{"id":147,"date":"2014-11-11T20:33:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.langcr.com\/content\/?p=147"},"modified":"2014-11-11T20:33:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T20:33:00","slug":"when-purchasing-land-in-costa-rica-whose-sole-access-is-through-a-declared-national-highway-due-diligence-must-include-a-review-of-national-road-restricted-access-permits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.langcr.com\/content\/when-purchasing-land-in-costa-rica-whose-sole-access-is-through-a-declared-national-highway-due-diligence-must-include-a-review-of-national-road-restricted-access-permits\/","title":{"rendered":"When purchasing land in Costa Rica whose sole access is through a declared national highway, due diligence must include a review of national road restricted access permits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One of the functions of the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Works and Transportation is to regulate the use, access, exits, circulation and vehicle traffic on national highways.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">There are <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">regulations in the country to<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> ensure that<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">the construction of pathways for either entering or exiting a national route from and to a property in Costa Rica, comply<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">with the technical<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">requirements in regards to road safety<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">, its <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">correct operation<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and to avoid improper access. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Applicable regulations indicate that it <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">is illegal to use the highway\u2019s right of way as a manner of enabling properties with boundaries with a national road, by building unauthorized accesses from the corresponding public road.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The reason behind this is that unauthorized accesses may have a direct impact in the increase of traffic accidents, therefore being detrimental to the physical integrity of pedestrians, passengers in public or private transportation and other users of the highways.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For such an access to be authorized, a special permit issued by a commission formed by representatives of different government entities involved in road administration, highway construction and infrastructure safety will be needed. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Other variables such as if the highway is administrated by a concessionaire, topographical conditions of the right of way and municipality regulations, among others, may affect the procedures for the approval of this type of permits, which can translate into additional costs and delays which must be taken into account when making a decision of purchasing property in Costa Rica under these circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">The need for obtaining an authorized access in properties in Costa Rica with boundaries on national highways can have further consequences, since, for example, the granting of the respective operation permit required to be issued by the corresponding Municipality in case commercial activities will be undertaken in such land, is linked to the approval of the restricted access permit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">It is clear that when acquiring real estate in Costa Rica in cases like the one we have explained, it is not enough to perform the usual due diligence by the means of searches at the Costa Rican Public Register, Cadastral Register and at the Municipality where the property is located. Deeper examination and evaluation will be necessary so the relevant information for a cost-benefit analysis can be made. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the functions of the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Works and Transportation is to regulate the use, access, exits, circulation and vehicle traffic on national highways.\u00a0 There are regulations in the country to ensure thatthe construction of pathways for either entering or exiting a national route from and to a property in Costa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>When purchasing land in Costa Rica whose sole access is through a declared national highway, due diligence must include a review of national road restricted access permits - 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