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Private contracts relations in the real estate market during the pandemic: approval of Bill 1,179 with vetoes
Issues of interest to the real estate market addressed in vetoed sections should be analyzed by the Judiciary on a case by case basis.
CNJ regulates electronic notarial acts
In any Brazilian state, acts will be performed exclusively through an electronic platform and signatory parties must have a digital certificate.
Rio de Janeiro City Government grants benefits to settle IPTU debts
To qualify, taxpayers interested in making full payment of the amounts due must request the discount from the Municipal Tax Commissioner’s Office by June 4.
Expropriation of rural property: economic use as a requirement for compensation for expropriation of environmental protection areas
Our attorneys analyze doubts as to how to calculate compensation for expropriating these properties. Should it take into account only the value of the bare land? Or should the vegetation coverage area also be appraised, considering the environmental restrictions that prevent its economic exploitation?
Charging ITBI on future construction carried out by purchaser
It is possible to litigate levy of ITBI tax when the calculation basis considers the value of future construction to be carried out by the purchaser.
Regulation of the drawing up of public deeds by electronic means in São Paulo
Measure contributes to modernizing the Brazilian notary system, which can help boost the economy and real estate businesses that rely on the services of notary offices.
The emergency and transitional legal framework for private law legal relationships and commercial contracts
The text proposed seeks to provide greater legal certainty by avoiding interference in equal relationships and privileging the risk allocation mechanisms of commercial contracts.
Covid-19: impacts of PL 1,179/20 on the real estate market
Senate approves emergency rules on real estate and agrarian contracts, residential rent, and life in condominiums during the covid-19 pandemic. The text will now be submitted to the Chamber of Deputies before going to the Brazilian president for approval or veto.
Operation of notary publics and real estate registry offices in the face of the covid-19 pandemic
Note the guidelines regarding extrajudicial services issued in different Brazilian states due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Calculation of the ITBI for real estate acquired at judicial auction
The paid purchase of real estate is a taxable event that generates the Property Transfer Tax (ITBI), paid by purchasers. The rate of this municipal tax varies between 2% and 5% of the transaction value or reference value of the property (calculated based on what each municipality considers to be its market value), whichever is higher.
Loosening of procedures for regularization of rural property based on MP 910
In effect since December of last year, Executive Order (MP) No. 910 provides for changes in land regularization procedures for occupations on lands of the Federal Government, with the objective of reducing the bureaucracy in the process of granting definitive titles to settlers, especially small rural producers.
Main changes proposed in the Zoning Law of the Municipality of São Paulo
The São Paulo City Hall is preparing to discuss a draft bill to amend Law No. 16,402/16, the current Land Division, Use, and Occupancy Law (LPUOS), with the purpose of adapting real estate production to the urban policy guidelines defined by the Strategic Master Plan. The document was submitted for review by the public on October 31 of this year, through a participatory process in public hearings mediated by the Municipal Department of Urban Development (SMDU).