The buyer exercising a purchase option must deposit the price in favor of subsequent lienholders to cancel their charges
14 Oct 20263 views
Who is affected:
Buyers with registered purchase options, sellers, attaching creditors and property registrars
Summary
The DGSJFP confirms that when exercising a registered purchase option, it is not enough to pay the seller: the price must be deposited at the disposal of the holders of subsequent liens to be able to cancel them.
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The Dirección General de Seguridad Jurídica y Fe Pública resolves an appeal against the negative qualification of the Barcelona registrar no. 7, which suspended the registration of a sale in exercise of a purchase option. The option holder paid €360,000 to the seller but did not deposit any amount in favor of Tosa Ibér…
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