For foreign owners and buyers

Land surveying in the Dominican Republic

We handle the technical side of your property file: field measurement, cadastral plan and the filing before the land jurisdiction. Your attorney keeps the legal side.

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The short version

What usually goes wrong

Most questions we get from abroad come down to the same worry: is the land actually what the seller says it is, and can it be legally transferred? Two documents decide that answer, and they are not interchangeable.

A constancia anotada certifies an undivided share of a larger parcel. A Certificado de Título is an individual title with registered boundaries. Most banks will not lend against the first one.

If a parcel has never been surveyed and registered with coordinates, its limits are described against features that may no longer exist — a fence, a tree, a path that is gone. That is what a survey fixes, and it is why a bank asks for one before releasing a mortgage.

What we do

Services

Deslinde (individual titling)

Turning a constancia anotada into an individual Certificate of Title: field measurement, cadastral plan and the file through to approval of the survey.

Cadastral survey

Measurement and documentation of a parcel for subdivision, condominium constitution or regularisation before the land jurisdiction.

Topographic survey

Contours, volumes and as-built control with GNSS RTK and total station, delivered in DWG, CSV, LandXML or KMZ.

Drone photogrammetry and LiDAR

For wooded or steep sites, where standard aerial imaging reconstructs the canopy instead of the ground.

Boundary verification

Checking whether a neighbour has encroached, or whether what you were shown on site matches the registered parcel.

Building permit drawings

The technical drawings and filings a municipality requires before construction starts.

Remote work

How we work with owners who are abroad

A large share of our work in Punta Cana, Bávaro and La Romana is coordinated remotely. In practice:

  1. We agree the scope in writing

    By email or WhatsApp, from the parcel number and the cadastral district. No visit needed to quote.

  2. We do the fieldwork

    With the property representative or the complex administration granting access. You do not need to be in the country.

  3. You get the file, plus a summary

    Digital documentation and a technical summary in English, so you understand what you are signing.

Filings before the Dominican land jurisdiction are always in Spanish — that is what the system accepts. The English summary is a reading aid for you and your attorney, not a replacement for the legal document.
Before you write

Common questions

Do you work with foreign buyers directly?
Yes, and with their attorneys. We do the technical work; we do not draft contracts, give legal advice or hold funds. If you do not have a Dominican attorney yet, say so and we will tell you what to look for in one.
How long does a deslinde take?
The technical stage — measurement, plan and filing through to approval of the survey — is the part we control. The legal and registry stages that follow depend on the courts and the Registry of Titles. Ask us and we will give you the realistic range for your case rather than a best case.
Can you tell me what it costs before I travel?
Yes. With the parcel number and the cadastral district we review the history and give you a firm figure for the technical stage, and an estimate for the legal part your attorney will charge.
Is the surveyor licensed?
Plans are signed by a surveyor licensed by CODIA, the Dominican professional body. A survey plan only has legal standing in the Dominican Republic if it carries that signature.

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Send the parcel number, or just the location. We answer the same day.

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