A flow chart of the major stages in the Spanish property conveyancing process designed by the Spanish lawyers and Solicitors of Puerta Vides SL, in Marbella Spain
Do not sign the Spanish reservation contract or hand over a deposit without first having your Spanish lawyer - Solicitor check the Spanish reservation contract The Spanish purchase contract details both the seller´s and the purchaser´s contractual rights and obligations. Your Spanish lawyer - Solicitor will only advise you to sign this contract once he has completed all his legal checks on the Spanish property and the Spanish purchase contract This is when the full purchase money is paid by the purchaser of the Spanish property to the vendor. In exchange for the vendor signing the legal Spanish deeds in front of a Spanish Notary. This transfers legal ownership of the Spanish property to the buyer. Your Spanish lawyer - Solicitor will attend at the Spanish Notary office to ensure that all the documentation is executed correctly and to explain to you the procedure Your Spanish lawyer - Solicitor will ensure that the legal purchase of the Spanish property is registered at the Spanish Land Registry. If you buy the property with a mortgage your Spanish bank or Spanish building society normally deals with registration at the Spanish Land Registry as they will want also to register the mortgage which is on the property
Examples of the pre-purchase contract legal checks carried out by the Spanish lawyers and Solicitors Steps taken by Spanish lawyers and Solicitors in preparation for completion at the Spanish Notary office Steps taken by Spanish lawyers and Solicitors after completion to register the purchase at the Spanish Land Regtistry and pay Spanish property purchase taxes