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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Dominican Republic
  • English
    The State recognizes and guarantees the right of property. Property has a social function and implies obligations. All persons have the right to the full use, enjoyment, and disposal of their assets.
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    2. The State shall promote, in accordance with the law, access to property, especially to titled real estate.
    3. The dedication of land to useful ends and the gradual elimination of the system of large estates is declared to be in the social interest. Promoting agrarian reform and the integration of the rural, farming population into the process of national development in an effective way through stimulation and cooperation for the renewal of their methods of agricultural production and their technological training is a principal objective of the social policy of the State.
    … (Art. 51)
  • Spanish
    El Estado reconoce y garantiza el derecho de propiedad. La propiedad tiene una función social que implica obligaciones. Toda persona tiene derecho al goce, disfrute y disposición de sus bienes.
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    2) El Estado promoverá, de acuerdo con la ley, el acceso a la propiedad, en especial a la propiedad inmobiliaria titulada;
    3) Se declara de interés social la dedicación de la tierra a fines útiles y la eliminación gradual del latifundio. Es un objetivo principal de la política social del Estado, promover la reforma agraria y la integración de forma efectiva de la población campesina al proceso de desarrollo nacional, mediante el estímulo y la cooperación para la renovación de sus métodos de producción agrícola y su capacitación tecnológica;
    … (Art. 51)