Spain: Community STR Bans Need Registry Inscription
Two DGSJFP resolutions confirm that community of owners vetoes against short-term rentals under LO 1/2025 are only enforceable when the estatutos are expressly inscribed in the Property Registry. A meeting vote alone is not enough.
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On 6 August 2026, Spain’s Dirección General de Seguridad Jurídica y Fe Pública (DGSJFP) published two resolutions that tighten the legal test for community of owners bans on short-term rental activity. The rulings confirm that a prohibition is only legally effective when the community’s estatutos are expressly inscribed in the Property Registry (Registro de la Propiedad). A vote at an owners’ meeting, even one that clears the 3/5 majority threshold set by LO 1/2025, carries no legal weight without that inscription.
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