Lithuania’s State Construction Inspectorate declines second review of Nausėda property after statute of limitations expires

Lithuania’s State Territorial Planning and Construction Inspectorate (VTPSI) will not conduct a second inspection of President Gitanas Nausėda’s property in Vilnius after the 10-year statute of limitations for potential violations expired, the agency told the ELTA news service on Thursday.

The decision follows a repeated complaint alleging illegal construction work on the land plot, which includes state-owned territory. The inspectorate confirmed that while it would not re-examine the legality of past construction, further coordination on individual structures would involve the property owner and Vilnius City Municipality.

“Note that a repeat inspection will not be carried out,” the agency stated. “The future handling of individual structures on state land will be resolved with the owner and the municipality, which has been informed about the objects.”

The dispute began after Nausėda demolished part of a fence on his property in February, one day before a scheduled inspection. The Presidential Office claimed the fence—built over a decade ago—encroached on state land in some sections while reducing the plot size in others, prompting its reconstruction. However, the demolition revealed remaining foundations, electrical cables, and what the complainant, Adas Paulius Paražinskas of the Lithuanian Green Party, described as gate posts.

Paražinskas had argued that the initial inspection only assessed land use, not the legality of structures left behind. The inspectorate rejected his appeal, stating that administrative courts had previously upheld its 2025 decision declining to evaluate the construction’s legality due to the expired statute.

The Presidential Office maintained that errors in the fence’s placement stemmed from contractors’ work over a decade ago, though satellite imagery cited by LNK suggested modifications as recent as eight years prior. Nausėda acknowledged partial corrections were made earlier but expressed regret for not fully restoring the fence’s original alignment at the time.