{"id":5780,"date":"2025-12-19T14:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/faq-items\/what-legal-specifics-apply-when-buying-property-in-mallorca\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T07:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T07:06:14","slug":"what-legal-specifics-apply-when-buying-property-in-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/faq-items\/what-legal-specifics-apply-when-buying-property-in-mallorca\/","title":{"rendered":"What legal specifics apply when buying property in Mallorca?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Important points include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Review of ownership status<\/strong> (Registro de la Propiedad).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Review of building permits and usage rights<\/strong> \u2013 essential, especially for fincas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Certificate of habitability<\/strong> (C\u00e9dula de Habitabilidad) must be available.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Energy certificate<\/strong> (Certificado Energ\u00e9tico) is mandatory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Encumbrances<\/strong> (mortgages, debts, rights of way) must be checked before purchase.<\/li>\n<li>For rural properties, strict building and renovation regulations often apply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An independent lawyer carries out the full legal review and provides peace of mind.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[41],"class_list":["post-5780","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-mallorca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/5780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/5780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5783,"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/5780\/revisions\/5783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immobilien-steiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=5780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}