What a deslinde is, and when you need one
The Dominican procedure that turns a shared certificate into an individual title with defined boundaries. What it involves, what it costs and how long it really takes.
In one paragraph
A deslinde is the technical and legal operation that identifies, measures and registers the boundaries and area of a property, separating your portion from the larger parcel it currently sits inside. It ends with a new Certificado de Título in your name, with a unique cadastral designation.
It is governed by Law 108-05 on Real Estate Registry and is processed before the Dirección Nacional de Mensuras Catastrales and the Land Court.
How the procedure runs
Technical stage
The surveyor measures the parcel in the field with GNSS RTK equipment and produces the cadastral plan and the XML files the system requires. This is the part we carry out and the part we quote.
Judicial stage
The technical file is submitted to the regional office of Mensuras Catastrales for approval, and then the legal process starts before the Land Court of Original Jurisdiction. Your attorney leads this.
Registry stage
With the court ruling, the Registry of Titles cancels the previous constancia anotada and issues the new individual Certificate of Title.
Situations that call for a deslinde
- You are selling. The buyer or their attorney will require it before signing.
- A bank asked for it. Mortgages are not granted against an undivided share.
- Inheritance or division. To split a property legally among heirs or co-owners.
- A boundary dispute. The deslinde is the document a court works from.
- You are going to build. To know exactly where your land ends before laying foundations.
What we need to start
Not everything is needed on day one. The technical stage starts with very little; the rest is gathered while the fieldwork is under way.
- The constancia anotada, original or certified copy — it is the right being individualised.
- Identification of each titleholder: Dominican cédula, or passport if you are a foreign national.
- A signed authorisation from the titleholder to the surveyor, to request permission to measure.
- The location of the parcel, precise enough to reach it.
Tell us what you have
With the parcel number and the cadastral district we review the history and give you a firm figure for the technical stage.