Article 14 of Law 65/2019, as amended by Decree-Law 87/2026, keeps BUPi acts and procedures free only until 30 September 2026 for rural or mixed-use properties of no more than 50 hectares. From 1 October, an RGG carried out with a qualified municipal or intermunicipal technician costs the applicant €15 for each of the first nine RGGs and €10 from the tenth; the temporary exemption for the covered identification and Land Registry acts also ends. The same amendment requires an RGG in documents transferring ownership and in applications for grants, subsidies, incentives or co-funding involving rural or mixed-use land. BUPi says the required route depends on the municipality: an RGG where there is no land cadastre, or the property's geometric configuration (CGP) where a cadastre already exists.
Why it matters
If a rural plot, woodland, olive grove or mixed-use property you own is recorded only in the tax register, has outdated Land Registry details or lacks mapped boundaries, waiting can add cost and delay a sale, gift, inheritance regularisation or funding application. Owners of several plots may face a separate RGG fee for each one after the cut-off.
The Underwriter’s take
- List every rural and mixed-use property of 50 hectares or less, including inherited and jointly owned plots.
- Use BUPi's municipality checker to establish whether each file needs an RGG or a CGP and a Land Registry update.
- Take the Citizen Card and Tax Authority Land Certificate to the BUPi desk and request completion before 30 September.