Does My Car with Foreign Plates need to be Registered in Spain?
by Ibiza-Legal
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People who purchase a property in Ibiza often bring their car or other vehicle that is registered in their home country. However, anyone driving around Ibiza in that situation should strongly consider getting their vehicle registered in Spain. The law says that vehicles with foreign licence plates are only permitted to drive in EU countries for a temporary stay, such as a holiday or business trip.

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New Regulation of Estate Agents on the Balearic Islands
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Anyone who wants to buy or sell a property on Ibiza will sooner or later have to deal with two professions: estate agents and lawyers - usually in that order. While the legal profession is regulated by the Bar Association of the Balearic Islands (www.icaib.org), regulation of the profession of estate agent in the Balearics is only now being regulated as part of the recent emergency laws to combat the housing shortage (additional provisions 13a and 14a of Law 3/2024 of 9 May 2024).

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The Importance of the Register Certificate
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Starting this year, as part of the digital modernisation of Ibiza’s land registry offices, the land registrar (“registrador”) has been attaching a short register certificate (“certificación registral”) to the deed of sale when there is a change of ownership. This replaces the simple land register extract (“nota simple”) that was used before.

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