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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.
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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.

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Some Montenegrin property charges follow the owner, others follow whoever signed the contract. The difference decides what a seller's arrears cost you.

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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.

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Buying a flat in Montenegro means shared ownership of the land, a façade that is not yours, and building costs enforceable without a lawsuit.

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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.

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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.

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The register records far more than ownership. Annotations cover deletion claims, adverse possession, unpermitted buildings and the hotel management burden.

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Registration creates ownership here, but the Act's good-faith acquisition rule is written for movables. The counterweight is time, not the register.

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Since August 2025 brokerage in Montenegro has its own law: a register, an exam, insurance and a written contract. Here is the rulebook and how to check it.

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Montenegro's EU equal-treatment rules for property and residence are written but deferred to accession day. The one exemption that is in force now.

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A Montenegrin title deed is not an entry document. What ownership gets you at the border from 1 November 2026, and which trips you can still delegate.

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The notary owes you real statutory duties — but they run to the deed and to both sides. The duty map, and the three places it shows up in your file.