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Data should include maps of lands with parcel layer and display parcel boundaries in addition to a land registry with information on transactions of parcels of land. The assessment criteria were developed in collaboration with Cadasta Foundation. For more information on land ownership datasets and where they're located, see Cadasta Foundation's Data Overview](https://cadasta.org/open-data/overview-of-property-rights-data/).
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Available free of charge | No | |
| Publicly available | No | According to the Egyptian law 142-1964 only owner or legal representative can access ownership documents. |
| Openly licenced | No | |
| Up-to-date | No | |
| In an open and machine-readable format | Other | |
| Digital data | No | |
| Print data | No | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| findable_steps | Data found in google using keyword "land registry" in arabic, known in egypt as "Sijil Ayni" | |
| characteristics | None of the above | Details of the digitization of guide land registry available here https://www.mcit.gov.eg/Upcont/Documents/Guide_Land_Registery20077816633.pdf |
| Controlled access | No | |
| Collector name | Egyptian General Survey Authority |
Law 142-1964 (in arabic) https://alsabeh.blogspot.com/2010/10/142-1964.html explains that only land owners can access land ownership documents. This is detailed in the Articles 58 to 61: Article 58 Translation “Each owner is given a copy of the real estate paper called "title deed" and if two or more people have a common property, each of them is given a copy of the title deed on behalf of all the public after paying a fee of 100 piasters.” Land registration has been started, but there is no evidence available that land titles are available for the entire national territory. A report shows that agricultural land records are being digitised: Details of the digitization of guide land registry available here https://www.mcit.gov.eg/Upcont/Documents/Guide_Land_Registery20077816633.pdf According to a news source here (https://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/2973558), “Eng. Medhat Kamal El-Din, head of the Egyptian General Authority for Surveying of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, said that the inventory of state properties in five provinces, including Aswan, Luxor, North Sinai, Wadi Al-Gadid and Gharbia, has been completed.”