1) Inquiries on goods and chattels, real
estate, and legal entities
a)Description
Inquiries may be made about:
1. Current status of real
estate or goods and chattels,
2. Status of documents recorded in the Day Log,
3. Registered documents,
4. Real estate or goods and
chattels in the name of persons or legal entities.
b)Requestprocedure
It is not necessary to fill out a form.
c) Delivery time
Immediate
2) Certificates of goods (goods and
chattels, real estate, and legal entities)
a)Description:
The certificate indicates if a person or legal entity owns or does not
own goods and chattels or real estate registered in his/her/its name, or if
he/she/it has participation in any legal entity.
b) Request procedure:
A request form should be filled out, Agreement J.215, Meeting 16-2009,
of April 23, 2009 andAgreement
J.224-2009 with paid fees and affixed legal stamps
(Art.2 of the Fees Law)
The full name and identification number should be indicated in the form.
If the identification number exceeds 20 digits, a literal certificate should
be requested in the Archive through the corresponding process.
c) Delivery time
Immediate
d) Fees and legal stamps
¢1,000 National Registry
Agreement J.215, Meeting 16- 2009, of April 23, 2009.
¢2.50 National Registry Archive, Agreement J.224-2009
¢100 National Registry
¢12.50 Fiscal
¢5 National Archive
Art. 2 of the Fees Law
3) Expedite literal certificates (goods
and chattels, real estate, and legal entities)
a)Description:
The certificate includes a description of a record and its current
status in a real estate registry (property number), legal entity, power of
attorney or liens, as well as vehicle or ship-related matters.
Art. 2 of the Fees Law
b) Request procedure:
A request form should be filled out, Agreement J.215, Meeting 16-
2009, of April 23, 2009 and Agreement J.224-2009, with paid fees and affixed
legal stamps.
Art. 2 of the Fees Law
The property number or real-estate registration number, province and title
should be indicated for real estate. The license plate number should be
indicated for goods and chattels; and for legal entities, the corporate
identity card number or the name of the legal entity.
If several titles are held on a property, a form should be filled out for
each title.
c) Delivery time
Immediate
d) Fees and legal stamps
¢10 National Registry
Agreement J.215, Meeting 16- 2009, of April 23, 2009.
¢2.50 National Registry
Archive, Agreement J.224-2009.
¢300 National Registry
¢12.50 Fiscal
¢5 National Archive
Art. 2 of the Fees Law
4) Registry reports (goods and chattels,
real estate, and legal entities)
a) Description:
They consist of a description of the real estate, goods and chattels,
or legal entity to inform the requestor, they do not have any legal effect.
To determine if they are in the new system the inquiry should be made
previously in the Platform itself.
b) Request procedure:
A request form should be filled out,
Agreement J.215, Meeting 16- 2009, of April 23, 2009, and it should be
submitted with paid fees and affixed legal stamps. The property number or
real-estate registration number, the province and title should be indicated
for real estate. The license plate number should be indicated for goods and
chattels, and for legal entities the corporate identification number or
corporate name should be indicated.
If several titles are held on a property, a form should be filled out for
each title.
c) Delivery time
Immediate
d) Fees and legal stamps
¢10 National Registry
Agreement J.215, Meeting 16- 2009, of April 23, 2009.
5) Certificates and/or copies of
digitalized documents (goods and chattels, real estate, and legal entities)
a)Description
Copies of affidavits of registered deeds, submitted in the Day Log of
the National Registry.
b) Request procedure
A request form should be filled out, Agreement J.215, Meeting 16-
2009, of April 23, 2009, and it should be submitted with paid fees and
affixed legal stamps
References in the Day Log should be indicated (volume, entry).
c) Delivery time
Immediate
d) Fees and legal stamps
Copies of documents:
¢2,000.00 National Registry for the first 5 pages
¢500 National Registry per additional page
Agreement J.215, Meeting 16- 2009, of April 23, 2009
Certificates
¢2.50 National Registry, Agreement J.224-2009
¢300 National Registry
¢12.50 Fiscal
¢5 National Archive
6) Certificates of cadastralplans
a)Description
Copies of the plan in a simple format (only for information) or
certificate (for legal processes).
b) Request procedure
The name of the registered owner, or if there is none, of the possessor
of the real estate.
Identity card number of person or corporation
Real estate registration number
Property number, regardless of it being a regular property, a
condominium (matrix property plan or subdivision) or maritime-terrestrial
zone.
If it is not registered through a public instrument, a notarized bill
of sale should be submitted.
NOTE:
It is NOT necessary for the registered owner to appear to carry out the
process in any of the Departments (Plan Certificates or Services Platform).
If the user knows the plan number, he/she can go directly to the
Digital Services Platform where he/she will be served. Otherwise, he/she will
have to make the inquiry in the basement of the Land Registry Office, where
specialized studies are carried out to verify if the property has or does not
have a cadastral plan.
Not all properties have a cadastral plan. To determine if a property has
one or not, it is necessary tomake an inquiry in the Real Estate
Registry by number or in the National Land Registry Office database.
Plans of condominiums and developments may only be inquired about in
the Plan Certificate Department, located in the semi-basement of the National
Land Registry Office.
c) Delivery time
Immediate
d) Fees and legal stamps
Printer size (A3), single- or double-spaced, ¢10 colones.
Agreement J.215, Meeting 16- 2009, of April 23, 2009.
Certificates
¢2.50 National Registry, Agreement J.224-2009
¢300 in National Registry
¢12.50 Fiscal
¢5 National Archive
Plotter, single or double, ¢20 colones.
Agreement J.215, Meeting 16- 2009, of April 23, 2009.
Certificates
¢2.50 National Registry, Agreement J.224-2009
¢300 in National Registry
¢12.50 Fiscal
¢5 National Archive
7) License plates
processes
a) Replacement of license plates due to deterioration
[Download]
b) Request for temporary metallic license plate
[Download]
c) Picking up plates that are stored for pick-up
[Download]
d) Picking up metallic license plates for trailers
[Download]
e) Replacement of license plate due to loss or theft
[Download]
f) Storage of metallic license plates
[Download]
g) Form for processing a license plate
[Download]
8) Reception of documents (goods and
chattels, real estate, legal entities, land registry)
a) Product description
Submission of documents in the Reception Departments of Goods and
Chattels, Real Estate, Legal Entities and Land Registry.
b) Submission procedure
1. After paying the fees in the bank (Banco de CréditoAgrícola de Cartago or Banco de Costa Rica), where the corresponding voucher
will be issued, or otherwise in the Banco de Costa
Rica, where payment may be carried out over the Internet (in which cases a
Notary writes a Notary's Note indicating the voucher or transaction number
which will allow registrars to verify the respective payment and compliance
with admissibility requirements), users may submit the documents in the
reception window of the corresponding Day Log Department.
2. The employee at the window verifies payment of the fees and
compliance with admissibility requirements.
3. The employee receives the documents and assigns and prints the
references that are recorded in the Day Log, issues the submission receipt,
and hands it in to the user.
c) Reception time:
Immediate
d) Fees and legal stamps:
Those prescribed by law, according to the action required.
