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Aerial Photos To Help in
Property Registration
Next time you are outside, look
up and smile. You could be on
camera.
Say what?
The government has launched an
ambitious program called "Propiedades
inscritas y seguras" by the
Regularización de Catastro y
Registro, which, with the help
of NASA, will photograph every
inch of the national territory,
to avoid mistakes and problems
with the land registry.
The first flight began this week
with the area of Límon, was
confirmed by the director of the
Centro Nacional de Alta
Tecnología (Cenat), Pedro León,
who says they hope to cover 90%
of the national territory by the
project's end.
The program will cost us$92
million dollars and is party
financed by a loan from the
Banco Interamericano de
Desarrollo (BID).
The program is strengthen the
national registry to avoid and
eliminate many of the problems
with the registration process
and in the hopes of also
attracting more investment
dollars to the country, by
having a sound and solid
property registration program.
Many owners and buyers of
property have run into problems
with title and have had to spend
money and time to correct many
of the problems that have gone
unchecked for years. In some
cases, property owners have lost
part of their property due to
mistakes in the registry.
in other cases, buyers have been
left holding the bag when the
property they thought they
bought was non-existent or never
registered. Problems with the
property registration has been a
nightmare for many.
The aerial photos will be used
to verify property demarcations
of the 1.2 million property
registrations and plans on file
at the Registro Nacional. The
The aerial photography part of
the program is to take about six
weeks to complete, which is
expected to take about 8.500
photos in 66 flights.
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