The Property Registry may refuse to update a property description if it suspects it conceals an undeclared subdivision
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Who is affected:
Property owners with outdated registered descriptions and property registrars
Summary
The General Directorate resolves an appeal regarding the refusal to rectify a property description in Tarazona de La Mancha due to doubts that it conceals a subdivision. It analyzes when the registrar may deny these simplified rectifications.
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The General Directorate of Legal Security and Public Faith resolves the appeal filed against the refusal of the registrar of La Roda to rectify the description of registered property 20.876 in Tarazona de La Mancha. The registrar denied the rectification through the simplified procedure of article 201.3 of the Mortgage…
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