DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) has approved a significant modification to the Regulation for Parcel Regularization and Demarcation (Deslinde), a move designed to greatly expand the scope of land regularization and streamline the process of obtaining clear property titles.

The Supreme Court ordered the amendments to Regulation No. 790-2022 after a year-long consultation period. The changes, enacted by the SCJ’s full panel, aim to make regularization the general rule for legally establishing and individualizing a specific portion of a larger parcel of land.

Crucially, the new regulation reserves the demarcation process (deslinde) as an exception, applicable only at the judicial stage and specifically for cases that are inherently contradictory or litigious and require court intervention. This marks a strategic shift to prioritize administrative regularization over potentially complex and lengthy judicial demarcation proceedings.

Key benefits of the regulatory update...