Registry Offices operate as guardianship authorities. They supervise the activities of the guardians, e.g. by checking their accounts and issuing permissions for the most important transactions to be concluded on the behalf of the clients. The Registry Office may also order that a specific administration plan be drawn up for the management and use of a client’s property. In addition, the Offices maintain the nation-wide register of guardianship affairs.

If a guardian is temporarily prevented from attending to his or her tasks, e.g. for reason of illness, the Registry Office may appoint an alternate guardian. The Office may appoint an alternate also in the event that the regular guardian must recuse himself or herself from a transaction to be concluded on the behalf of the client.

More detailed information on the tasks of a guardian is available at the Registry Offices.

In the Åland Islands, the State Department of Åland, not the Registry Office, is the guardianship authority.