New transfer deed that is recorded at the national registry to transfer ownership of a property.
Finca
Literal translation is “Farm.” This is a large piece of property.
Folio Real
Title number assigned to each and every property.
Habitaciones
Rooms
Ley de Aguas
Local water laws.
Ley Sobre La Zona
Maritima- Maritime Zone Law which encompasses 200 meters of beach frontage which is owned by the Costa Rican Government but can be owner via a 20 year concession (lease) with the government.
Lindero
Boundary (property line)
Lote
Lot
Mojon
Boundary markers.
Municipalidad
Municipality
Naciente
Spring
Plano Catastrado
Property survey
Plano Visado
An authorization from the municipality used when a property was subdivided from a mother farm stating that the subdivision was done property and there isn’t a problem with the title.
Plantel
Area that has been cut out from property that you can build on a structure on.
Poder
Power of Attorney
Precio
Price.
Propiedad
Property
Quebrada
River
Registro Nacional
National Registry
Servidumbre
Easement
Tapia
Boundary wall
Timbre
Tax
Traspasar
Conveyance.
Trocha
Initial path made to a property with a tractor property prior to making it a road.
Zona Publica
Public Zone- The first fifty meters of tideland in Costa Rica.
Zona Restringida
Restricted Zone – The remaining 250 meters after the Public Zone
