Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile 1980, as amended to 2024
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English
    The Constitution assures to all persons:

    23. Freedom to acquire ownership over all classes of assets, except those which nature has made common to all men or which should belong to the entire Nation, and that the law so declares. The above is without prejudice to [what is] prescribed in other precepts of this Constitution.

    24. The right of ownership in its diverse kinds over all classes of corporeal and incorporeal assets.
    Only the law can establish the manner [modo] to acquire property and to use, enjoy and dispose of it, and the limitations and obligations which derive from its social function.
    … (Art. 19)
  • Spanish
    La Constitución asegura a todas las personas:
    ...
    23º.- La libertad para adquirir el dominio de toda clase de bienes, excepto aquellos que la naturaleza ha hecho comunes a todos los hombres o que deban pertenecer a la Nación toda y la ley lo declare así. Lo anterior es sin perjuicio de lo prescrito en otros preceptos de esta Constitución.
    ...
    24º.- El derecho de propiedad en sus diversas especies sobre toda clase de bienes corporales o incorporales.
    Sólo la ley puede establecer el modo de adquirir la propiedad, de usar, gozar y disponer de ella y las limitaciones y obligaciones que deriven de su función social.
    ... (Art. 19)
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Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile 1980, as amended to 2024 (English), available in HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated Library (2024).

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