The nota simple is the official snapshot of a property: who is registered as owner, which mortgages and seizures burden it, and what limitations it carries. It costs just over nine euros and prevents problems that cost tens of thousands.
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It gives you the description of the property, who the registered owner is, and above all the charges: mortgages, seizures, easements, tax attachments, resolutory conditions, use restrictions. What it does not do is certify: it is an informative extract. When a document with full evidential force is needed, what you request is a registry certification, which is another matter and costs more.
Online, at the registrars’ electronic office, identifying yourself with a digital certificate. You state on whose behalf you are acting and what your legitimate interest is, pay by card, and the extract arrives as a PDF by email.
In person, at the Land Registry covering the municipality where the property is located.
The indicative cost is €9.02 plus VAT per property. To locate it you can use the unique registry code, the property number, the cadastral reference, the address or the owner’s name.
The Registry is public, but it is not a people search engine. Only someone with a known, direct, patrimonial interest in the property may consult it, and the registrar assesses whether what you declare justifies it. Buying, renting, inheriting, collecting a debt or preparing proceedings are usual grounds; mere curiosity about someone else’s assets is not. Declaring it properly — in the right words — is the difference between getting the extract or getting a refusal.
Updated daily from official sources (BOE, ministries and public bodies).
The nota simple is an informative extract of the Registry's content: it identifies the property, the owner and the charges, but has no force of public attestation. Where full evidential force is needed, a registry certification is required. The indicative cost is €9.02 plus VAT per property.
The Registry is public but not a people search engine: only someone with a known, direct and patrimonial interest in the property may consult it, and the registrar assesses whether the stated reason justifies it. No power of attorney from the owner is required, but you must state on whose behalf you act.
