Legitimate request of the owner

Owner of the property has to submit a request to the local authority (by using the e-service of the portal rahvastikuregister.ee, by sending a digitally signed application by e-mail or by hand signed application by post or by going to the local authority office in person).

Request must provide following information:

• address of the property;
• the name of the person whose address of residence owner wants to change;
• a statement that the person does not have the right to use the owner's property as a place of residence;
• a statement that the person does not use the property belonging to the owner as a place of residence.

The following conditions must be met for submitting a legitimate request of the owner:

• a property belonging to the owner is stated as an individual’s place of residence;
• the individual does not have the right to use the owner’s property as the place of residence;
• the individual does not use the owner’s property as the place of residence.

All the conditions must be met simultaneously, and the owner of the property must confirm that they are correct by providing his or her signature.

The local government shall notify the individual about the property owner’s application by e-mail at the address stated in the population register or by registered mail at the residential address indicated in the population register and publish the notice in the official publication "Ametlikud Teadaanded" if the obligation to notify is not fulfilled by other means. The application of the owner of a property shall be denied if the individual provides documentary evidence of his or her right to use the property as his or her residence within one month after delivery of the application or publication of the notice or if a legal dispute concerning the right of use of the property is pending.

If, as a result of the proceedings, the legitimate request of the owner is satisfied, the information concerning the individual’s place of residence in the population register shall become invalid.

The owner of a property may submit an application for changing the address:

• to the city or rural municipality  government or to the Tallinn City District Government of the location of the property;
• by post, appending a copy of the personal information from the owner’s identity document;
• by sending a digitally signed notice by e-mail;
• by using the e-service of the e-population register (an ID-card or mobile ID is necessary).

The owner of the property shall not be entitled to submit an application if an individual lives in a property belonging to him or her, or the individual has the right to use this property as his or her residence. A dispute concerning the right of use shall be settled according to civil procedure or the procedure provided for in the Lease Disputes Resolution Act. The decision of a committee settling a lease dispute or a judicial decision regarding the existence or absence of the right of use which has entered into force constitutes the basis for changing the address entered in the population register by the local government.