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Remote and electronic voting by owners in Latvia

Short answer

Yes. The community decides how meetings are convened and held, including through online electronic communication means. Owners may also vote before the meeting, in writing to the organiser or in the Building Information System (BIS) if the meeting was convened through BIS. An owner's advance vote is cancelled if the owner attends and votes at the meeting.

What the law says

Original wording of the law (Latvian). The summary and the notes around it are ours.

Dzīvokļu īpašnieku kopsapulces sasaukšanas un norises kārtību, tostarp izmantojot elektroniskās tiešsaistes saziņas līdzekļus, nosaka dzīvokļu īpašnieku kopība.
Provision: Dzīvokļa īpašuma likums, 19. panta pirmā un piektā daļa · Official text

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Dzīvokļu īpašniekiem ir tiesības nodot balsojumu pirms dzīvokļu īpašnieku kopsapulces, iesniedzot to rakstveidā kopsapulces organizatoram vai nododot savu balsi Būvniecības informācijas sistēmā, ja dzīvokļu īpašnieku kopsapulce sasaukta, izmantojot Būvniecības informācijas sistēmas funkcionalitāti.
Provision: Dzīvokļa īpašuma likums, 19. panta piektā daļa · Official text

What this means in practice

Decisions can also be taken by written survey, which can run entirely in BIS with the owner signing through the BIS e-signing tool; the community must define how owners who cannot use BIS vote. The protocol must record each owner's "for" or "against" on every agenda item. A meeting, a survey and mutual agreement have equal legal force.

General information, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer in Latvia before relying on it, and read your building's own documents: they can change how a rule applies.

Where Unitify fits

Unitify records votes and keeps the result. It does not run video meetings of its own and does not by itself satisfy an identification or signature rule of your law. Whether a vote taken this way counts depends on the law above and on your own rules.

How this works in Unitify

Questions and answers

Can owners vote remotely or electronically in Latvia?
Yes. The community decides how meetings are convened and held, including through online electronic communication means. Owners may also vote before the meeting, in writing to the organiser or in the Building Information System (BIS) if the meeting was convened through BIS. An owner's advance vote is cancelled if the owner attends and votes at the meeting.
Where does this come from, and when was it checked?
The quotation is from Dzīvokļa īpašuma likums, 19. panta pirmā un piektā daļa, at the official source linked on this page. It was last checked against that source on September 10, 2026.
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