Lawyers in Andalusia

Legal help in Andalusia

Andalusia (Andalucía) is the most populous autonomous community of Spain. Its capital is Seville and it has eight provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga, Seville. Foreign residents and property owners are concentrated on the coast — the Costa del Sol around Málaga, Marbella, Estepona and Fuengirola, and the coast of Almería — and around cities such as Granada and Seville.

The lawyers on this page have offices in Granada, Málaga, Marbella, Estepona, Fuengirola, Seville, Córdoba, Cádiz, Almería and Jaén. Every city page shows the lawyers within reach of it, nearest first.

What is specific to Andalusia

• Civil law — Andalusia has no civil law of its own; the Spanish Civil Code applies.
• Taxes set by the region — the community sets its own rates and reliefs for the property transfer tax on resale homes, for stamp duty on new builds and for inheritance and gift tax. Which region's rules apply to an inheritance depends on where the person lived and where the assets are.
• Holiday lets — a tourist home has to be registered under the region's tourism rules, and a municipality or a community of owners can restrict it further.
• Courts — the regional High Court of Justice (Tribunal Superior de Justicia) sits in Granada, with chambers in Seville and Málaga.

What people usually need a lawyer for in Andalusia

• Buying and selling a home — the checks before signing (the registered owner, charges, planning status), the deed before a notary and the taxes: Property Purchase, Property Sale and the rest of Property Law.
• Residence — the NIE, the Non-Lucrative Visa and other permits: Immigration.
• Inheritance of a Spanish property — a will, and settling an estate: Probate Law.
• Letting a property — registration and tax on the income of a non-resident owner, for example the Tourist Rentals Tax Form 210: Tax Returns & Fiscal Services.

Questions and answers

Which costs of a property purchase depend on the region?

Spain's purchase taxes are partly set by each autonomous community: the transfer tax on a resale home and the stamp duty on a new build differ from region to region, and a new build carries VAT on top. Your lawyer works out what applies to the property you are buying.

Where do I find an English-speaking lawyer on the Costa del Sol?

Open the page of the nearest city — Málaga, Marbella, Estepona or Fuengirola — to see the lawyers within reach, with their languages, experience and client reviews, and write to one of them.