I'll let Fabio Guzman answer your specific question. But I can tell you that a lot of property gets sold, especially by Dominicans, in the DR by persons other than those on the title. Foolish foreigners wanting to save money on the purchase and avoid attorney fees often buy this property and think they have gotten a great deal. But sooner or later they are shocked back to reality to find that the person they bought the property from wasn't really the real or only owner. This happens most often when land is passed down within a family but the title isn't updated whenever there is a change. So if grandfather does and leaves his property to his sons, and the title isn't brought up to date to indicate who the actual owner is, then all the sons have a claim on that property. If one of the sons, needing money, finds a sucker to buy it and doesn't split the money between his brothers, then the brothers can go to the buyer and demand payment. What started as a good deal soon becomes a very expensive nightmare for the purchaser.
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