Subsection f) of Article 1 and Article 11 of the Possessory Information Law (Ley de Informaciones Posesorias), Law No. 139, of July 14, 1941, and its amendments, are amended. The texts are as follows:
"Article 1.- [...]
- f)Express manifestation by the applicant (titulante) that the farm has not been registered in the Public Registry, that it lacks a registrable title of ownership, and that the application does not intend to evade the consequences of a probate proceeding. However, when the possessory information (información posesoria) is authorized over registered assets by a special law, the manifestation that the farm lacks a registrable title shall not be necessary.
[...]" "Article 11.- The judge may, when deemed convenient, order all those proceedings they consider necessary to verify the truthfulness of the facts to which the information refers, and shall reject it if it is confirmed that it is intended to improperly title national wastelands (baldíos nacionales) or lands belonging to any institution of the State, as well as forest reserves, national parks, or biological reserves. By special law, titling through possessory information (información posesoria) on lands belonging to State institutions may be authorized, provided that the public interest, the environment, and due legal process are protected."
For compliance with the provisions of Article 10, Japdeva shall have a period of two years, counted from the entry into force of this law. The foregoing shall not suspend or interrupt the processing of titling requests in relation to possessors located in the remainder of the farm.
Persons who have obtained a property title prior to the date on which the real property was transferred to Japdeva and are duly registered in the National Registry of Real Property shall maintain their condition as holders of these rights, and said titles cannot be annulled.
The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) shall carry out the corresponding technical studies, charged to its budget, and shall determine the areas that constitute the natural heritage of the State (patrimonio natural del Estado). Once the areas that do not form part of this heritage are delimited, the possessors may title said lands in their name, provided they meet the requirements of the Possessory Information Law (Ley de Informaciones Posesorias).
It shall enter into force upon its publication.
Given in the city of Guápiles, on the twenty-third day of the month of December of the year two thousand thirteen.
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