Commercial debt collection in Dominican Republic can be achieved through a lawsuit for debt collection, which is the mechanism used by creditors to pursue the collection of moneys derived from a debt by means of the Dominican judicial system. Suing for debt collection should be most useful whenever the creditor considers that his credit is […]
Dominican Real Estate Register and Cadastral Measurements Office established technical provisions on March 31st, 2021, on the requirements for applications and the receipt and delivery of Dominican real estate services requests before Dominican Title Registrars, Regional Measurements Offices and Dominican Real Estate Register offices. Such provisions seek the unification and standardization of technical requirements for […]
Registering a Foreign Branch in the Dominican Republic: Requirements, Sequence and Common Delays For a foreign company, the choice between opening a subsidiary and registering a branch in the Dominican Republic is often decided by one fact: a branch is the same legal person as its parent. That brings simplicity — one balance sheet, one […]
Hiring in the Dominican Republic? The Employee List Every Employer Must File by January 15 A foreign-owned company that hires its first Dominican employee acquires, within fifteen days, its first labor-compliance deadline. Dominican regulation requires every employer to file with the Ministry of Labor a certified list of personnel — and to refresh it every […]
Doing Business in the Dominican Republic: The Legal Framework Behind the Caribbean’s Leading Investment Destination The Dominican Republic did not become the Caribbean’s leading destination for foreign investment, free zones and tourism by geography alone. Behind the numbers sits a legal framework built, over three decades, around a simple proposition: foreign and local capital play […]
Dominican Free Zones Explained: Choosing Between Industrial, Special and Border Free Zone Status. A manufacturer relocating from Asia asks the question every nearshoring investor eventually asks: inside a free zone park, or outside it? In the Dominican Republic the answer is worth, quite literally, most of the tax bill — but only if the company […]
The EIRL: How Solo Entrepreneurs Get Limited Liability in the Dominican Republic Plenty of small businesses in the Dominican Republic still operate in their owner’s personal name — which means one lawsuit or one bad contract can reach the owner’s house, car and savings. Dominican corporate law offers a purpose-built shield for the solo entrepreneur: […]
Dominican real estate property inheritance is subject to the application of Dominican Law. Under Dominican Law, there are two very important aspects of Dominican property inheritance which have an impact on Dominican property inheritance of real estate assets of a deceased individual: the time and domicile of the deceased. The time of opening of a […]
After the approval of the Manual of Norms and Procedures for the Processing of Tourism Projects of March 9th of 2012, establishing the requirements for the processing of No Objection to the use of Land and Design Parameters, the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic (MITUR) has issued several Resolutions establishing the “Tourism Sector […]
Dominican Company Incorporation main steps are the following: Search before the Dominican Trademark Office, draft and file the request of registration to obtain a company trade name. Draft by-laws, minutes of the incorporation meeting and related incorporation documents. These may be drafted as private documents or as a notary public act for signing by the […]
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