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Real Estate
Is it safe to buy property in Montenegro? What stands in for title insurance, escrow and your buyer's agent
No title insurance, no escrow agent, no buyer's agent. Here is what Montenegrin law puts in their place — and how you use it before you wire.
27 August 2026
Visa
Montenegro Entry Requirements for U.S. Citizens: How Long Americans Can Actually Stay
Americans get 90 days visa-free in Montenegro, and the 1 November 2026 visa change does not touch U.S. passports. How the 90/180 count actually works.
27 August 2026
Real Estate
The October Checklist: What a Foreign Buyer Should Close Before the Visa Regime Starts
Which steps need you physically in Montenegro, which run on a power of attorney, and which get harder once the visa regime starts on 1 November 2026.
26 August 2026
Real Estate
The Previous Owner's Unpaid Bills: Utilities and Communal Debts When You Buy in Montenegro
Some Montenegrin property charges follow the owner, others follow whoever signed the contract. The difference decides what a seller's arrears cost you.
26 August 2026
Real Estate
When the Map and the Ground Disagree: Boundary and Survey Disputes in Montenegro
A clean folio does not prove where your boundary runs. What the cadastre promises, what it does not, and the eight-day deadlines that decide the outcome.
26 August 2026
Real Estate
Buying a Flat, Inheriting a Building: Common Areas, Management and Costs in Montenegro
Buying a flat in Montenegro means shared ownership of the land, a façade that is not yours, and building costs enforceable without a lawsuit.
26 August 2026
Real Estate
Agricultural Land in Montenegro: The Restrictions Foreign Buyers Discover Late
A foreign person cannot own agricultural land or forest in Montenegro. One narrow exception exists, one lawful route stays open, and the rest is structure.
26 August 2026
Real Estate
Coastal Property and the Maritime Domain in Montenegro: What You Cannot Own
Montenegro's maritime domain cannot be privately owned by anyone. What is sold there is a time-limited right of use that ends in ways worth reading first.
26 August 2026
Real Estate
The Annotations: What a Montenegrin Register Can Be Made to Record While a Dispute Is Running
The register records far more than ownership. Annotations cover deletion claims, adverse possession, unpermitted buildings and the hotel management burden.
26 August 2026
Real Estate
When the Register Says Someone Else Owns It: Wrong Entries, Good Faith and the Clocks That Decide
Registration creates ownership here, but the Act's good-faith acquisition rule is written for movables. The counterweight is time, not the register.
26 August 2026
Tax
Transfer Pricing in Montenegro: Who Counts as a Related Party, and What You Have to Be Holding When You File
Related party starts at 25%, documentation is short-form below EUR 75,000, and a permanent establishment must document dealings with its own head office.
26 August 2026
Tax
Montenegro's Double Tax Treaty Network: Mostly Inherited, and Missing the Two Countries Investors Ask About
Most of Montenegro's tax treaties were inherited, the oldest applying since 1976. The US and Israel are not on the list. From the official table.
26 August 2026