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The supplementary-titling court procedure and its timeline

Dossier
Land and property for foreigners15-tierra-propiedad.md
Domain
Who may hold land, and on what titletierra-propiedad
Room
Land/tierra
Audited
Audited

These are voluntary court proceedings: notices are published in the Official Gazette three times within one month and the municipality files a report following an on-site inspection by the mayor (arts. 7–8); once the proceedings close, the judge gives the Public Prosecutor's Office 8 days to be heard and then approves or rejects the petition (art. 10). Buying possessory rights means taking on this process — years, with no guaranteed outcome — before holding recorded, mortgageable title. The real costs and timelines of the process still have no public figure.

The research is written in English; quoted figures, source names and the titles of legal instruments stay in the language their source published them in.

Figures

Publicación de edictosLey de Titulación Supletoria, texto consolidado
3 veces en un mes en el Diario OficialDecreto 49-79, arts. 7–8
Audiencia al Ministerio PúblicoLey de Titulación Supletoria, texto consolidado
8 díasDecreto 49-79, art. 10

Caveat

the real costs and timelines of the court process have no public figure

Sources

Organizations named in the answer

  • Diario OficialPublication of the notices (three times within one month) in the supplementary titling procedure (arts. 7–8, Decree 49-79)Other

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