You can find out whether you can register in a dacha, in a gardening community, in a village or village, in a hostel, in a communal apartment, as well as in an apartment or loft from our articles.
Registration forms
The first thing you need to understand is that registration has several forms. Some believe that depending on them, the number of permissible persons for registration in a particular housing area changes.
There is a temporary registration. It usually does not endow a citizen with any special rights. It only gives the right to use the housing for its intended purpose. Issued only for a certain period of time. And there is permanent registration. It is also called “at the place of residence” (the first is at the place of stay). It has no time limits, is recorded in the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, and gives residents some special rights (for example, the opportunity to participate in privatization).
Does this depend on how many people can be registered in an apartment? To be honest, no. Therefore, all established rules will apply to any form of registration of citizens.
Where to submit documents
In addition to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you can also contact the MFC office. You can apply electronically through the State Services portal or send an application by mail. All documents are attached as copies.
Contacting the MFC or sending documents through the State Services website simplifies the procedure, but the final stage still requires a visit to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The registration stamp is affixed only by employees of this department. Registration is free and takes from 3 days to a week.
From footage
However, some housing indicators play a huge role in the immediate constraints on our issue today. What factors can be taken into account?
Of course, the first thing to consider is the square footage of your apartment. It is he who plays the main role in determining the “limits”. But the restriction only applies under specific circumstances. More on them a little later. How many people can be registered in an apartment (temporarily or permanently)? This will be indicated by the footage of the room. Its total area is taken into account.
According to the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, there is a certain standard for square footage per person. Therefore, it plays a huge role directly and the size of your living space. The number of rooms does not matter. Please note: the average norm per person in Russia is 10 square meters. Based on this indicator, the maximum permissible norm of registered citizens is calculated.
Region
No matter how strange it may sound, to accurately answer our question today you will have to take into account your place of residence. Or rather, the region. He, too, under certain circumstances, will play a huge role. How many people can you register in an apartment? This will be indicated by the standard footage per person in a particular region. Moreover, it should not be confused with the previous version. After all, it reflects the average number of persons allowed for registration in the premises.
Regional indicators in each subject of the Russian Federation differ from each other. They will help calculate the exact number of people who can be registered in the apartment. For example, at the moment in St. Petersburg, 1 person is entitled to 9 square meters. To correctly answer our question today, it is necessary to divide the total area of the room by this value. And you will get a figure that gives an exact answer to the question posed. Remember: the registration form does not play a role in this.
Registration in a privatized apartment
If the housing is privatized and is your property, then everything is very simple. The owner can dispose of his housing as he pleases and register as many people as he wants. But at the same time, it is necessary to avoid fraudulent registrations of people, regardless of what country they are citizens of.
If the owner wants to register, he must:
- Take your passport and forms confirming your rights to the apartment.
- Go to the multifunctional center or passport department and leave your passport for about a week. Then you must visit the housing maintenance office at your place of registration.
- In a week you can pick up your passport with a stamp.
In situations where the apartment owner wants to register a relative in his house, he will need to draw up an application.
You will also need documents such as:
- The passport of the person you are going to attribute, or other documents indicating his identity.
- Owner's passport.
- Documents that confirm the existence of rights to registration, for example, a purchase and sale agreement, a court decision, or a written statement, which we mentioned earlier.
- If the owner is still a minor, then the consent of guardians or parents and other co-owners will be required.
- You must also provide a state tax receipt.
Own
Property is an extremely important indicator in our business today. If you are wondering how many people can be registered in a one-room apartment (and not only), think carefully about who is the owner of the property. And the number of them is also worth thinking about.
The thing is that if your housing is municipal, then the restrictions will be enormous. The limit on the number of citizens available for registration will be relatively small. Especially if the footage of the room is small. But in the case when you yourself are the owner (the only one or not - this is not so important), all restrictions will be reduced. There is a virtual absence of them.
I own one
How many people can be registered in 1 apartment? It should be noted from the above that the answer is influenced by a huge number of factors. Of course, every point is important. But the form of ownership is taken into account first of all.
If the premises have only one owner, then it is he who determines how many people to register in the living space. Russia does not yet have any laws that would precisely set limits in this regard.
The huge advantage of this arrangement of events is that other indicators mentioned earlier are not taken into account when registering. This means that the owner of the apartment independently, without restrictions, decides what answer to give to our question today. Neither the square footage of housing, nor the rate per person, nor the region of residence act as limiting factors. Although even if the apartment is privatized, you can stumble upon some pitfalls.
Rules for registration in departmental housing
As for departmental or official housing, it is owned by the employer and is provided temporarily. If a person leaves the organization, he will be obliged to leave the living quarters.
It follows from this that privatization in this housing is impossible, with the exception of the transfer of living space from departmental to municipal property. When a tenant wants to register someone else in departmental housing, this is impossible without the consent of the owner.
Therefore, we can say with confidence that there is one problem with this option, which is the limitation of registration to the period of employment.
Several owners
For example, if you have an apartment in shared ownership. Then the decision on how many people can be registered in a privatized apartment is made jointly. Namely, in agreement with the other owners of the premises. Except in the case of registration of a minor child. This does not require any approval from the other owners.
That is, virtually all restrictions will be imposed directly by the owners of the residential premises. You have the right to register as many people as you decide at the general council. As soon as you receive a refusal from the other owners (even one person is enough), your apartment ceases to be “rubber”. And you won’t be able to register anyone else even temporarily in it.
Where to get information about the number of registered citizens
Information about the number of people registered in an apartment can be obtained from several structures. This can be done both by the owner of the premises and by third parties (for example, the buyer when checking the property before completing the transaction).
Passport Office
The passport office allows you to obtain both a simple extract from the house register and an expanded archival extract about every person ever registered in an apartment and the reasons for his discharge. But such information is provided only to the owner of this premises with a passport or to a representative of his interests with a notarized power of attorney.
FMS
Any person has the right to request information about how many people are registered in the apartment at the address of interest by contacting the FMS. To do this, you need a passport and a request application. You will not have to pay any duties. But the consideration of this application takes a month.
The law prohibits the disclosure of personal data of property owners without their consent. Therefore, the migration service sends a copy of your application request to the address of interest. And homeowners are already making a decision: to disclose or not to disclose information about themselves.
Management company (management company)
The management company can act as an intermediary between you and all other services. You provide a passport and a written statement that you are interested in information about those registered in the apartment at a specific address. The Criminal Code redirects your request to the passport office or the Federal Migration Service.
Rosreestr and MFC (multifunctional center)
The buyer of real estate has the right to request a certificate from the Unified State Register of Rights to Real Estate (Unified State Register of Rights to Real Estate) regarding the existence of encumbrances on the property with the rights of third parties. It allows you to find out whether the living space has tenants who still have the right to live in this premises. Such an extract is provided using a passport at Rosreestr or at the MFC without the consent and presence of the home owner.
Municipalities
What to do if the housing is not privatized? That is, you are not the owner. Here the situation is somewhat ambiguous. After all, there are several options for the development of events.
The first is a limitation based on your region and the size of your home. How many people can be registered in a two-room apartment? This will directly depend on the specified parameters. Using the example of St. Petersburg, you can accurately see the calculation scheme.
Let's assume that our housing has a total area of 63 square meters, the norm per person in St. Petersburg is 9. Then we get: 63/9=7. This means that you are allowed to register a total of 7 citizens. And it doesn’t matter whether they are temporarily registered or not.
The second possible option is realized when a lease agreement exists. In this case, citizens must obtain prior permission from the municipality. Typically, the state relies on the above example. But not always. There are also cases in which only the permission of the “municipalities” is taken into account, as well as the total area of the premises. How many people can be registered in a communal apartment or just a non-privatized one? If we are guided by the second diagram, it is possible to consider the issue in a visual form without any problems.
Let's assume that we have an apartment that belongs to the state. Its area is 60 square meters. To calculate the number of citizens allowed to register in it, you will have to take into account the average square footage per person in Russia. At the moment it is 10. We get: 60/10=6. It turns out that exactly 6 citizens can be registered as a maximum on the territory of the home. Again, the form of registration, temporary or permanent, does not play any role. All this is not so difficult to understand if you think about it carefully.
What about the law?
How many people can be registered in the apartment? The Law “On Rubber Apartments” seems to many to be a limiter in this matter. To some extent this is true. Now there is responsibility for registering citizens in the territory if they do not actually live there. As practice shows, if the footage of the room is large, and there are not very many people registered, no one will pay attention to it. Moreover, when registration took place a very long time ago.
Thus, the law indicates that as many citizens can be registered as will reside in the territory. But at the same time, all the above restrictions are taken into account. In particular, if we are talking about a municipal apartment.
Registration procedure
The Government of the Russian Federation established the Registration Rules by adopting Resolution No. 713 of July 17, 1995.
Remember! Regarding registration, you should contact the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation corresponding to the given territory. The rules require the application to be submitted on Form 6.
You need to attach to it:
- applicant's passport;
- for children under 14 years of age - their birth certificates;
- an extract confirming the ownership of housing or a social tenancy agreement;
- if necessary, written consent of other residents;
- for municipal apartments - permission from the city administration;
- departure slip;
- for individual rooms - a house book.
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A copy of it is submitted along with each document. If the law requires proof of consent from other residents, they must appear with the applicant. If their presence is not possible, you will have to postpone registration or go to court regarding the discharge.
If this citizen can be contacted, it is permissible for him to issue a notarized power of attorney for the right to represent interests by another person. It is also possible to certify consent to register a new resident with a notary of another locality.
Practice
How many people can you register in an apartment in practice? It all depends on who owns the premises. In the case where housing is not privatized, the law “On rubber apartments” plays a huge role. This means, taking into account the square footage per person standards, you have the right to register (with the permission of the municipality, of course) as many people as will live on the territory.
But when you are the owner, you can register as many people as you wish. Just know when to stop. If too many people “live” under registration, especially temporary ones, they have the right to visit you and check. If violations are detected (people are registered in the apartment, but do not actually live there), a fine is imposed. Take this into account!
The law on rubber apartments and liability for fictitious registration
In large cities, the problem of so-called “rubber” apartments has arisen. To eliminate it, Law No. 376 of December 21, 2013 was adopted. Its provisions included the term “fictitious registration.”
Fictitiousness means the presence of the following facts:
- providing information and documents that do not correspond to reality;
- the registered person does not have a purpose to live in this premises;
- lack of consent of the owner or tenant of the apartment to register other persons.
Legislative changes also included tougher liability for violators.
Previously, violations of registration rules were punishable only by administrative measures. Now the legislator has also provided for criminal liability. In addition to Russian citizens, punishment is also provided for foreigners.
Failure to comply with the registration procedure entails consequences not only for registered citizens, but also for employees of the relevant department. The offense must be properly documented and the person’s guilt must be proven.
