The following provisions are repealed:
- a)The Organic Law of the Notariat (Ley Orgánica del Notariado), No. 39, of January 5, 1943.
- b)Article 49 of the Law for the financial balance of the public sector, No. 6955, of February 24, 1984.
- c)Subsection c) of Article 131 of the Law on transit on public land routes, No. 7331, of April 13, 1943 (*).
(*) (Note by Sinalevi: The year of enactment of that law is "1993") d) Article 27 of the Law on tax on real property, No. 7509, of May 9, 1995.
(Note by Sinalevi: Because the numbering of Law No. 7509 was modified by subsection c) of section 2, of Law No. 7729 of December 15, 1997, increasing it by two digits, this amendment has been inserted over Article 29 of the affected regulation) e) Article 5 of the Law on fiscal requirements in documents relating to acts or contracts, No. 6575, of April 27, 1981.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS TRANSITIONAL PROVISION I.- This Article 181 shall enter into force upon the publication of this law.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION II.- This Article 182 shall enter into force upon the publication of this law.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION III.- The fidelity guarantees provided by notaries public (notarios públicos) and in force upon the entry into force of the Notarial Code (Código de Notariado) must be adjusted to the new sum established therein, and to the regime created herein, within the twelve months following the entry into force of this code.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION IV.- Within six months following the entry into force of this code, notaries public must inform the exact location of their office to the Dirección Nacional de Notariado, the Colegio de Abogados, the National Registry, and the Notarial Archive (Archivo Notarial).
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION V.- Within three months following the entry into force of this code, the courts that have received the bound protocol volumes of notaries public must forward them to the National Archive.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION VI.- The current bound volumes of the protocol with numbered pages may continue to be used until their stock is exhausted, and the Notarial Archive shall authorize them.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION VII.- The requirements of specialty in Notarial and Registry Law (Derecho Notarial Registral) and the years of incorporation to the Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica, established in subsection c) of Article 3 and in subsections a) and b) of Article 10, shall apply five years after the entry into force of this law.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION VIII.- The courts created in Article 169 shall begin to function when the Supreme Court of Justice so decides, in accordance with the needs of the service and budgetary availability. In the meantime, jurisdiction over the matters referred to in that provision shall be assigned to the courts determined by the Court, which is empowered to reorganize what is necessary and increase the number of judges or sections of these courts.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION IX.- The expiration term set in subsection 5) of Article 468 of the Civil Code shall come into effect three months after the entry into force of this law.
With respect to annotations prior to the entry into force, the expiration term shall be five years, counted from the entry into force of this law, and they shall be canceled by the registrar (registrador) upon registering new titles over the real right or when so determined by the respective directorate.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION X.- The provisions contained in Article 174 regarding the requirement to present the cadastral survey plan shall take effect one year after the publication of this law.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION XI.- The specialty requirement set forth in Article 170 shall begin to apply at the time when universities grant the postgraduate degree in Notarial and Registry Law (Derecho Notarial y Registral).
It enters into force six months after its publication.
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