Conveyancing lawyer in Mallorca: from contract to registration

What conveyancing covers in Mallorca

Phase	Tasks
Before contract	NIE, bank account, due diligence, budget
Contracts	Reservation, arras, conditions and deadlines
Completion	Draft deed review, notary appointment, payments, cancellation of seller's mortgage
After completion	Transfer tax or VAT and stamp duty, plusvalía, registry, utilities, IBI and community

Completion before the notary

We review the draft deed, check that the seller's charges are cancelled at the same act, prepare the bank cheques or transfers and verify the identity and powers of everyone signing. If you cannot travel, we sign for you with a power of attorney.

After completion: taxes and registration

We file the purchase taxes within the deadline, present the deed to the land registry and follow it until your title is registered. We then send you the registered deed and a short file with everything you need as an owner.

Changing utilities and local taxes

Water, electricity, IBI, waste tax and the community of owners are changed into your name, with direct debits from your Spanish account, so no bills are missed.

Conveyancing for every type of property

The same process applies to villas, apartments, fincas and new builds, each with its own additional checks. See our due diligence checklist.

Example: conveyancing in Mallorca

Based on situations we commonly see; not a specific client. A Dutch buyer of an apartment in Port d'Alcúdia completed by power of attorney. We cancelled the seller's mortgage at the notary, paid the transfer tax the following week, registered the title within a month and changed every utility into her name before her first visit.

Our collaborators for conveyancing in Mallorca

For every service we work with trusted collaborators when a matter needs them: notaries, architects and surveyors, tax advisers at Castell.tax, sworn translators, banks and mortgage brokers, property managers and specialist lawyers in other parts of Spain. You keep one lawyer as your single point of contact, and we coordinate everyone else.

Castell.law is the English and German-speaking practice of Castell Abogados, a law firm in Palma de Mallorca. This page is general information, not advice on a specific case: laws and procedures change, so check your situation with us before acting.