Inheritance, power of attorney and sale, without traveling.

It depends on your citizenship and your migration status, not on where you live. If you are a Cuban citizen resident in Cuba, yes, in your own name. If you are a foreigner, only with permanent residence. If you are a resident abroad, the lawyer confirms it: Ley 171 recognizes your property, but creates no new procedure for buying. Another route, for business projects, is the «Inversores y de Negocios» status (Decreto-Ley 117/2026).

Until 31 Oct 2026, yes, if your 24 months ran out on or after 19 Mar 2020: the automatic, free MINREX extension covers you. From 1 Nov 2026 you are a resident if you spend more than 180 days a year in Cuba, more than 120 with proven ties, or if you prove you are away for work, health or study.

Emigrado is the legal status of someone who was away more than 24 months without an extension before 19 Mar 2020. They keep Cuban citizenship. From 1 Nov 2026 they can apply for recognition as a resident abroad. If they do not apply, they remain emigrado.

It has no date yet: it comes into force 90 days after its text is published, and the text has not come out (as of 10 Oct 2026). The National Assembly approved it on 30 Jul 2026. Until then, the earlier rules apply.

If you do not have emigrado status, yes, and without traveling. You sign a poder especial (special power of attorney) at the Cuban consulate and, with it, the declaratoria de herederos (declaration of heirs) is made before a notary, or the will is opened. If you have emigrado status, the lawyer first reviews your case.

At the Cuban consulate in the country where you are. The power states the house, the minimum price and the procedures. Because a Cuban consul signs it, it needs no further legalization. Then you send it to Cuba.

The buyer pays 4% Transmisión de Bienes y Herencias (property transfer tax). The seller pays Ingresos Personales (personal income tax): 8% from the second sale of the year. Both are paid at the notarial signing, with a 3% discount for electronic payment. The base is the declared price if it is equal to or higher than the valor referencial (the State’s minimum reference value).

With a cheque de gerencia (a bank-issued manager’s check) made out to the seller, handed to the notary. The escritura (notarial deed) is signed in CUP. The purchase closes with registration in the Registro de la Propiedad (the property register). El Solar never holds money.

No. What the papers say is declared by the seller. If you want, an independent lawyer reviews them and signs a report: it is a paid service. The notary has the last word.

If you are a resident in Cuba or a resident abroad, no: you keep the use and free disposal of your house. If you have emigrado status, it depends on your case, and the lawyer reviews it.

Yes, with a poder especial to a relative or a lawyer, granted at the Cuban consulate in your country. The power sets the house, the minimum price and the procedures. The cheque de gerencia is made out to you and goes to your Cuban account.

Yes, but it needs three more steps: it is authenticated in the country where you signed it, the Cuban consulate legalizes it and, in Cuba, a notary records it (protocolización). An apostille alone is not enough, because Cuba is not party to the Hague Convention. If you have not signed the power yet, do it at the Cuban consulate: that power is valid in Cuba with no extra steps.

The declaratoria de herederos is made, or the will is opened, before a notary. Then the allocation is entered in the Registro de la Propiedad. An heir outside Cuba acts through a poder especial.

Yes. The one abroad signs a poder especial at the Cuban consulate and the procedure continues in Cuba. How the house is divided between the siblings is confirmed by the lawyer for your case.

The seller answers for it. What the papers say is declared by the seller, and the law obliges the seller to answer if you lose the house, in whole or in part, through a right older than the sale, and for hidden defects. That loss is claimed through a final court judgment. To avoid it, an independent lawyer can review the papers before you sign.

Through the legalization of self-built construction: a floor, a garage, a room. The deadline to legalize has been extended by one year. Without this procedure, what was built is not in the title.

It depends on whether the house is occupied. If someone lives in it, there is no deadline for the declaratoria de herederos. If it is empty, the heirs have one year from the death to register with the Dirección Municipal de la Vivienda (municipal housing office), or to show that the procedure is under way. After that year, the house passes to the State and the heirs only receive its legal price.

On top of the price, you pay three things: the 4% tax (on the declared price or the valor referencial, whichever is higher), notary and Registro fees, and the management. Diana gives you the full figure for your case before you start.

Management takes 5 to 10 days for a paper review, 3 to 6 weeks for a power of attorney and 2 to 5 months for an inheritance. Add the time of the notary and the Registro, which nobody can promise.

He can, only if he has permanent residence in Cuba. She can buy in her own name if she is a Cuban citizen resident in Cuba. How the marriage affects ownership is confirmed by the lawyer for your case.

Yes, if that person can buy: a Cuban citizen resident in Cuba or a foreigner with permanent residence (Decreto-Ley 288/2011). But the house is theirs, legally and for good. If you break up or that person dies, their heirs inherit, not you. No verbal agreement changes what the escritura says.

Only what is written counts. If the sale is annulled or there is a lawsuit, you recover the price in the escritura, not the price paid. Also, the tax is never calculated below the valor referencial (Resolución 313/2024 MFP).

It is not safe. Payment is proven by the cheque de gerencia made out to the seller, handed to the notary. What is paid abroad is not tied to the escritura: if the seller backs out, getting it back is very hard.

It does not transfer the house. A home sale between individuals is made by notarial escritura (Decreto-Ley 288/2011) and closes with registration in the Registro de la Propiedad. Until then, the house still belongs to the seller and their heirs.