TOURIST LICENSE – CIVIL LIABILITY INSURANCE OBLIGATORY
Recent normative requires for owners of properties for tourist license activity to obtain a Civil Liability Insurance to their properties. This insurance must cover exclusively accidents that guests may suffer during their stay. For example, a fall in the bathroom with creates personal injury in the guest. But, other damages caused by the guests to […]
SPANISH TIE – RESIDENCE CARD FOR EU CITIZENS
RESIDENCY IN SPAIN FOR EU NATIONALS EU nationals when investing in Spanish properties may have different purposes for the investment. In some cases, investors just want a holiday home as second residence to stay some part of the time in Spain. In some other cases, Spanish investors take the decision to come to Spain for […]
DECLARACION RESPONSABLE – CEDULA DE HABITABILIDAD – LICENCIA DE OCUPACION 2021
NEW NORMATIVE VALENCIAN REGION – SPEED UP THE PROCESS TO SELL NEW BUILDINGS The Occupancy License (in Spanish “Licencia de Ocupación” ) – also called “Certificate of Habitation” or “Certificate of Conformity” – is an enabling title to occupy a house/apartment, and certifies that the construction has been carried out according to the applicable regulations […]
HOW TO EXECUTE A UK TESTAMENT IN SPAIN
In order to execute an UK Testament in Spain, you need to present the Testament to a UK notary in order to: Confirm that it was the last Testament made by the deceased, and obtain the UK GRANT OF PROBATE To appointing you as legal inheritor of the deceased’s assets Then, the notarial documents from […]
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MARRIAGE IN COMMUNITY OR SEPARATION OF ASSETS IN SPAIN
It is the spouses themselves who have to opt for one of the three modalities in the matrimonial agreements. Community of assets is imposed in the event that the contracting parties have not opted for any, except in the case of the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands o Catalonia, where the regime of separation of […]
WHY USING A LAWYER WHEN BUYING A HOUSE IN SPAIN?
Why should you use a lawyer in the process of buying a property in Spain ?. Notary and lawyer/solicitor in the process of buying properties in Spain. The Spanish buying process is very similar to other countries. Foreign investors in the Spanish system will find many similarities with their home countries. But, however, also we […]
EXAMPLE OF TAX IN THE PURCHASE OF A COMPANY WITH A REAL ESTATE PROPERTY
Let’s imagine a company that is constituted for the promotion and construction of a house. The house and the plot are then assets of the company. While the house is being built, someone decides to buy the house with the 100 % of the acquisition of the property shares of the company. In other words, […]
PCR WHEN ENTERING INTO SPAIN AFTER 23 NOV 2020 BY SEA OR PLANE
After November 23, 2020, all those passengers who come from a high-risk country / area in relation to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, must necessarily present, in order to enter Spain, a certificate with a NEGATIVE result of PCR (RT-PCR of COVID-19), carried out in the 72 hours prior to your trip. Travel agencies, tour operators, air […]
HOW TO EXECUTE A FRENCH TESTAMENT IN SPAIN
In order to execute a French Testament in Spain, you need to present the Testament to a French notary in order to: Confirm that it was the last Testament made by the deceased, and obtain the Act of the Succession and the Declaration of Heirs. To appointing you as legal inheritor of the deceased’s assets […]
TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMITS FOR UNITED KINGDOM CITIZENS CURRENTLY RESIDENTS IN SPAIN
On 2nd July a new law has came into force in Spain to regulate the Spanish residence status of the UK citizens, which creates a new RESIDENCE DOCUMENT to be obtained for those UK citizens to wish to continue in Spain as “Spanish-EU residents”. Taking this into account, what the law is the following one: […]
