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  • Asset Recovery in Costa Rica: A Guide for Foreign Creditors

    Home › Blog › Civil Liability › Asset Recovery in Costa Rica Asset Recovery in Costa Rica: Tracing, Freezing and Collecting What You Are Owed Asset recovery in Costa Rica is the legal work of finding, freezing and ultimately collecting assets that belong to you or that should answer for a debt: money diverted by…

  • Malpractice in Costa Rica: Medical, Legal and Other Claims

    Home › Blog › Civil Liability › Malpractice in Costa Rica Malpractice in Costa Rica: Medical, Dental, Legal and Construction Claims Malpractice in Costa Rica covers any case where a doctor, dentist, lawyer, notary, engineer, architect or other professional falls short of the standard their field requires and causes harm. With thousands of people coming…

  • Breach of Contract in Costa Rica: Your Legal Options

    Home › Blog › Civil Liability › Breach of Contract in Costa Rica Breach of Contract in Costa Rica: Your Options and How to Enforce Them A breach of contract in Costa Rica happens when one side fails to deliver what it promised, delivers it badly or delivers it late. It might be a builder…

  • Suing for Damages in Costa Rica: What You Can Recover

    Home › Blog › Civil Liability › Suing for Damages in Costa Rica Suing for Damages in Costa Rica: What You Can Recover and How to Prove It Suing for damages in Costa Rica means asking a court to make the person who harmed you pay for everything that harm cost you: what you lost,…

  • Civil Liability in Costa Rica: A Guide for Foreigners

    Home › Blog › Civil Liability › Civil Liability in Costa Rica Civil Liability in Costa Rica: What Foreigners and Businesses Need to Know Civil liability in Costa Rica is the legal duty to pay for harm you cause someone else. It covers a contractor who walks off the job, a neighbor whose construction cracks…

  • Sick Leave Pay in Costa Rica 2026: CCSS & INS Calculator

    Home › Blog › Labor Law › Sick Leave Pay Sick Leave Pay in Costa Rica: Employer Guide and CCSS & INS Calculators If you employ people in Costa Rica, sooner or later someone will hand you an incapacidad — a medical leave certificate issued by the public health system. The rules on who pays,…

  • Costa Rica 12-Hour Shifts: Salary Simulator & Checklist

    Home › Labor Law › Costa Rica 12-Hour Shifts Costa Rica 12-Hour Shifts (4×3 Workweek): Salary Simulator and Employer Compliance Checklist Legal Costa Rica 12-hour shifts are closer than ever, but they aren’t here yet. Bill No. 24,290 (file 24.290 in Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly), which would allow a 4×3 workweek of four 12-hour shifts…

  • ILO Convention 190 in Costa Rica: What Changes for Employers

    Home › Blog › Labor Law › ILO Convention 190 ILO Convention 190 in Costa Rica: What Changes for Employers Starting October 2, 2026 ILO Convention 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work takes full legal effect in Costa Rica on October 2, 2026. This is not just one more policy to…

  • Estate Planning in Costa Rica: Guide for Foreign Owners

    Home  ›  Wills, Trusts & Estates  ›  Estate Planning in Costa Rica Estate Planning in Costa Rica: The Complete 2026 Guide for Foreign Owners Estate planning in Costa Rica runs on civil-law rules that surprise most foreign owners twice: there is no automatic “right of survivorship” on jointly titled property the way there is in…

  • Car Accident in Costa Rica: Can You Leave?

    Home  ›  Blog  ›  Car Accident in Costa Rica: Departure Ban Car Accident in Costa Rica as a Tourist: Can You Be Barred From Leaving the Country? A car accident in Costa Rica can leave a foreign driver with more than a damaged rental — Costa Rican courts have the authority to place a departure…

  • Mergers and Acquisitions in Costa Rica: For Investors

    Home › Blog › Commercial Law › Mergers & Acquisitions Mergers and Acquisitions in Costa Rica: A Legal Guide for Investors Mergers and acquisitions in Costa Rica aren’t primarily governed by the Commercial Code — Costa Rican legal scholarship itself acknowledges that its statutory treatment of corporate combinations is thin and imprecise. The real regulatory…

  • Registered Office Costa Rica: Notification Gap

    Home › Blog › Companies in Costa Rica › Registered Office Registered Office in Costa Rica: The Notification Gap Nobody Is Watching Since June 2025, the resident agent no longer exists under Costa Rican corporate law. In its place, every mercantile company must now register an official notification email — and the law is explicit…