2026-04-222025/26:CU27 · p.2CUCivil law & housing
The future form of legislation
Stricter identity-verification requirements for property title registration
What's at stake: A tighter identity check could make it harder to launder money and use false identities in property purchases, but it would also mean more administrative work for the land registration authority and for everyone applying for a property title.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the requirements for a property title application should be tightened to a verified identity check beyond today's requirement to state a personal or coordination number, or whether the current requirement is sufficient.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee agrees with the government's assessment that requiring a personal or coordination number when applying for a property title is sufficient, and that additional identity-verification requirements, such as an electronic signature or a certified passport copy, need further consideration that falls outside this legislative matter.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (S, C)
The reservation welcomes the requirement to state a personal or coordination number but considers it insufficient; it says the government disregards referral bodies' comments that genuine identification is needed to counter organized crime and abuse of coordination numbers, and wants the government to come back with a proposal requiring that property-title cases always include a verified identity.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by S, C.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have gone the other way
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: MModeraterna
Ja 174–113Nej 119–168
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | Yes 16/0/0/6 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
| S | No | No 0/90/0/16 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | Yes 13/0/0/5 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | No 0/20/0/4 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 11/0/0/5 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 14/0/0/5 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 55/0/0/11 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| SD | No | Yes 60/0/0/10 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motion 2025/26:3905 by Joakim Järrebring et al. (S).
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2025/26:3905 av Joakim Järrebring m.fl. (S).
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag said yes to the government's proposal on stricter requirements to provide an identity number when applying for land registration. The Riksdag also supported the government's proposal aimed at preventing circumvention of the regulations when rental apartments are converted to cooperative housing. The decision means that an application for land registration concerning a natural person shall contain information about the acquirer's personal or coordination number. Regarding legal entities, the application shall contain information about the acquirer's organizational number. The purpose of the decision is to create better control over who owns a property. Stricter identity requirements can contribute to the police and other authorities' ability to prevent and combat crime. If a cooperative housing association wishes to acquire a rental building to convert rental apartments to cooperative housing, this shall be decided at a member meeting. The conversion decision is only valid if tenants in at least two-thirds of the apartments covered by the acquisition agree to the decision. The Riksdag decision means that a requirement is introduced that a residential tenant must have been registered at a property for at least six months immediately before the member meeting to be counted in the qualified majority required. The new regulations will enter into force on 1 July 2026.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to require actual identity verification in land registration matters. (S, C) — Reservation 1
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan does not address the land registration procedure, but demands greater public oversight where needed to prevent fraud and effective monitoring of organized economic crime.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan does not address the land registration procedure, but demands greater public oversight where needed to prevent fraud and effective monitoring of organized economic crime. A requirement for verified identity in land registration matters is such a control measure against misuse of coordination numbers. The plan sees economic crime in companies as something with serious societal consequences.
Original (Swedish)
Planen behandlar inte lagfartsförfarandet, men kräver större samhällelig insyn där det behövs för att stävja fusk och en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade ekonomiska brottsligheten. Ett krav på styrkt identitet i lagfartsärenden är en sådan kontrollåtgärd mot missbruk av samordningsnummer. Planen ser ekonomisk brottslighet i företag som något med allvarliga samhällskonsekvenser.
- oversight against frauddecisive»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn i företag där det behövs för att stävja fusk med till exempel skatter och anställningar.« (party programme ↗)“We want to move toward greater public oversight in companies where needed to prevent fraud with, for example, taxes and employment.”
- monitoring of organized crime»Det behövs en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade ekonomiska brottsligheten« (party programme ↗)“Effective monitoring of organized economic crime is needed”
- economic crime has serious consequences»Ekonomisk brottslighet i företag leder till allvarliga konsekvenser« (party programme ↗)“Economic crime in companies leads to serious consequences”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The election manifesto requires that tax evasion, welfare fraud and money laundering be stopped and that society crack down hard on the financing of organized crime.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires that tax evasion, welfare fraud and money laundering be stopped and that society crack down hard on the financing of organized crime. The counter-proposal's requirement for verified identity in property transfer matters is precisely such a measure against misuse of coordination numbers and criminal exploitation of the property market. The party programme's commitments to combating fraud and organized criminal activity point in the same direction.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver att skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt stoppas och att samhället slår hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering. Motförslagets krav på styrkt identitet i lagfartsärenden är just en sådan åtgärd mot missbruk av samordningsnummer och kriminellt utnyttjande av fastighetsmarknaden. Partiprogrammets åtaganden om att bekämpa bedrägerier och organiserad kriminell verksamhet pekar åt samma håll.
- stop money laundering and frauddecisive»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax evasion, welfare fraud and money laundering shall be stopped.”
- strike at the financing of crime»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Crack down hard on the financing and organization of organized crime.”
- combat economic crime»Bekämpande av bedrägerier och all annan ekonomisk brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“Combating fraud and all other economic crime.”
- combat organized crime»Kraftfullt bekämpande av organiserad kriminell verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“Forceful combating of organized criminal activity.”
The plan wants to strengthen work against the criminal economy and strike against organized crime's business structures from multiple angles, with enhanced information sharing between authorities.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to strengthen work against the criminal economy and strike against organized crime's business structures from multiple angles, with enhanced information sharing between authorities. A requirement for verified identity in land registration matters is such a measure against misuse of co-ordination numbers and the real estate market's role in the criminal economy. The plan does not mention land registration explicitly, so the coverage is inferred.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill stärka arbetet mot den kriminella ekonomin och slå till mot organiserad brottslighets företagsupplägg från flera håll, med förstärkt informationsdelning mellan myndigheter. Ett krav på styrkt identitet i lagfartsärenden är en sådan åtgärd mot missbruk av samordningsnummer och fastighetsmarknadens roll i den kriminella ekonomin. Planen nämner inte lagfart uttryckligen, därför härledd täckning.
- against the criminal economydecisive»Vi vill också stärka arbetet mot den kriminella ekonomin.« (party programme ↗)“We also want to strengthen work against the criminal economy.”
- stop gangs' financing»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop the financing of criminal gangs through strengthened inter-agency cooperation”
- information sharing against money laundering»informationsdelningen mellan myndigheter för att stoppa penningtvätt, välfärdsbrott och« (party programme ↗)“information sharing between authorities to stop money laundering, welfare fraud and”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The election manifesto requires action against crime that harms businesses and wants to investigate how gang incomes can be cut off, and the party programme makes property rights and predictable rules of the game guiding principles.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires action against crime that harms businesses and wants to investigate how gang incomes can be cut off, and the party programme makes property rights and predictable rules of the game guiding principles. A requirement for established identity in registration matters protects precisely property rights against abuse of coordination numbers and organized crime. The plan therefore supports the requirement.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver krafttag mot brott som drabbar företag och vill utreda hur gängens inkomster kan strypas, och partiprogrammet gör äganderätten och förutsägbara spelregler till bärande principer. Ett krav på styrkt identitet i lagfartsärenden skyddar just äganderätten mot missbruk av samordningsnummer och organiserad brottslighet. Planen stöder därför kravet.
- cut off criminal incomedecisive»Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Furthermore, an investigation should be conducted into gang incomes and how these can be cut off.”
- protected property rights»Äganderätten är central för ett samhälle där människor kan förverkliga sig själva och sina drömmar.« (party programme ↗)“Property rights are central to a society where people can realize themselves and their dreams.”
- action against crime»satsningar på forskning och utveckling och krafttag mot brott emot företag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“efforts on research and development and action against crime against businesses”
- predictable rules of the game»Ekonomin ska ha givna och förutsägbara spelregler« (party programme ↗)“The economy should have given and predictable rules of the game”
The plan establishes that the rule of law shall be strengthened and that laws and rules shall safeguard property rights and legal certainty, and it wants to give authorities more tools against organised crime.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that the rule of law shall be strengthened and that laws and rules shall safeguard property rights and legal certainty, and it wants to give authorities more tools against organised crime. A requirement for strengthened identity in land registration matters strikes precisely misuse of coordination numbers and protects property rights to real estate. The plan's privacy principle simultaneously speaks for the check being purposeful.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att rättsstaten ska stärkas och att lagar och regler ska slå vakt om äganderätt och rättssäkerhet, och den vill ge myndigheterna fler verktyg mot organiserad brottslighet. Ett krav på styrkt identitet i lagfartsärenden träffar just missbruk av samordningsnummer och skyddar äganderätten till fast egendom. Planens integritetsprincip talar samtidigt för att kontrollen ska vara ändamålsenlig.
- strengthened rule of lawdecisive»Rättsstaten ska stärkas. Sverige ska vara ett tryggt land att leva i.« (party programme ↗)“The rule of law shall be strengthened. Sweden shall be a safe country to live in.”
- protected property rights»regler ska slå vakt om äganderätt, konkurrens på lika villkor, rättssäkerhet« (party programme ↗)“rules shall safeguard property rights, fair competition, legal certainty”
- more tools against organised crime»Avlyssning och andra hemliga tvångsmedel ska kunna användas både vid misstanke om fler brott än i dag och efter domstolsbeslut mot organiserade gängmedlemmar även utan konkret brottsmisstanke.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wiretapping and other secret coercive measures may be used both when suspecting more crimes than today and following court decision against organised gang members even without concrete suspicion of crime.”
- strengthened privacy protection»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Protection for the individual's privacy shall be strengthened.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan states that all crimes should be effectively and without exception prosecuted and that violations of a fellow human's property can never be tolerated.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that all crimes should be effectively and without exception prosecuted and that violations of a fellow human's property can never be tolerated. The election manifesto furthermore wants to see a comprehensive review of confidentiality rules so that authorities can share information to prevent and solve crimes. A requirement for verified identity in land registration matters is such a measure against organized crime and misuse of coordination numbers.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att alla brott effektivt och utan undantag ska beivras och att kränkningar av medmänniskors egendom aldrig kan tolereras. Valmanifestet vill dessutom se en total översyn av sekretessreglerna så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter för att förebygga och klara upp brott. Ett krav på styrkt identitet i lagfartsärenden är en sådan åtgärd mot organiserad brottslighet och missbruk av samordningsnummer.
- all crimes shall be prosecuteddecisive»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras,« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception prosecuted,”
- protection of property»medmänniskors integritet och egendom kan aldrig tolereras.« (party programme ↗)“a fellow human's integrity and property can never be tolerated.”
- authorities shall share information»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Comprehensive review of confidentiality rules, so that authorities can share information between themselves to prevent and solve crimes.”
- the right to property as human right»Rätten till egendom är en mänsklig rättighet och därför ska en regel finnas i grundlagen som« (party programme ↗)“The right to property is a human right and therefore a rule should be in the fundamental law that”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan explicitly requires personal attendance to confirm a coordination number and wants to stop fraud with temporary personal numbers as a first step in establishing who lives in Sweden.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly requires personal attendance to confirm a coordination number and wants to stop fraud with temporary personal numbers as a first step in establishing who lives in Sweden. The counter-proposal's demand for verified identity in land registration matters, rather than merely a stated number, is exactly the tightening the plan seeks. The plan also links this to the fight against organized crime and criminal assets.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver uttryckligen personlig inställelse för att bekräfta ett samordningsnummer och vill stoppa fusket med tillfälliga personnummer som ett första steg i att fastställa vilka som lever i Sverige. Motförslagets krav på styrkt identitet i lagfartsärenden, i stället för enbart ett angivet nummer, är precis den skärpning planen efterlyser. Planen kopplar också detta till kampen mot organiserad brottslighet och kriminellas tillgångar.
- verified identity for coordination numbersdecisive»Kräva personlig inställelse för att bekräfta samordningsnummer, annars ska det återkallas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Require personal attendance to confirm a coordination number, otherwise it shall be revoked”
- stop fraud with coordination numbers»Ett viktigt första steg är att fastställa vilka som lever i Sverige och att stoppa fusket med tillfälliga personnummer – samordningsnummer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“An important first step is to establish who lives in Sweden and to stop fraud with temporary personal numbers – coordination numbers.”
- control of population registration»Moderaterna tänker ta kontroll över folkbokföringen för att stoppa bidragsbrotten och se till att de skattepengar du betalar in används till det de är avsedda för.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderates intend to take control of population registration to stop benefit fraud and ensure that the tax money you pay in is used for what it is meant to be used for.”
- seize criminals' assets»Ta gängens pengar och införa en omvänd bevisbörda för att kunna beslagta gängmedlemmarnas lyxprylar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Take the gangs' money and introduce a reverse burden of proof to be able to seize gang members' luxury goods”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The plan requires more controls against the shadow economy and that systems that encourage cheating and corruption shall be countered, and that the power of clans and organized crime is broken.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires more controls against the shadow economy and that systems that encourage cheating and corruption shall be countered, and that the power of clans and organized crime is broken. A requirement for verified identity in land registry matters is such a control measure against misuse of coordination numbers. The plan also wants to strengthen property rights, which requires reliable information about who owns the property.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver fler kontroller mot skuggsamhället och att system som lockar till fusk och korruption ska motverkas, samt att klanernas och den organiserade brottslighetens makt bryts. Ett krav på styrkt identitet i lagfartsärenden är en sådan kontrollåtgärd mot missbruk av samordningsnummer. Planen vill dessutom stärka äganderätten, vilket förutsätter tillförlitliga uppgifter om vem som äger fastigheten.
- more controls against the shadow economydecisive»Bekämpa skuggsamhället och illegal migration med fler kontroller och fler utvisningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat the shadow economy and illegal migration with more controls and more deportations”
- close cheating loopholes»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both cheating and such systems that tend to encourage cheating and corruption shall be counteracted.”
- counter clans»Motverka klanernas makt, både inom det offentliga och inom civilsamhället« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Counteract the power of clans, both within the public sector and within civil society”
- strengthened property rights»Stärka äganderätten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen property rights”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2025/26:CU27)
- Committee report full text (HD01CU27)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2025/26:3905 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:106 Identitetskrav vid lagfart och åtgärder mot kringgåenden av bostadsrättslagen av Joakim Järrebring m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:3910 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:106 Identitetskrav vid lagfart och åtgärder mot kringgåenden av bostadsrättslagen av Amanda Palmstierna m.fl. (MP)
- Proposition 2025/26:106 — Identitetskrav vid lagfart och åtgärder mot kringgåenden av bostadsrättslagen
Source: The Swedish Parliament