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Look up a heading from your Spanish nota simple in English. The explanations and questions help you read the document. They do not provide a full translation or findings about your property. Use the linked guide to compare the record with Catastro.

Not legal or tax advice. The results do not confirm that a purchase is risk-free or that holiday letting is permitted.

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A nota simple is informative. It is not a registry certification. This glossary explains headings; it does not verify a property or establish rental or planning permission. Checks below are suggested review steps.

Identificación de la finca

Registered property details

Identifies the land registry and the registered property. The CRU is its unique registry code.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Match the registry, finca number and CRU to the deed and the property offered. Do not substitute a cadastral reference for the registry identity.
Sources and dates

Titularidad

Registered rights holders

Names the holders of registered rights. Read the type and share of each right with the name.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Match all sellers to the registered rights holders. Ask for authority documents if someone signs for another person.
Sources and dates

Pleno dominio / nuda propiedad

Ownership and ownership shares

The entry states the registered ownership right and its share. Bare ownership is ownership subject to another person’s usufruct.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Check whether the sale includes full ownership or only a share or bare ownership. Have any separate usufruct reviewed.
Sources and dates

Usufructo

Usufruct

A right to use and enjoy property owned by someone else, subject to its terms and the law.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Check the holder, duration and terms. Ask what must happen to the right before the proposed sale.
Sources and dates
  • Código Civil Articles 467 and 530: usufruct and easements · Accessed:

Descripción

Registered description

Describes the property’s recorded nature, location, boundaries and area. It is the registry description.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Compare the address, floor, use and annexes with the viewing, deed, cadastral record and plans. Ask for permits for changes.
Sources and dates
  • Ley Hipotecaria Articles 9, 17, 42, 82, 104 and 222.5 · Accessed:

Superficie

Recorded area

Shows an area recorded for the property. Check the type of measurement: plot area, built area and usable floor area are different.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Compare measurements made on the same basis. Ask a suitably qualified building professional to explain differences and unrecorded extensions. The recorded figure is not a fresh measurement of the property.
Sources and dates
  • Ley Hipotecaria Articles 9, 17, 42, 82, 104 and 222.5 · Accessed:

Linderos

Boundaries

Describes the recorded boundaries and adjoining properties or features.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Compare the description with the map and site. Ask for clarification of access and any boundary dispute.
Sources and dates
  • Ley Hipotecaria Articles 9, 17, 42, 82, 104 and 222.5 · Accessed:

Referencia catastral

Cadastral reference

The official cadastral identifier has 20 letters and digits. It identifies the property in cadastral mapping.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Match the reference to the cadastral map and dwelling. Check whether multiple properties or references are involved.
Sources and dates

Coordinación gráfica con el Catastro

Registry–Catastro map coordination

The entry records whether the property is graphically coordinated with Catastro under the statutory procedure.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Read the status and date. Ask a technician or registrar to resolve a mismatch; a cadastral reference alone does not establish coordination.
Sources and dates
  • Ley Hipotecaria Articles 9, 17, 42, 82, 104 and 222.5 · Accessed:

Cargas

Registered charges and restrictions

Shows registered rights and restrictions affecting the property, such as a mortgage or an attachment entry.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Review every live entry and marginal note. Ask which entries will remain and what evidence is needed for cancellation.
Sources and dates

Hipoteca

Mortgage charge

A registered security right ties the property to the secured obligation, whoever holds the property.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Obtain a current lender balance and a documented cancellation plan. Do not use the registered security amount as today’s outstanding balance. Confirm registry cancellation separately from repayment.
Sources and dates
  • Ley Hipotecaria Articles 9, 17, 42, 82, 104 and 222.5 · Accessed:

Anotación preventiva de embargo

Attachment or provisional entry

A provisional entry may record a claim or a court-ordered attachment. Read the exact entry type.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Ask a lawyer to check the proceeding, ranking, validity and cancellation evidence before relying on a seller’s explanation.
Sources and dates
  • Ley Hipotecaria Articles 9, 17, 42, 82, 104 and 222.5 · Accessed:

Servidumbre

Easement

A right can burden one property for the benefit of another, for example access across land.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Read the deed that created the right. Check its route, permitted use, beneficiaries and maintenance terms.
Sources and dates
  • Código Civil Articles 467 and 530: usufruct and easements · Accessed:

Afección fiscal

Tax liability affecting the property

The property can be affected by tax liability arising from a transfer under the applicable tax rules.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Check the tax, transaction, date and payment evidence. Ask whether the note is routine or reflects an unresolved liability. Do not assume it is either a confirmed debt or harmless.
Sources and dates

Cuota de participación

Share in the common property

Where a property has separate units and shared areas, the title assigns each unit a participation share linked to the common property and the rules for allocation.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Compare the quota and annexes with the community title. Request statutes, minutes and a separate community-debt certificate.
Sources and dates

Documentos pendientes de despacho

Pending registry documents

A document may have been presented to the registry before its registration is completed. Presentation can affect priority.

Checks to make · Suggestion

  • Ask what each pending document concerns and obtain updated registry information before completion.
Sources and dates
  • Ley Hipotecaria Articles 9, 17, 42, 82, 104 and 222.5 · Accessed:

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