Regulation for Transfer of Motor Vehicles

Dominican Regulation of Transfers and Endorsements of New and Used Motor Vehicles, 06-2013 was issued on December 12, 2013 and provides for a procedure  to formalize the transfers of vehicles in favor of concessionaires and dealers. Said procedure includes the duty, by the owner of the vehicle, to notify the transfer or exchange of the […]

DR Free Zones Minimum Wage

Industrial Free Trade Zone employees minimum wage was approved by Dominican Labor Ministry Resolution No.8-2013 of October 2013. The background of Resolution No.8-2013 comes from the agreement reached by the Employee Sector Representative (FENATRAZONA, FEDOTRAZONAS y UNATRAZONAS) and the Employer Sector (ADOZONA), through which they approved an increase to the minimum monthly wage for the […]

Energy & Mining Law 100-13

Dominican Republic Energy and Mining Ministry was created under Law 100-13 of 2013 as organ of the Public Administration dependent of the Executive Power, in charge of formulating and managing the energy and the metallic and non metallic Dominican mining policy. The Law establishes that the Ministry of Energy and Mining, in its capacity as […]

DR Foreign Investment Law

Foreign investment in the Dominican Republic, is regulated under Foreign investment Law 16-95 of November 20, 1995. The purpose of this law is to open foreign investment to most sectors of the Dominican Economy and to provide foreign investors with legal guarantees, benefits and exemptions while doing business in the Dominican Republic. Dominican Foreign Investment […]

Dominican Real Estate Property Survey

Dominican Real Estate Property Survey is mandated and regulated under Resolution 1419-2013 of May 16, 2013, of Diverse Procedures before the Title Registrars and the Cadastral Measurement Offices (“Resolution No.1419-2013”). Within the Diverse Procedures proposed in such Resolution No.1419-2013, is the survey (or deslinde) of real estate properties supported by Annotated Records (i.e. Constancias Anotadas), and […]

AC Law Featured in ABA Law Real Estate

Dr. Felipe Isa Castillo, Partner of Arthur & Castillo (ACLAW), has been featured in the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law publication “The Year in Review” 2013 for Cross Border Dominican Republic Real Estate Practice. The publication consists of an annual survey of international legal developments in different areas of international and national law […]

Dominican Tax Havens List

The List of Countries or territories regarded as Low Tax Jurisdictions and Tax Havens was published on May 20, 2013 by the Dominican Tax Administration (DGII), pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of the General Regulation 4-2011 of Transfer Pricing, are the following: Andorra Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Antilles Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bahrain Belgium […]

Tax Regime of Trusts in Dominican Republic

Tax Regime of Trusts in Dominican Republic was issued under Tax Authority Ruling 02-12 with the purpose of establishing the regulations and procedures to be complied with by trusts and the parties thereto involved, with respect to their tax duties and obligations. Pursuant to the provisions set forth under Law No.189-11 for the Development of […]

DR Entry International Classification (10th)

The Niza International Classification Tenth Edition entered in force via TM Office Resolution RD-116/2012 of August nine (9) of 2012. In this regard, Resolution RD-116/2012 establishes, among other items, the following: First: the mandatory use of the application and utilization of the International Classification of Products and Services for the Registration of Trademarks, established under […]

DR Tourism Property Land Use Plan

Dominican Tourism Sector Land Use and Organization Plan Resolutions issued by Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic on March 26th of 2012, modify the Urban and Construction parameters for the northern part of the Samaná Peninsula, the Punta Cana, Bávaro- Macao Area, respectively. The purpose of these resolutions is to regulate the urban categorization, […]