Legal Questions Podcast With Maria de Castro

Today we bring you the fifth podcast recorded with Maria de Castro of Costa Luz Lawyers answering your legal questions.

In this episode we cover topics such as:

• Can someone who is not an owner in a community be the president?
• What paperwork do estate agents need to have regarding the properties they have for sale, and are there fines applicable if they don't?
• If me or my husband pass away what taxes would the other person have to pay? The property is in joint names.
• We bought our house here in my name. We got married a couple of years ago but did not change the escritura. As far as I am concerned we are joint owners. Is this correct?
• For a new urbanization, at what point do we start paying community fees considering everything is far from finshed?
• Is it true that foreigners selling a house in Spain must pay a tax of 33 per cent of the profit from the sale?
• My apartment was broken in to last June and I'm still waiting for the insurance claim to be settled. What can I do?
• How long can I live in a property without the licences in place?
• Living permanently in Spain, do I need to change my UK (European) driving licence to a Spanish one?
• I have my escritura but my property is not properly registered. Will this be a problem when I come to sell it?

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If you would like to submit questions for Maria's next podcast you can do so at:

 http://www.eyeonspain.com/podcasts/maria/questions.aspx

We are sorry that we cannot discuss every question submitted due to podcast time constraints.

We hope you enjoy this podcast.