Government decision: Citizens and businesses in frontline areas exempted from fees for key registration services
Following the President of Ukraine’s directive, the Cabinet of Ministers has adopted the first package of measures to support frontline territories. One of these measures involves amending Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 209 of 6 March 2022, “On Certain Issues of State Registration and Operation of Unified and State Registers Administered by the Ministry of Justice under Martial Law.”
According to the amendments developed by the Ministry of Justice, internally displaced persons, citizens registered or declared in temporarily occupied territories or areas of active hostilities, as well as legal entities and individual entrepreneurs from such territories or those that changed their location during martial law, are exempt from:
- Administrative fees for state registration of property rights and their encumbrances;
- Fees for obtaining information from the State Register of Property Rights in paper form;
- Administrative fees for amending information about legal entities or individual entrepreneurs in the Unified State Register;
- Fees for information from the Unified State Register in paper form (if related to the applicant);
- State duties for marriage registration or dissolution, name changes, re-issuance of certificates, and extracts from the State Register of Civil Status Acts;
- Fees for apostille certification on documents issued by justice authorities, courts, archives, and notaries.
Important: Obtaining these services electronically through the Diia Portal remains subject to fees.
These decisions aim to reduce the financial burden on citizens and businesses affected by russian aggression and ensure unhindered access to essential services in property registration, business, and civil status acts.
The simplified regime will remain in effect throughout martial law and for one month following its termination or cancellation.