COSTA RICA NEWS — The recently approved reform of the Ley de Expropiaciones (Expropriation Act) reduces the time for the State to take possession of the goods necessary for the execution of public works.
The reform envisages reducing to 2 months the time it takes for goods to become state possessions, but beforehand a deposit must be made of the amount established in the administrative appraisal of the property, otherwise possession will not be taken.
Crhoy.com reports that “… Specifically in the case of the dwellings, the deadline for leaving the property changes to two months after the assessment issued by a judge.”
“… Another of the adjustments made to the General Expropriation Act, is related to the elimination of the appeals process, which saves up to one year of the process for administrative management.”
Source: Crhoy.com
Ok, so I’m NOT the smartest apple that’s fallen from the cart BUT – I’m not getting fully what they’re saying here (was it just google translated or something). HELP!! It seems like IMPORTANT info!! I’ve shown it to 3 other people & they’re not totally clear either. THANX!!
SarongGoddess, con mucho gusto, I will give you an explanation. Assuming you know what expropriation is, the reforms to the expropriation law means it won’t take forever and then some for the government to settle with a land owner for lands required for a public project, ie build a new road. In the past, and to a large extent still today, many public projects are bogged down in that a land owner does not agree on the value of his/her land and the process being cumbersome, would take years, decades to reach an agreement, stalling all work until….