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Current deadline: transfer fees within seventy-five business days; no utilities until taxes are paid

Rule record · last verified 14 September 2026

Rule

While the decree is in force: where no mortgage is created in favour of the seller, the one-year transfer period runs from the date the full price is paid; a contractor who has been paid in full but fails to transfer title must compensate the buyer for the loss caused; the buyer and seller must pay the title transfer fees within seventy-five business days of publication of the permission or the permission is automatically cancelled; and until all taxes and fees are paid no permanent or temporary water or electricity connection may be made to the property (construction-site connections excepted).[1]

Applies to: Permission to Purchase · Title transfer · Completion

Legislation · Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC) · Official Gazette No. 147 of 7 August 2026: Decree with force of law 89/2026 regulating the rules on acquisition of immovable property by foreigners, Article 4, new Article 8(7) · in force from 7 August 2026 · until 5 November 2026 · last verified 14 September 2026 · rule record

Where this rule comes from

Jurisdiction
Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)
authority
Council of Ministers, TRNC
Basis
Legislation · asserted by us within this jurisdiction
Verification
Primary source verified
in force from
7 August 2026
until
5 November 2026

Regulatory events

History of this rule

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

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]
    Official Gazette No. 147 of 7 August 2026: Decree with force of law 89/2026 regulating the rules on acquisition of immovable property by foreigners

    Official Gazette of the TRNC (State Printing Office) · Legislation and gazettes · 7 August 2026 · original in Turkish · accessed 14 September 2026 · register entry

Identifier decree-tax-deadline-75-business-days-and-utilities · Review priority: consequential · Open data · challenge this rule