Owning and holding property in Costa Rica has been and still can be a legal challenge, especially if there are title issues, if the property is in certain rural areas, if it is subject to complex property limitations or if the owner is absent from the property for long periods of time.
All property is not equal and does not have the same legal treatment. Property can be private or public, but all private property is, of course, as in any other country, subject to various legal limitations.
For example, at a very basic level, all properties are subject to the Law of Roads and the Law of Waters (yes waters in plural); or all property is