Resolution on property register rectification of housing following judicial sentence declaring ownership
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Who is affected:
Property owners with register errors, real estate buyers and real estate law professionals
Summary
The DGSJFP resolves an appeal against the refusal to register a sentence declaring ownership of a property in Madrid. It analyzes whether the sentence constitutes sufficient title to rectify the Property Register.
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The Directorate General for Legal Security and Public Faith resolves the appeal filed by buyers of a property in Madrid who, due to an error in the deed, registrally acquired unit D instead of unit E. After obtaining a judicial sentence declaring their ownership of unit E, the registrar suspended the registration due t…
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