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Foreigners may mortgage what they own and take mortgages

Rule record · last verified 14 September 2026

Rule

A foreigner who has obtained a title deed or a lease certificate under the law may mortgage that property or right after paying the Land Registry fees, and may also take property as mortgagee.[1]

Legislation · Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC) · Immovable Property Acquisition and Long-Term Lease (Aliens) Law, Article 10 · in force from 10 November 2008 · last verified 14 September 2026 · rule record

Where this rule comes from

Jurisdiction
Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)
authority
Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi), TRNC
Instrument
Immovable Property Acquisition and Long-Term Lease (Aliens) Law, No. 52/2008, consolidated with amending Law 39/2024, Article 10
Basis
Legislation · asserted by us within this jurisdiction
Verification
Primary source verified
in force from
10 November 2008
until
open

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]
    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 · register entry

Identifier foreigners-may-mortgage · Open data · challenge this rule