In short
“Visura” means consulting a public register, and in Italy there are many: the cadastre for the property's data, the land registry office (conservatoria) for mortgages and seizures, the company register for businesses, the PRA for vehicles. First you choose the right register, then the document.
Below are all the Italian searches and certificates, with what each one says, who can request it, where to get it and what it costs. We request seven of them for you, with no SPID (the Italian digital identity). The zoning certificate (CDU) we request from the municipality, €39. The other eight are obtained where the “Where” column says, and the page explains how.
Where you are starting from
I am buying a home
The notary asks for cadastral conformity at the deed: the floor plan is needed before, not after. Ask the seller for the floor plan: only the owner or a delegate of theirs can get it.
I am looking at an auction lot
The auction page already has the court valuation report (perizia) and the history of price reductions.
I am checking my own home
The Agenzia delle Entrate issues the floor plan of your home only to you, in its online reserved area, or to someone holding your delegation.
All the documents, side by side
Grouped by register, because it is the register that decides who can request what.
| Document | What it says | Who can request it | Where | Cost | Legal value | From us |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadastre · Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency) | ||||||
| Visura catastale (cadastral record) | Identifiers, category, surface area, cadastral income and who is registered as owner | Anyone | Online, office counter, professional | €4.90 from us, with no SPID | No | €4.90 |
| Visura catastale storica (historical cadastral record) | Every change since the cadastre was set up: transfers, subdivisions, mergers | Anyone | Online, office counter | €4.90 from us, with no SPID | No | €4.90 |
| Visura per soggetto (search by person) | The properties registered to a person or a company, in one province or nationwide | Anyone | Online, office counter | €4.90 from us, with no SPID | No | €4.90 |
| Estratto di mappa (map extract) | The piece of cadastral map around a parcel: boundaries, numbers, buildings | Anyone | Online, office counter | €12.90 from us, with no SPID | No | €12.90 |
| Planimetria catastale (floor plan) | The interior drawing of the unit: rooms, measurements, use of each room | Owners and their delegates only | Online, office counter | Free on your own property | No | |
| Elaborato planimetrico (building layout plan) | How a building is divided into units (subalterni), common parts included | Owners and their delegates only | Online, office counter | Free on your own property | No | |
| Attestazione di rendita (cadastral income certificate) | The cadastral income (rendita) in official form, the same figure shown on the visura | Anyone | Office counter, online | €30 per certificate; the visura shows the same figure, €4.90 from us | Yes | |
| Land registers · conservatoria | ||||||
| Ispezione ipotecaria (mortgage search) | What weighs on the property and who bought or sold it: mortgages, seizures, deeds | Anyone | Online, office counter, professional | €24.90 from us, with no SPID | No | €24.90 |
| Ispezione ipotecaria per soggetto (mortgage search on a person) | What a person bought, sold, gave away or inherited, including before their death | Anyone | Online, office counter, professional | €24.90 per land registry from us, with no SPID | No | €24.90 |
| Certificato ipotecario (mortgage certificate) | The same information as the mortgage search, in certified form | Anyone | Office counter | Paid, more than the mortgage search | Yes | |
| Visura pregiudizievoli (charges against a person) | What is recorded against a person in the registers: court-ordered mortgages, seizures | Anyone | Online, professional | Paid | No | |
| Companies · chambers of commerce | ||||||
| Visura camerale (company register extract) | Registered office, legal form, directors, activity, proceedings under way | Anyone | Company register (Registro imprese) | €9.90 from us, with no SPID | No | €9.90 |
| Visura protesti (protested bills search) | Whether unpaid cheques or bills of exchange are recorded in the last five years | Anyone | Chamber of commerce | Paid | No | |
| Municipality · vehicles · credit | ||||||
| Zoning certificate (CDU) | What the local plan says about that land: zone, building indices, constraints | Anyone | Municipality | Paid, with stamp duty | Yes | €39 + stamp duty |
| Visura PRA and cronologico (vehicle register) | From the number plate: registered owner, technical data, administrative blocks, mortgages, transfers | Anyone | ACI (Automobile Club d'Italia) | Paid | No | |
| CRIF and Centrale dei rischi (credit files) | Your own data in the credit reporting systems. There is no public list | The person concerned only | CRIF, Banca d'Italia | Free | No | |
No SPID needed, and you can pay by card from abroad.
Costs and channels change: the rows were checked at source on 28 July 2026.
Visura or certificate
They are the same content with two different uses.
Visura
- It is a consultation. It counts as information: you read it, decide, attach it to a negotiation.
Certificate (certificato)
- It has certifying value. It is taken to an office or a judge, costs more and takes longer. You only need it if someone asks you for it in writing.
Who keeps which register
Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenue Agency)
Cadastre and land registry office: property data, mortgages, transcribed deeds.
Chambers of commerce (Camere di commercio)
Company register and electronic register of protests.
Municipality (Comune)
Planning and building: designation of the land, building permits, lawful state.
ACI
Public vehicle register (PRA): vehicles, administrative blocks, mortgages.
Without asking anyone
Before buying a document, look at the map
The boundaries and surface area of every parcel can be seen on the map, for free. Often that is what you were looking for.
Open the map →If you still need to make sense of the numbers, start from the guides to the cadastre: how to read a map, what a parcel is, how to find sheet and parcel.
The rows of the table describe procedures of third-party bodies (Agenzia delle Entrate, chambers of commerce, municipalities, ACI) and were checked at source on 28 July 2026. Costs and channels change: before you act, check on the body's website.