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28/10/2025

🏡 Understanding Italian Property Codes: Foglio, Particella & Subalterno

Every property registered in the Catasto (Italian Land Registry) is identified by three essential codes:

📘 Foglio (Map Sheet) → divides the municipality’s area into sheets
📗 Particella (Parcel) → identifies the specific land unit
📙 Subalterno (Subunit) → identifies the individual portion of the parcel, such as an apartment within a building

Together, they create your property’s unique cadastral identity — essential when verifying ownership, checking boundaries, or preparing contracts.

✨ Understanding these codes will help you read Italian documents with confidence and avoid common mistakes when buying property.

If you’d like personal assistance with your property documents or a purchase in Italy, simply click the Contact button at the top of this page ⬆️ 👆🏻 — we’ll be happy to help. 🤝

25/10/2025

Quick guide for Buyers in Italy 🇮🇹

22/10/2025

🏠 Visura Catastale vs Visura Ipotecaria – Quick Guide for Buyers 🇮🇹

When buying property in Italy, two key documents help you understand its legal and fiscal situation:

📄 Visura Catastale (Cadastral Search)
Shows which properties are registered under a person’s name and includes technical and tax details (such as size, category, and cadastral income).

📜 Visura Ipotecaria (Mortgage/Ownership Search)
Confirms the legal ownership and whether there are any mortgages, liens, or other encumbrances affecting the property.

✅ Why Both Matter
Only by checking both can you ensure a safe and transparent real estate purchase in Italy.

14/10/2025

Thinking of buying property in Italy? 🏡

Before signing, make sure you understand the Catasto — Italy’s property register that holds all technical and fiscal details about your future home.

Here’s what you need to know 👇

🇮🇹 Understanding the Catasto: Italy’s Property Register Explained 🏠

In Italy, all properties are recorded in the Catasto (Cadastre). It is a national register managed by the Agenzia delle Entrate (Tax Authority) that contains the technical and fiscal details of all buildings and land.

✅ It’s essential to check the Catasto before buying, to verify that the property is correctly registered and matches its real condition.

📋 What does the Catasto provide?
• Type of property (land or building)
• Location and size
• Official tax value

🏡 The Catasto is divided into two parts:
• Land Cadastre (Catasto Terreni) – for land
• Urban Cadastre (Catasto Edilizio Urbano) – for houses, apartments, and buildings

🔍 How to request a visura catastale (cadastral search):
You can use:
➡ the property’s identification
➡ the owner’s name
➡ or their tax code

This can be done:
💻 online,
🏢 at the offices of the Agenzia delle Entrate,
👩‍💼 or through authorized professionals.

👉 Important:
The Catasto provides technical and fiscal information, but does not give legal proof of ownership. That is handled by the Conservatoria dei Registri Immobiliari.

💼 Buying property in Italy?
Make sure your investment is safe and compliant.

📲 Contact us ☝️
for professional legal assistance with cadastral and ownership checks before you buy.

17/07/2025

👉Contact us for a free initial consultation to [email protected] ⬆️

11/07/2025

24/06/2025

🇮🇹 “My father left everything to his second wife. But we are three children… and Italian law said we had rights.”

When an Italian citizen dies, they can’t freely dispose of all their assets.

Even with a valid will, the law reserves part of the estate for certain close relatives:
✅ The surviving spouse
✅ Children (even from previous marriages)
✅ parents

This is called “la quota legittima”—the forced heirship quota.

📌 In the case of a spouse and multiple children:
➡️ Half of the estate must go to the children
➡️ One quarter must go to the spouse
➡️ Only the remaining quarter can be freely disposed of by will

So when Marco’s father passed away and left everything to his new wife, the three adult children thought it was final.

We helped them:
✔️ Contest the will within the legal deadline
✔️ Calculate the exact value of their reserved shares
✔️ Reach a negotiated agreement without going to court

👉 If you’re the child of someone who died in Italy and you’ve been excluded (or undercompensated) in the will, you might still be entitled to part of the estate.

📩 Contact us today by email or filling in the form in this page ⬆️ for a discreet review of your case.

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19/06/2025

📌 Let’s talk about cross-border successions: what if assets are in more than one country?

🔎 What does Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 say?

As a general rule, the law applicable to the entire succession is that of the country where the deceased had their habitual residence at the time of death.

However, a person may choose in advance the law of their nationality to govern their succession.

This choice must be clearly expressed in a will or similar legal document.

⚠️ Important limits:
The Regulation does not cover:

Inheritance taxes

Matrimonial property regimes or issues of joint ownership

🧾 Examples:

James, a US citizen living in Italy, owns property in both Italy and the US.
👉 If he dies in Italy without a Will, Italian law applies by default, even on properties in the USA.

📬 If you own assets in more than one country, proper legal planning is key. Contact us 👆🏻 for tailor-made advice to protect your interests and simplify the process!

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06/06/2025

🇮🇹 Welcome to Legal-ita!

We’re here to help people understand and deal with Italian law, especially in the areas of inheritance and property law.

👉 Have you inherited a property in Italy and don’t know where to start?
👉 Want to buy or sell a home in Italy and need clear legal guidance?

Legal-Ita assists you step by step.

📌 Clear. Practical. Reliable.

📞 Get in touch today for a free initial consultation.