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Monday, July 24, 2006
Hidden 'owners' wait to trap unwary buyers
Monday, July 3, 2006
Big changes taking place in maritime rules
There are some surprises in motion in the maritime zone. Few people are aware of them today. Foreign ownership restrictions are being challenged. And the environmental ministry appears to be preventing development because it rules that some land is too steep.
So, an investment into planning parcels for concession may be money wasted.
Called in Spanish the zona maritima terrestre in Costa Rica, the area contains two parts. The first 50 meters inland measured from high tide is public land. Except for some exclusions, where the land is titled or part of a special government program like the Papagayo Project in Guanacaste, all Costa Ricans own the public land.
Behind the 50 meters is 150 more meters also considered public. But it is land that can be controlled by private parties via a concession. Municipalities and the Instituto Costarricnese de Turismo, or Costa Rica’s tourism board, manage the grant, theoretically for of the public.
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