send the documents and appendices/attachments to one of the addresses below. If you must append an original document to the application, you can send it by post or present it at your nearest NLS service point.
- Via our secured email service to kirjaamisasiat@maanmittauslaitos.fi. Please note! As of 3 June 2024 banks can no longer use e-mail in matters that can be initiated using one of our electronic case management channels.
- By post to Maanmittauslaitos / Kiinteistöt, PL 3300, 65101 Vaasa
- Street addresses of our service points
Applications for registration for cadastral surveys
Please send applications for cadastral surveys to one of the following addresses:
- Via our secured email service to toimitushakemukset@maanmittauslaitos.fi
- Maanmittauslaitos / Toimitushakemukset, PL 3300, 65101 Vaasa.
Other applications
Applications regarding registers (e.g. changing the name of a property or combining two or more properties) should be sent to the following address:
- Via our secured email service to toimitushakemukset@maanmittauslaitos.fi
- Maanmittauslaitos / Toimitushakemukset, PL 3300, 65101 Vaasa.
Other mail
All other mail should be sent to the following address:
- Maanmittauslaitos / Registry, PB 84, 00521 Helsinki
- Via our secured email service to kirjaamo@maanmittauslaitos.fi