Anti-Spam Law in the Dominican Republic

Before Launching That Email Marketing Campaign in the DR, Review the Anti-Spam Law A company buys a database of email addresses and launches a mass campaign without asking anyone for permission. In the Dominican Republic, that decision, so common in other markets, can lead to a damages claim and, in the most serious cases, to […]

Translations by Dominican Judicial Interpreter

Going to File a Translated Document Before a Dominican Court? Demand a Certified Judicial Interpreter A foreign investor arrives to sign a contract in Santo Domingo with a translation done by a bilingual friend. The notary, or the court, rejects it. This is not capricious bureaucracy: in the Dominican Republic, certain documents and certain proceedings […]

Transfer by Sale at the Dominican Title Registry

The Closing Is Not the Ending: The Transfer by Sale at the Dominican Title Registry Ask when a Dominican property purchase ends and most buyers point to the closing: the deed signed, the price paid, the keys and the handshake. Dominican law points somewhere else. In a registration system, the sale between the parties is […]