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Delimitation of undivided shares

Delimit your portion of a co-owned property and get it its own title, under the special law.

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What it is

An undivided share is a fraction of a property with no assigned location: on paper you own a percentage of the whole, not a specific piece. El Salvador's Special Law for the Delimitation of Undivided Real Estate Rights (2021) allows, when dividing the property is not possible (not all co-owners can be identified, or there are five or more and they cannot be located), delimiting the portion you already possess and registering it in your name as a separate property, with its own registry number. The procedure goes before a notary: the adjoining owners are summoned, the boundaries are identified and the land surveyed, the drawing is reviewed and field-checked by the CNR cadastral maintenance office, notices are published and, if nobody objects, the notary issues the resolution that serves as title deed. I do the surveying part: the measurement, the drawing and the technical description that procedure requires.

Timing and coverage

How long it takes depends on the size of the land, the access and the vegetation: an urban lot is not the same as a hillside farm. I tell you when you ask, along with the price, before you commit to anything. I work in El Salvador.

When you need it

  • You own a registered fraction (or one with a registered antecedent) and have possessed a specific portion of the property for ten years or more
  • The property cannot be divided because not all co-owners are known, or there are five or more and they cannot be found
  • You want to sell, fence or build on your part and need it registered in your name as a separate property
  • You inherited a fraction and want out of the co-ownership

What you get

  • The completed transaction, if you authorise me to file the procedure at the CNR myself
  • The drawing in DXF and PDF, ready to print or to file
  • The area in square metres and in square varas
  • The drawing of the delimited portion, ready for the cadastral maintenance office review and field check
  • The technical description of the portion, with boundaries and adjoining owners, for the report and the notary's resolution

What I need from you to start

  • The deed recording your share and its percentage, and the CNR extract certificate listing the co-owners
  • Which portion you have possessed and since when: the law asks for ten years (yours, or added to those of whoever passed it to you) and two witnesses
  • The names of the adjoining owners: the law requires summoning them eight days before the survey

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Tell me what you have and what you need. If I cannot solve it, I will say so.

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