Surface Update Denied for Property Due to Suspected Undisclosed Grouping
23 Oct 20260 views
Who is affected:
Owners and buyers of properties with large differences between cadastral and registry surface area
Summary
The Registry refuses to register a property of 619 m² when the registry only records 240 m², suspecting it conceals an undeclared grouping.
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The General Directorate of Legal Security confirms the denial of the article 199 of the Mortgage Law proceedings to rectify the surface area of a property in Neila (Burgos), which would increase from 240 to 619 m², a difference of 158%. The registrar may reject processing when the surface disproportion is so high that …
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