Newark, NJ asked in Land Use & Zoning, Real Estate Law and Tax Law for Puerto Rico

Q: What Office can verify the assigned numbers that corresponds with each part of the property and was it segregated, OPGE

the property in question should have been segregated according to our ‘records’ back when they were originally filed by my father. There appears to be a sequence of numbers that corresponds with each one of the assigned land parcels. Could the OPGe assist with clarifying if the land was segregated or if it was ‘lotified’ and what is role or function they have in the process. The property all appears under the one same ‘catastrophe’ making it difficult to find any information on the website of the CRIM. On their website it only shows a portion of the property as being separated, making it also difficult to pay any taxes due , where can we verify wether it was segregated or just sectioned off.. We would like to clarify where each lot / parcel of land begins and ends..

1 Lawyer Answer
Rafael  Pagan-Colon
Rafael Pagan-Colon
Answered
  • Real Estate Law Lawyer
  • San Juan, PR
  • Licensed in Puerto Rico

A: You'll have a better chance to get the information from the Property Registry. When lad plots are segregated from a main lot, the Registrar annotates each of the new property ("fincas") numbers for each of the newly segregated land plots on the margin of the main lot. Also identified would be the segregation deed, the date, and notary before which the segregation took place. The annotation may have the OGPe (or ARPE) resolution; but this can be obtained from the segregation deed, which you can procure from the notary directly or through the Office of Notary Inspections. Furthermore, it's common that the cadaster number remains the original main lot, if none of the new owners go before CRIM to request an independent cadaster number.

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