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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…
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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…
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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…
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Employer Cost Calculator Costa Rica: Net Salary & Payroll Cost
Home › Blog › Employer Cost Calculator Employer Cost Calculator Costa Rica: What It Really Costs to Hire Someone This employer cost calculator for Costa Rica shows in seconds what an employee actually takes home and what it really costs your company to hire them — employee withholding, employer social security contributions, income tax, family…
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Capital Gains Tax in Costa Rica: What Investors Need to Know
Home › Blog › Tax Law › Capital Gains Tax Capital Gains Tax in Costa Rica: What Foreign Investors Need to Know Before Selling The capital gains tax in Costa Rica catches many foreign investors off guard — not because the rate is unreasonable, but because they learn about it too late. Selling real estate,…
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Costa Rica Severance Calculator 2026
Costa Rica Severance Calculator Calculating severance pay in Costa Rica means more than multiplying salary by years of service — notice, severance, Christmas bonus, and vacation pay each follow different rules under the Costa Rica Labor Code. Use the AG Legal calculator below to get an estimate, then read the guide underneath to understand exactly…
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Crypto Travel Rule in Costa Rica: What VASPs Need to Know
Home › Blog › Crypto Regulation › Travel Rule Crypto Travel Rule in Costa Rica: What Data Must Travel With Every Virtual Asset Transfer Under Law 10961 The crypto travel rule in Costa Rica is one of the most misunderstood — and technically demanding — obligations facing Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) under the country’s…
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Criminal Due Diligence Costa Rica: Before You Buy a Company
Home › Blog › Criminal Law › Criminal Due Diligence in M&A Criminal Due Diligence in Costa Rica: The Hidden Risk When Buying a Company Every serious M&A transaction includes legal, financial, labor, and tax due diligence. What most still leave out is a criminal due diligence review. Since Costa Rica’s Law 9699 introduced corporate…
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Corporate Immigration Costa Rica: Work Permits & Transfers
Home › Blog › Immigration Law › Corporate Immigration Corporate Immigration in Costa Rica: Work Permits, Transfers, and Executive Visas for Companies Operating in the Country Corporate immigration in Costa Rica is where most companies discover that moving people across borders is not a travel problem — it is a legal one. A work permit…
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Trademark Monitoring in Costa Rica: Protect Your Registration
Home › Blog › Intellectual Property › Trademark Monitoring Trademark Monitoring in Costa Rica: Why Registration Alone Is Not Enough Trademark monitoring in Costa Rica starts where registration ends Registering a trademark in Costa Rica secures your rights — but it does not defend them automatically. Every week, the Industrial Property Registry publishes new applications…
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Copyright & Software Protection in Costa Rica
Home › Blog › Intellectual Property › Copyright & Software Copyright and Software Protection in Costa Rica: What the Law Actually Covers Why software is protected by copyright in Costa Rica — not patents Copyright and software protection in Costa Rica follows a principle that surprises many tech companies: software cannot be patented here, but…
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Patents in Costa Rica: Filing, PCT & Protection
Home › Blog › Intellectual Property › Patents in Costa Rica Patents in Costa Rica: How to Protect an Invention Through PCT or Direct Filing What patent protection in Costa Rica covers — and why PCT changes everything Patents in Costa Rica offer real, enforceable protection for inventions — and for international applicants, the path…
