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Country details

Size: 505,957 sq km

Population: 46,157,800 people (2008 data).

Registration coverage

Percentage of area registered:

No data available as registration is not compulsory.

Number of properties/titles registered:

During 2007 2,500,000 property transfers were registered; 1,400,000 of them were backed by a mortgage.

Number of mortgages registered:

The total amount of capital due is 1,087,972,000,000 Euros (March 2009 data).

Registry details

Registry name: Colegio de Registradores de la Propiedad, mercantiles y de bienes muebles de España.

Size of organisation:

The Land Registry of Spain comprises Land Registry offices which are spread all over the country (in total 1,086). The Colegio de Registradores is also responsible for Commerce Registry offices (there are 67).

Subscribed users:

116,000 subscribed users.

Searches available:

It depends on the type of information you are looking for. There are several search options available including:

Information available:

Simple note: is a succinct extract of the entry’s contents concerning the property. It identifies the property, the owner or owners of the registered rights pertaining to the property, and the breadth, nature and limitations of those rights. It also states any prohibitions or restrictions binding the registered owners or rights. A simple note is for your information only and is not used as court evidence.

Graphic note: is an orthophoto, an aerial photograph of the property. It is delivered usually with the simple note.

Location note: provides information of a merely instrumental nature. Its objective is to make it easier to locate the registry, province and town or city where a given person has registered property or rights. You can search by entering the particulars of the owner you want to know about.

Certification: is a wider extract of the entries concerning the property or right(s) and so it can fill several pages. It is always signed by the land register responsible for the information. It is used as evidence before the courts. When delivered through the Internet it is digitally signed.

Products available:

There are four main products available: Simple note, Graphic note, Location note and Certification. See Information available for further details.

Description or interesting facts

As described above Spain is 505,957 square kilometers in total of which 493,486 square kilometers are continental; 4,992 square kilometers constitute the Balearic islands and 7,447 square kilometers the Canary Islands. Also one must take the north of Africa in account including the Spanish cities of Ceuta with 18 square kilometers and Melilla with 14 square kilometers.

Contact details:

    National contact

Fernando de la Puente de Alfaro – director.ri@registradores.org

Director de Relaciones Internacionales

Colegio de Registradores de la Propiedad, Mercantiles y Bienes Muebles de España

c/ Diego de León 21. Madrid 28006

Tel: +34 91 272 18 78

Fax: +34 91 564 12 05


   

http://www.registradores.org

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