Dominican judge proposes reforming Land Registry Law

Dominican judge Anselmo Alejandro Bello Ferreras believes the country's Land Registry Law 108-05 needs significant reform. Speaking during his evaluation for the National Council of the Magistracy, Bello Ferreras stated that the law, enacted over two decades ago, is no longer adequate for the evolving complexities of the Dominican real estate market.

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The law 108-05 is not enough, it is a framework law that needs to be expanded.

He explained that the Suprema Court has had to compensate for the law's limitations by issuing regulations, which have been modified multiple times. Bello Ferreras specifically pointed to land boundary demarcation processes, advocating for administrative solutions for cases without disputes. This approach, he argued, would free up judicial resources.

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The law has to be modified and made more robust to include all those figures that we have dispersed in regulations.

The judge emphasized that separating administrative land regularization from judicial boundary demarcation would benefit low-income individuals seeking to formalize ownership of public lands. He believes incorporating these procedures directly into a revised law would make the system more robust and less reliant on general legal principles, ultimately providing clear titles and access to credit for more citizens.

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You can do your parcel regularization and you can have your definitive title and be a credit subject.