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Certified Spanish Property Deed Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record the ownership of land and buildings in Spain, including the registry annotations and endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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The escritura, and the Registro de la Propiedad
A Spanish transfer is an escritura pública before a notary, inscribed at the Registro de la Propiedad, and the registry is constitutive in practice for protection against third parties.
The deed carries the notary's protocol number and the registry the finca number, volume, book and folio. We reproduce all of them.
The nota simple, which is what people actually send
The commonest Spanish property document in a US file is a nota simple — an informative registry extract giving the owner, the description, the charges and the mortgages.
It is informative and not certifying; a certificación registral is the certifying form. Those are different documents with different weight and we name which one you have.
Two references for one property
Spain runs the registry and the cadastre as separate systems with separate identifiers, and the registry description and the cadastral one can disagree on surface area.
That mismatch is common and is not an error in the translation. We give both references and the discrepancy, because a buyer or a court needs to see it.
The NIE, and the charges
A foreign owner is identified by NIE and a Spanish one by DNI, and the registry lists cargas — mortgages, embargos, easements and afecciones fiscales for unpaid transfer tax.
A fiscal affection runs with the property rather than the seller, and it is the charge people miss. We translate the charges in full. See our Spanish page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, and every seal, stamp and registry endorsement is translated with the text. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
Is a nota simple a title document?
It is an informative extract. A certificación registral is the certifying form.
The areas do not match.
Spain runs the registry and the cadastre separately and they often disagree. Not a translation error.
What is an afección fiscal?
A charge for unpaid transfer tax that runs with the property, not the seller.
What is the finca number?
The registry's identifier for the property, with its volume, book and folio.
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