How to find the cadastral parcel number for an address in Uruguay

The cadastral parcel number is how the cadastre identifies each property. You will need it to request a cadastral certificate, check municipal property tax, sign a reservation agreement or simply find out what the State records about a property. There are three ways to find it.

The fastest: enter the address in the INGAR cadastral parcel search —free, no registration required, covering all 19 departments.

1. Using INGAR's search tool

  1. Go to ingar.com.uy/padrones and enter the street and number, for example “18 de Julio 1234”. Accents and capitalization do not matter.
  2. If similar addresses appear in different cities, choose the department in the selector.
  3. Each suggestion shows its linked cadastral parcel. Selecting it displays the parcel on the map and a record with tenure regime, areas, DNC values and units.

Address-to-parcel matching uses the official addresses of the IDE Uruguay spatially linked to Dirección Nacional de Catastro parcels: the result is the actual parcel for that street address, not a proximity-based approximation. Where the match is not exact, the record says so and shows alternatives.

2. Using the official cadastral viewer

The Dirección Nacional de Catastro has its own viewer of the national parcel map. It is the primary source and the only one valid for official procedures, although address searches are less direct. If you need the official document, request a cadastral certificate.

3. On a municipal property tax bill

If you own the property, the parcel number appears on the municipal property tax bill and the primary-education tax receipt. It also appears on the property title and any previous cadastral certificate.

A detail that prevents mistakes

The parcel number alone does not identify a property: it is repeated between cities. Parcel 1234 exists in Montevideo, Las Piedras and Melo, and these are different properties. The full identity is department + cadastral locality + number (plus the unit for horizontal property). Every INGAR record shows all three.

Found the parcel and want to know the property's market value? Request an appraisal with an INGAR agent —cadastral values are for tax purposes and are often far from actual sale prices: we explain the difference here.