Order a nota simple from the Spanish Land Registry

What is a nota simple?

A nota simple, formally called a nota simple informativa, is an informative extract issued by the Registro de la Propiedad (Land Registry) for one registered property, known as a finca. It reflects the registry information on the day it is issued.

For readers familiar with the UK or Irish system, the closest practical comparison is a Land Registry title register. The documents are not identical, but both are used to check the registered information concerning a property.

A nota simple is commonly used for due diligence before buying, checking recorded debts and charges, dealing with an inheritance, or providing information to a bank, notary or lawyer. It is informative rather than certified; a certificación registral, or registry certificate, is a different, slower and more expensive document.

• The property description recorded by the registry, including its location, surface and type
• The registered owner or owners and the share held by each
• How and when the registered owners acquired the property
• Recorded mortgages, embargos (seizures for debt), easements and usufructs
• Annotations of lawsuits and other registered charges

Why ordering directly can be awkward from abroad

You can request a nota simple yourself through the official website. However, the official online process requires an account, is in Spanish and is designed around Spanish users.

A request needs the correct Registro de la Propiedad and sufficiently precise property details. Larger or tourist municipalities may be divided between several registries, while a small town may be served by a registry named after another town. If the wrong registry or incorrect property data is submitted, the request can be rejected and the fee must be paid again.

The property address alone is not always enough. Addresses may have changed, may not identify a single registered property, or may differ from the information held by the Catastro (Cadastre). Our service is intended for owners, buyers and other interested parties who want a checked land registry search in Spain without working through those issues alone.

How our service works

You provide the property address or cadastral reference, together with the town, province and your email address. The owner's name is optional, although it can help where an address is ambiguous. You do not need a Spanish DNI or NIE to place the order.

Our explanations and email support are available in your language. The nota simple itself is issued by the registry in Spanish, with an optional non-sworn translation available for understanding the document.

• We review the property information you provide.
• We locate the competent Registro de la Propiedad.
• We cross-check the Catastro and the registry's own maps before submitting the request.
• We submit the request through the official registry platform.
• The nota simple is sent to your email as a PDF, usually within 24–48 hours on working days.

Price for one property

The total price is €35.86 per property, including VAT where applicable. Payment is available by Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and foreign cards are accepted.

An optional translation into English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Dutch costs €3.99. This is a non-sworn translation produced with AI and checked by rules. It is delivered with the original Spanish document and is intended to help you understand it, not for filing with an authority.

• Service fee: €24.95
• Official registry fee: €10.91, comprising the €9.02 registry tariff plus 21% VAT
• Total per property: €35.86
• Optional non-sworn translation: €3.99

Registro de la Propiedad and Catastro are not the same

The Registro de la Propiedad records legal ownership and charges, and it is the source of the nota simple.

The Catastro is a tax and physical inventory containing information such as boundaries, surface, cadastral value and the 20-character cadastral reference; it does not prove ownership or show mortgages and debts.

The two records can disagree, but the cadastral reference can still help us identify the correct registered property.

What you receive

You receive the original nota simple as a PDF by email. It is issued in Spanish by the relevant Registro de la Propiedad and shows the registry position on its date of issue.

Delivery is usually within 24–48 hours on working days. Weekends and Spanish public holidays can add time. If the registry cannot issue the document because the property does not exist as described, we contact you to correct the information before anything else.

If you select the translation option, the non-sworn translation is delivered with the Spanish original. For questions about your order, email soporte@pedir-notasimple.org; we answer in your language.

A private, independent service

Notas Registrales España is a private, independent service. We are not the Registro de la Propiedad, the Colegio de Registradores, a government body or a law firm, and we do not provide legal advice.

You can request the same document yourself through the official website, sede.registradores.org, for the official fee, which costs less than our service. Our fee covers checking the property details, identifying the competent registry, submitting the request and providing email support.