Key issues of application of the new law on state registration of real estate

The author compares the old (No. 122-FL) and the new (No. 218-FL) real estate registration laws to answer three questions: the limits of legal expertise, the grounds for suspending state registration of rights by the decision of the state registrar and the grounds for refusing it. It is concluded that the broad interpretation of the norms establishing the grounds for suspension and refusal of registration is unacceptable, and ignoring one of the principles of regulating administrative procedures (the government body is forbidden to do everything except what is allowed) leads to the appearance of new administrative barriers and may have corruption consequences.