Buying personally or through a company, and remote closing

In your own name: passport and NIT, and the property is recorded in the foreigner's name at the RGP (2024 ICS). Through a Guatemalan company (S.A.): common for developments and for limiting liability, with incorporation at the Mercantile Registry (dossier 12-operar-vivir), but it does not get around Art. 123, which requires shareholders who are Guatemalan by birth in the border strip. Buying remotely: a power of attorney granted in public deed form before a Guatemalan consul or a foreign notary, with apostille and sworn translation, then protocolized by a Guatemalan notary (commercial guide; verify the requirements with a notary). The promise to sell uses a deposit of 5–10% and a typical closing runs 4–8 weeks from accepted offer to recorded testimonio — market practice, not law.

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