Losing the Title Duplicate in the Dominican Republic

“I Lost My Title”, What Losing the Title Duplicate Means in the Dominican Republic, and What to Do Today It is one of the most frequent calls a Dominican real estate lawyer receives, and it always carries the same undertone of panic: the title is gone. Lost in a move, destroyed in a flood, missing […]

Constituting a Right of Use Over Dominican Property

A Roof Guaranteed by Law: Constituting a Right of Use Over Dominican Property Between letting someone live in your property informally and giving them a full usufruct lies a figure Dominican practice underuses: the right of use (derecho de uso). Drawn from the Civil Code, it grants its holder the right to use another’s property, […]