On September 27, 2016, the Dominican Republic (DR) Executive Branch issued Decree No. 268-16 creating the Evaluation Commission of Real State Lands Registered as Owned by the Sugar Mills belonging to the Dominican State Sugar Council or Consejo Estatal del Azucar (CEA). The Decree recognizes the DR’s economic transformation, where Government lands originally dedicated to […]
On January 3th of 2017, The Judicial Branch Council (CPJ acronym in Spanish) of the Dominican Republic issued an Act which establishes the halls for the liquidation and restructuring courts for companies and individuals traders. The First Hall of the Civil and Commercial Chamber of First Instances of the National District and second Hall of […]
Dominican Branch may be registered by foreign companies interested in doing business in the Dominican Republic (DR). Under Dominican law, a registered foreign company branch office can enter into contracts and execute and settle transactions in its own name, and can sue and be sued at its place of business. In order to successfully complete […]
Dominican Customs Law established that the Dominican Customs Administration is responsible for preventing illegal tax acts and to apply administrative sanctions, collect tax debt, whether voluntarily or by exercising its powers of tax fiscal enforcement, being able in that aspect, to re- liquidate and collect duties and taxes that for any concept are owed to […]
Dominican company corporate maintenance services to meet legal requirements is essential for every registered company in Dominican Republic. Companies must file for their business register within the following month after their incorporation, and the same should be renewed every two years. On the other hand, changes of domicile or other which may give rise to […]
The system for the promotion of Dominican free zones establishes at least three categories of export free zones which offer opportunities for investors and exporters at the different levels of industrial processing, taking into account their location, number, qualification of job posts and the origin of the raw materials and of the products to be […]
On the day of Dominican Real Estate Purchase Closing the seller may be asked to furnish the buyer in addition to the original certificate of title (owner’s duplicate) a series of legal documents which are most commonly gathered, requested and obtained by the seller’s attorney. Among these documents is the certification issued by the title […]
U.S. Preclearance at Punta Cana Airport: What the 2016 Agreement Promised Travelers and Investors On December 2, 2016, the Dominican Republic signed on to an exclusive club. Under a preclearance agreement with U.S. customs authorities, travelers departing Punta Cana International Airport for the United States would complete U.S. customs and immigration checks before boarding, landing […]
The Dominican Fideicomiso: How Trusts Law 189-11 Changed Estate and Investment Planning For most of its history, the Dominican Republic, a civil-law jurisdiction, simply had no trusts. That changed on July 16, 2011, when Law 189-11 imported the figure of the fideicomiso, and with it a planning tool that families and investors in common-law countries […]
The .DO Domain at 25: Why a Dominican Web Address Is Also a Legal Asset In 2016, the Dominican Republic’s corner of the internet turned 25. The country marked the anniversary of its .DO top-level domain with Internet Week, a four-day event held August 22 to 25 and organized by the Latin American and Caribbean […]
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