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09/04/06

09:26:45 am, Categories: Property and Real Estate, Property Protection, 960 words

SURPRISE! They're Selling Your Property!

Lawyer locks up land just in time

By Garland M. Baker
Special to A.M. Costa Rica

An amazing scam unfolded in the past two weeks. Events surprised the buyer as well as the owner of a unique beach view property.

Quick thinking and a nearly unknown legal maneuver locked and saved the property before the Registro Nacional closed Friday even though the institution again refused to take immediate administrative action in a suspected property fraud case.

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