Asset Registration Review
You already bought. This tells you whether it was done properly, before it becomes somebody else’s problem to discover.
Nobody checks after closing. That is when it matters most.
You bought a property in Costa Rica. The closing happened, hands were shaken, and you were handed a folder. Months later a question surfaces: is the boundary right, is the tax current, whose name is the water in, and is there anything registered against the title you were never told about.
We review the public records on your behalf and give you a written report in your language that says what we found, what is normal, what is not, and what you should do about it.
Four registries, one report.
- National Registry: ownership, liens, mortgages, annotations, and registered boundaries
- Municipality: property tax status, declared value, and permits on file
- Ministerio de Hacienda: tax obligations and outstanding balances
- Luxury home tax status where the property may fall within scope
- Water service: whose name it is in and whether there is a balance
- Electricity service: same check, same reasons
- Whether the corporation holding the property is current, if one does
- A written report in English explaining every finding in plain terms
- A prioritised list of what to fix, and what can safely be left alone
- Handling of the corrections you decide to make
What working with us looks like.
You send the basics
The finca number or the cédula jurídica of the owning company. Usually that is all we need to begin.
We pull the records
Registry, municipality, Hacienda, and the utility providers, each checked against the others.
Written report
What we found, what is normal, what is not, and how urgent each item actually is.
Fix what matters
You decide what to correct. We quote it separately and handle it, or confirm nothing needs doing.
Bring these and we can start.
- The finca number, or the property address if you do not have it
- Cédula jurídica of the owning corporation, if the property is held in one
- Copy of the purchase deed if you have it
- Recent utility bills, if you have them
- Your name as it appears on the title
Usually days, not weeks.
Most of these records are searchable, so a standard review is normally completed within a few working days of receiving the finca number.
Properties held through corporations, or with boundary questions or historical annotations, take longer because there is more to cross-check. We tell you if yours is one of those before we start.
Requirements and official fees are set by the institutions and can change without notice. We confirm the current list before quoting, and tell you immediately if something shifts mid-process.
Questions we get asked every week.
A good closing attorney checks the title at the moment of sale. This is different: it is a health check afterwards, covering the municipality, Hacienda, and the utilities as well as the Registry, which a closing does not always touch.
Most often: utilities still in the previous owner’s name, property tax declared at an outdated value, or a company holding the property that has fallen behind on filings. Serious title problems are rarer, but they are exactly why the check is worth doing.
No. We report what the public records say. If something we find needs a legal opinion, we say so plainly and you take the report to an attorney, who will thank you for having it.
We can review the records, and it is a sensible thing to do. But a purchase should also involve a licensed attorney for the legal side. We are a complement to that, not a replacement.
Then you get a report that says so, and you stop wondering. Plenty of clients tell us that was worth the fee on its own.
Send us the finca number.
That is genuinely all we need to tell you whether your property is registered the way you think it is.