Your property lawyer in Empuriabrava.
Empuriabrava has the largest community of foreign owners on the Costa Brava — Dutch, French, German and British. And some of the most specific legal questions on the coast: properties with a mooring, overlapping communities, tourist-rental licences and non-resident tax. Clear advice, in your language, with fixed fees.
Europe's largest navigable-canal development creates situations you won't find elsewhere on the coast.
Empuriabrava is built around an extensive network of navigable canals, with a majority-foreign ownership base. That combination creates specific legal questions that simply don't arise in other Costa Brava towns.
Properties with a mooring
Moorings in Empuriabrava are bought, sold and inherited separately from the home, with their own registry title and port-community rules. We check the mooring's situation before any transaction, not just the house's.
Overlapping communities
Many properties answer to more than one community of owners — the building or development, and the wider canal community. Unpaid community debts can follow the property at sale, so we check the accounts before you sign.
Tourist-rental licences (HUT)
Short-term rental is regulated by Decree 75/2020 — and since Decree-Law 3/2023, many municipalities also require a prior urban-planning licence, valid for five years. Whether that applies to your property depends on the specific designation, and needs checking individually.
Non-resident tax
Imputed income tax, rental income tax, wealth tax and the 3% withholding on sale — which ones apply to you, and exactly what you owe.
You deal directly with Jordi Anglada.
Twenty years helping foreign owners on the Costa Brava with what actually keeps them up at night — moorings, community debts, licences, tax. You deal with me, not an office. Before any reservation or deposit contract, I check title, charges, community standing, mooring and tax — so there are no surprises once it's too late to walk away.
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We reply within 24–48 hours, in your language. No obligation, strictly confidential.