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Folio is an independent retrieval service, not the Registro Nacional or any government body. Official certificates are issued by the institution and delivered unchanged.

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The records Folio sells and delivers today.

Official certificates from the Registro Nacional, a municipal certificate Folio files for you, and the bundle most buyers start with. Prices include 13% IVA.

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Pick the document, or the question you need answered. Every record says what you receive and who issues it. Pay by card or SINPE.

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We pull it

We retrieve it from the National Registry or the institution that issues it, using the finca, plate or company ID you give us.

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You get the PDF

Delivered to your email exactly as issued, verification intact. Each record states its timeline before you pay.

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Registro Nacional property certificates

Title and survey-map certificates, delivered within one business day. Every other record shows its own timeline before you pay.

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Records you can order today

Property, company, vehicle, trademark and municipal records, in one English catalog.

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Refund if it can't be issued

If the institution cannot find or issue the record, that line comes back to you, IVA included.

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Hidden fees

13% IVA and the government fee are in the price you see. Pay by card or SINPE.

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Trust and transparency

What you pay for, and what you don't

Folio is a private company that retrieves official records for you. The document stays the institution's. Here is exactly where the line sits.

What you receive, looked at closely
Illustrative sample of a Registro Nacional title certificate 1 2 3
  1. Issued by the institution. The Registro Nacional, the municipality or the ministry produces it, not Folio.
  2. Exactly as registered. Owner, liens and annotations, unchanged. We never edit an official record.
  3. Verifiable on its own. Certification number and digital signature you can check at the source.

Illustrative sample with fictional data. Your certificate carries the real number and signature.

Your price covers
  • Finding the right record, including help when you don't have the finca, plate or company ID
  • The government fee, when the record has one
  • Retrieving and organising it, then emailing the result to you in English
  • A full refund of that line if the record cannot be found or issued
Not what you are buying
  • A government endorsement. Folio does not represent the Registro Nacional or any public body.
  • Legal advice. A Folio study reads official records; it does not replace your lawyer.
  • An official translation. Documents arrive in Spanish, as issued. Ask and we quote it by email.
  • Hidden free data. When a lookup is free at the source, the record tells you so before you pay.
Certified record

An official document with a certification number. What a notary or bank asks for.

Public search

A read-out of public data on a given date. Useful before you commit, not a certificate.

Folio study

Folio's reading of official records in plain English. Not a government document.

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01What if the record cannot be found or issued?

Full refund of that line, IVA included, to the same payment method. How to ask for a refund is in our refund policy.

02Can I get an English translation?

Official documents are delivered in Spanish, as issued. An English translation is not sold in the cart until Folio confirms who prepares it, the turnaround and whether it is an official translation; ask when you order and we quote it by email.

03How long does it take?

Registro Nacional property certificates (title and survey map) arrive within one business day; the ones Folio has delivered so far arrived the same day. Municipal certificates depend on the canton (our last filing took 16 business days). Records Folio has not yet handled say so, and the timeline is confirmed by email before work starts.

Price list

Every record you can order, with its price.

Prices in US dollars, 13% IVA included. Tap a record to see the sample and order it.

Property Records

Property title certificationThe property's official identity card: registered owner, nature, location, boundaries, registered area, plano number, fiscal value, and every mortgage, lien, annotation and...1 business day$39Full registry study with liensA registry study of the finca: every lien, easement and annotation on the title read in full, including documents presented but not yet registered, with a plain-English note on...Timeline confirmed by email$49Property ownership searchEvery property registered in Costa Rica under a given person or company, by identification number.Timeline confirmed by email$49Certified deed copyA certified copy of the actual signed deed of sale or other registered act: parties, price, conditions, the notary's wording.Timeline confirmed by email$59Ownership history studyHow the property changed hands: each transfer, date, price declared and the registered cause, read from the registry's history of the finca.Timeline confirmed by email$59

Cadastral Plans & Maps

Cadastral survey mapThe registered survey: the legal shape of the lot, the bearing and distance of every boundary line, the registered area, the surveyor and the location sketch.1 business day$39Georeferenced cadastral map + satellite overlayYour parcel's registered boundary drawn over satellite imagery, with neighbours, roads and the cadastral zone, from the national geoportal.Timeline confirmed by email$39

Corporate Records

Corporate standing certificateThe company's legal existence, status, domicile, term, capital, and its representatives with the exact powers each one holds: who can sign, alone or jointly, with what limits.Timeline confirmed by email$49

Municipal Certificates

Municipal land-use certificateWhat the canton allows on the lot: residential, commercial, tourism, agricultural; the applicable plan regulador zone or, where there is none, the national rules; setbacks and...Timeline confirmed by email$49Municipal tax clearanceThe municipality's own statement that property tax and municipal service fees on the finca are paid, or the exact amount owed.Timeline confirmed by email$39Fiscal value certificateThe value the municipality has on record for the property, which drives the annual property tax and is one input to transfer tax at closing.Timeline confirmed by email$39Business license statusWhether the business operating on the property holds a municipal license, in whose name, for what activity, and whether it is current.Timeline confirmed by email$49Zoning certificate (plan regulador)The zone the lot falls in under the canton's plan regulador and the parameters attached to it: density, coverage, height, minimum lot size.Timeline confirmed by email$59Condominium standingWhether the unit's dues are paid, the current reglamento, recent assembly minutes and any pending special assessments.Timeline confirmed by email$59

Permits, Utilities & Environment

Storm drainage approvalWhere the rainwater from your future building is allowed to drain, and whether the receiving ditch or watercourse has capacity.Timeline confirmed by email$89SETENA environmental statusWhether the property or project has an environmental file at SETENA, its status, and whether the intended construction needs an environmental viability or qualifies for a...Timeline confirmed by email$89Road and river alignmentThe official setback line from a road or watercourse: how far from the edge you must stay, which defines the buildable part of the lot.Timeline confirmed by email$79Construction permit verificationWhether the structure on the property was built under a municipal permit, for what area, and whether that matches what stands there today.Timeline confirmed by email$69Electricity availabilityWhether the utility can connect the lot, from which line, and under what conditions.Timeline confirmed by email$49Forest and state patrimony checkWhether the lot overlaps a protected area, a protection zone, or forest the State considers its patrimony, and what that means for clearing or building.Timeline confirmed by email$89

National Tax & Social Security

National tax and social security clearanceWhether the seller, person or company, is current with national taxes and with social security contributions.Timeline confirmed by email$49

Folio Reports & Studies

Property Risk ReportFlood, landslide and protected-area exposure for the parcel, mapped over satellite imagery with the source layer named for each finding.Timeline confirmed by email$39Water Availability ReportWhich operator serves the area, nearby water protection strips, registered wells and concessions around the parcel.Timeline confirmed by email$39Can-I-Build ReportA first buildability read: the likely permitted use, the setbacks that apply from roads and water, protected overlaps and whether an environmental file is likely to be needed,...Timeline confirmed by email$49Corporate Health ReportWhether the company that holds the property is active, current with the corporate tax and the beneficial-owner filing, and whether Hacienda lists it as delinquent or non-filing.Timeline confirmed by email$39Comparable market-value reportComparable market-value report (AVM)Timeline confirmed by email$39Pre-sale Verified-Listing reportPre-sale Verified-Listing report (seller side)Timeline confirmed by email$49

Bundles

Buyer Due Diligence PackThe official title certification, the official cadastral map, the municipal land-use certificate, and Folio's registry study (the Registro Nacional's estudio registral...Timeline confirmed by email$149Listing-Ready Seller PackListing-Ready Seller Pack (title + registry study + plano + uso de suelo + municipal tax clearance)Timeline confirmed by email$179
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