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A separate unit title must exist before a foreigner applies

Rule record · last verified 14 September 2026

In force since 21 May 2024.

Rule

Before a foreign natural or legal person applies to the Ministry to buy a property, condominium ownership or a construction servitude must have been established for it under the Condominium Ownership and Construction Servitude Law (35/2010). Concluding a sales contract without this is an offence.[1]

Exceptions

  • A transitional rule, currently extended by decree, allows an application with a construction permit or a planning approval where the unit title cannot yet be established.

Practical implication

Off-plan and unfinished projects often have no unit titles yet; ask which route to permission the seller relies on and what its deadline is.

Applies to

Property type:
Apartment · Detached house

Where this rule comes from

Instrument
Immovable Property Acquisition and Long-Term Lease (Aliens) Law, No. 52/2008, consolidated with amending Law 39/2024, Article 8(2); penalty in Article 16(3)
Authority
Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi), TRNC
Jurisdiction
Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)
Basis
Legislation · asserted by us within this jurisdiction
Verification
Primary source verified. We read the primary text ourselves on 14 September 2026.
Legal review
Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer. Marked for priority review.

Regulatory events

History of this rule

  • — First published from the primary text. (version 1, First published)

Sources for this rule

Numbered in order of first use. Each entry names the kind of source it is and the day we read it.

  1. [1]
    Immovable Property Acquisition and Long-Term Lease (Aliens) Law, No. 52/2008, consolidated with amending Law 39/2024

    Central Legislation Office, TRNC · Legislation and gazettes · 10 November 2008 · original in Turkish · accessed 14 September 2026 · source record

Cite this record

https://northcyprusreference.com/en/rules/condominium-title-before-application

Identifier condominium-title-before-application · Open data · challenge this rule