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Certification of purchase

  • Service
  • Nationwide
  • Public service

If you are buying, selling, giving as a gift or exchanging immovable property, such as a plot, you will need the services of a public purchase witness, an attesting notary. The attesting notary will certify the transfer of the property.

Digital and Population Data Services Agency always ensures certification of purchase at their service location. When the property is transferred, both parties and ...

Do the following

Make an appointment with the attesting notary in advance.

Send a secure email to julkinen.notaari@dvv.fi or call the Digital and Population Data Services Agency's switchboard and ask for a purchase witness.

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To whom and on what terms

Both parties have to be present when the certification of the purchase takes place. Both parties must be legally competent. The transferor must be the owner of the property being transferred.

The service is provided by

Digital and Population Data Services Agency

Responsible for the service

Digital and Population Data Services Agency
Text edited by: Digital and Population Data Services Agency
Updated: 24/8/2026