The Directorate General for Legal Certainty and Public Faith has confirmed that applications for a short-term tourist rental registration number cannot succeed if the principle of successive chain of title (Art. 20 Mortgage Law) is not met. In this instance, the applicant was unable to prove ownership of the property via a sworn declaration of heirs currently in mediation, which prevents the registration required for the Single Registry of Leases procedure (Art. 2.f RD 1312/2024).
For hosts or owners of tourist accommodation, registration in the Land Registry is an indispensable prerequisite for obtaining a short-term rental registration number (Art. 2.f RD 1312/2024). Failure to register the title of ownership or the existence of documentation defects not rectified within 7 working days may result in the suspension of the registration number's validity and the obligation for platforms to remove listings (Art. 10.2 RD 1312/2024).
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