- a)Documents subject to registration or annotation shall pay a minimum of two thousand colones (¢2,000.00), unless they are required to pay a greater sum according to the present tariff or are exempt from the payment of Registry fees.
- b)Acts or contracts involving transfer. All property operations that constitute a transfer or change of owner of its domain shall pay five colones per one thousand colones (¢5.00 x 1000) or fraction of a thousand, in accordance with articles 2 and following of Law No. 6999, of September 3, 1985. This calculation shall be based on the highest value or estimate given by the parties in the act or contract or that recorded in the Unified Registry of Values. For this purpose, the National Registry will act as an auxiliary to the Tax Administration.
- c)Operations that do not constitute a transfer. They shall pay one colón per one thousand colones (¢1.00 x 1000) or fraction of a thousand:
1. Acts or contracts of mortgages, pledge agreements, mortgage certificates, constitution of trusts (fideicomisos), leases, assignments, credit extensions, and extensions.
(Thus reformed by subsection b) of article 85 of Law No. 8343 of December 27, 2002, Fiscal Contingency Law) 2.- The encumbrance (afectación) to the horizontal property regime: according to the value of the condominium, assigned in the deed.
3.- The registration of the constitution of concessions in the maritime-terrestrial zone and Gulf of Papagayo, as well as the assignments of these.
4.- Registration of vehicles, ships, aircraft, and of all other non-fungible movable goods that may be registered according to the respective regulations.
(Thus added by subsection c) of article 85 of Law No. 8343 of December 27, 2002, Fiscal Contingency Law) d) The constitution, appointments, extensions of the corporate term, powers of attorney, and modifications of the articles of incorporation of commercial companies in the Mercantile Registry, including capital increases, shall pay for each registration of a document related to the same legal entity, a single sum equivalent to one-tenth of the base salary defined in Law No. 7337, of May 5, 1993. Said registrations shall be exempt from the payment of the agrarian stamp tax created by Law No. 5792, of September 1, 1975. The applicable fees shall be determined by the parties.
Any operation different from those indicated, of civil associations, commercial companies, persons, real property, movable property, concessions of the maritime-terrestrial zone and Gulf of Papagayo, additionally, issuance of legal entity certificates and administrative proceedings that are not appeals (ocursos) nor are motivated by registry errors, shall pay two thousand colones (¢2,000.00).
(Thus reformed by subsection d) of article 85 of Law No. 8343 of December 27, 2002, Fiscal Contingency Law) f) Certifications.
1. For certifications, of immediate delivery issued by any of the registries, stating whether or not the applicant has goods registered in their name, one hundred colones (¢100.00) shall be paid per request.
(Thus reformed by subsection e) of article 85 of Law No. 8343 of December 27, 2002, Fiscal Contingency Law) 2. For certifications of properties, movable goods, history, literal, lien (gravamen), legal capacity (personería), exit permits from the country for a vehicle, and of any other type, three hundred colones (¢300.00) shall be paid for each property, movable good, or legal capacity (personería).
(Thus reformed by subsection e) of article 85 of Law No. 8343 of December 27, 2002, Fiscal Contingency Law) 3.- The Administrative Board of the National Registry shall provide, free of charge, and by magnetic means, the information contained in its databases, to the entities of the National Banking System, the Institute of Housing and Urbanism, the Joint Institute of Social Aid, the Institute of Agrarian Development, the National Insurance Institute, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, and the authorized entities of the National Financial System for Housing that require information regarding whether a credit applicant owns or does not own goods registered in their name or the details thereof related, whether the operation is declared of social interest or not, so that they can issue the certifications required to grant credits and other related operations; the foregoing provided that there is a connection between said entities and the database of the National Registry.
- g)Cancellation of liens (gravámenes) and annotations. The total or partial cancellation of liens (gravámenes) or annotations shall be exempt.
(Thus reformed by article 179 of the Notarial Code No. 7764 of April 17, 1998)