Voltura

The procedure to update the registered owner of a property or land in the Catasto records, typically after a sale, inheritance, or donation. A voltura catastale is filed with the Agenzia delle Entrate to change the intestazione (ownership data) in the cadastral database. For instance, after a purchase, within a certain time (usually 30 days from the recording of the deed) the new owner or the notary must submit a voltura so that tax records reflect the buyer as the new holder of that property. After an inheritance, heirs file a voltura di successione to update cadastral records to their names. The voltura ensures property tax notices (like cadastral tax, garbage tax, etc.) go to the right person and that cadastral visure reflect current proprietors. While a notarial deed transfers ownership legally even without a voltura, having the Catasto updated is required by law for fiscal consistency and to avoid mix-ups. The term voltura also applies to transferring utility accounts (voltura delle utenze) but in real estate context normally means cadastral change. When buying, typically the notary takes care of submitting the voltura on your behalf along with the registration of deed. It requires forms indicating old owner, new owner, property identifiers, and a small fee. There is also voltura mortis causa (due to death) and voltura per atto tra vivi (due to deed among living). If the property spans multiple municipalities, multiple volture are needed. A prospective buyer might check if a property’s intestazione matches who claims to own it – if not, sometimes voltura wasn’t done or an inheritance wasn’t updated, which needs rectifying. Also, if the property is passed to new owners by court order or other means, a voltura should reflect that. Essentially, it is an administrative step to align the cadastre with reality of ownership. It does not confer ownership (the deed or succession does that), but failing to do voltura can cause bureaucratic headaches.