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Almost every property dispute we litigate traces back to something nobody checked before the money moved.<\/p>\n
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Almost every property dispute we litigate in Guanacaste traces back to something nobody checked before the money moved. A plano catastrado that does not match the fence line. A seller who was never in a position to convey. A well with no live concession. A sucesion that was never closed, so the person signing does not actually own it. None of these are exotic. All of them are findable in advance, and all of them are far cheaper to find than to fix.<\/p>\n
Due diligence is not a formality you pay for at the end. It is the part of a purchase that decides whether you own what you think you are buying.<\/p>\n
If something comes back wrong, you get told plainly, including when the answer is walk away. An office that litigates these disputes has seen how they end.<\/p>\n
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We draft and review option-to-purchase agreements and purchase and sale contracts, handle the escritura and the transfer at the Registro Nacional, and advise on whether to hold the property personally or through a company, which is a decision better made before closing than after.<\/p>\n
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We prepare lease and rental agreements, including for vacation rental operations, and act in eviction proceedings. Where a lease has ended, or where occupation continues by mere tolerance, desahucio is a court process with its own timetable. Foreign owners are routinely surprised by how long it takes, which is why the lease you sign at the start matters so much.<\/p>\n
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A great deal of Guanacaste property is held in condominium regime rather than as a plain titled lot. We review the reglamento and the condominium filings before you buy, advise on what the administration can and cannot oblige you to pay, represent owners in disputes with an administration, and attend assemblies of condominium owners.<\/p>\n
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He paid USD 25,000 for a Guanacaste lot he could never register. How a cadastral overlap, a probate case and a breach-of-contract suit got the money back.<\/p>\n
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A Guanacaste family held the same land for 40+ years with no registered title. How Costa Rica's possessory title process finally put it in their name.<\/p>\n
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A French couple bought 2,400 m\u00b2 in Guanacaste \u2014 but the lot measured 1,800. How 600 m\u00b2 are recovered when a fence crosses the boundary line. Litigation lawyers in Guanacaste.<\/p>\n
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Owning a well in Guanacaste doesn't guarantee legal water. How an expired permit met a new MINAE aquifer restriction\u2014and the legal fix that saved the build.<\/p>\n
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A registry study of the title and the owner, a check for liens, encumbrances and annotations, comparison of the plano catastrado against what is physically on the ground, municipal construction permits and tax status, Ministry of Finance obligations, water availability through an ASADA letter or a live MINAE well concession, electrical service, a legal and documentary review including any inheritance in the chain, and a written risk assessment.<\/p>\n
Usually two to four weeks for a straightforward titled property, longer where there is a company in the structure, an unclosed sucesion, a concession, or a survey that needs to be checked in the field. The option-to-purchase agreement should give you enough time to complete it and to walk away if something turns up.<\/p>\n
No. Groundwater belongs to the state. The right to use it comes from a concession granted by the Direccion de Agua at MINAE, and concessions expire. Several Guanacaste aquifers now carry extraction restrictions, so a permit that was routine years ago may not be renewable. A tap that runs proves nothing about the paperwork.<\/p>\n
Because a fence is not a boundary. The registered survey is. Where the two disagree, and in Guanacaste they often do, the difference can be hundreds of square metres and can block a build that does not meet municipal setbacks. Checking it before you buy costs a fraction of litigating it afterwards.<\/p>\n
It depends on who the owners are, what should happen on death, and whether the property will generate income. A company can simplify succession and shared ownership but adds annual corporate tax, an RTBF filing and accounting obligations. Decide before closing, because changing it later means a second transfer and a second set of costs.<\/p>\n
Desahucio is a court process and runs on the court's timetable, not the owner's. It is materially slower than most foreign owners expect, which is why the terms of the lease signed at the start do more work than anything available afterwards.<\/p>\n
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Buying, or already in a dispute? Send us the plano and the registry number and we will tell you what we see.<\/p>\n
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