Civil Forfeiture Law

The Dominican Republic enacted a Civil Forfeiture Law on July 28, 2022, that will enter into effect one year after enactment. This Law provides tools to the State to prosecute assets that have been obtained through illicit activities, through an in-rem  judicial...

Law against Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism

Law No. 155-17 against Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, was enacted on May 31, 2017, which changed considerably the money laundering prevention in the Dominican Republic.  The enactment of this law responded to the Dominican Republic incorporation to the...

Real Property Release

The Dominican Taxing Authority (Dirección General de Impuestos Internos – DGII) issued the General Rule No. 08-2014 for the release of real property to those individuals and companies that have sold a property and whose purchaser has not made ​​the payment of...

Proposed Solution for the Overlapping of Real Property

There are over 365,000 cases of lots, of which 230,000 overlap in less than 1%. The Supreme Court of Justice issued the Rule No. 3764-2014 in an effort to resolve the overlapping of land surveys. Historically there have been location and displacement errors on the...