Tax
The Exit: Capital Gains and Sale Mechanics When You Sell Montenegrin Property
15%, annually, on sale price minus documented basis — and your basis file is built on the day you buy. The exemptions, the deadlines, the treaty layer.
18 August 2026
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Legal Guides & Latest Articles
In-depth guides on Montenegro investment, company formation, and international law.
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Latest developments for foreigners
- TürkiyeTürkiye amends Real Estate Trade Regulation: protocol to set secure payment system exemptions and usage fee
- TürkiyeTürkiye moves the date in the Article 376 Communiqué provisional article from 1/1/2027 to 1/1/2028
- MontenegroMontenegro's Government submits a new Law on Foreigners to Parliament under urgent procedure
Real Estate
What Happens to Your Montenegrin Property When You Die: Succession, Forced Heirship and Foreign Wills
Which law governs your Montenegrin apartment at death, what the forced shares are, whether your foreign will works, and how probate actually runs.
18 August 2026Citizenship
What Your Turkish CBI Lawyer Owes You: Client Rights Under the Avukatlık Kanunu
Whoever your lawyer is and however you found them, the statute gives every client the same floor: loyalty, confidentiality, conflicts, your file, your PoA.
18 August 2026Real Estate
Moving the Money: Bank Transfers, AML Checks and Cash Limits in Montenegrin Purchases
At least one side must pay through a Montenegrin account, the notary must see proof, and cash stops at €10,000. The compliant funds flow, in sequence.
18 August 2026Real Estate
New-Build Handover in Montenegro: The Protocol, Hidden Defects and Your Deadlines
Signing a clean protocol quietly waives visible-defect claims — and the statutory clocks are short. The windows, the 10-year soundness rule, the script.
18 August 2026Investment
'Guaranteed' Rental Yields in Montenegrin Resorts: A Contract Lawyer's Reading
A guarantee is only as good as the entity that signed it. The statutory kondo and mixed models, the promisor question, the deduction waterfall, the exits.
18 August 2026Tax
Property Transfer Tax and VAT in Montenegro: What Buyers Actually Pay the State
Progressive transfer tax or 21% VAT — never both. The bands in force since 2024, who files, the 15-day deadline, and the under-declared price trap.
18 August 2026Citizenship
The Seller Can Disqualify You: Eligibility Traps in Turkish Citizenship-by-Investment Property Purchases
Citizenship applications fail on the seller, not the buyer. The disqualified seller categories, the developer fork, and the undertaking's tripwires.
18 August 2026Real Estate
Herceg Novi Real Estate: A Legal Market Guide for Foreign Buyers
Herceg Novi's stock has three legal signatures: hillside legalization files, a maritime-domain waterfront, fragmented old-town title. A lawyer's map.
18 August 2026Real Estate
Buying an Old Stone House in Boka Bay: Title Chains, Restitution and Maritime Domain
Broken inheritance chains, restitution history, the maritime domain line and UNESCO works approvals — and the concrete check that reveals each one.
18 August 2026Litigation & Dispute Resolution
If a Montenegrin Developer Fails: Where Off-Plan Buyers Actually Rank
"The contract says I get my money back" is not a rank in stečaj. Remedies while the developer is solvent, the ranking when it is not, what helps.
18 August 2026Real Estate
Montenegro Conveyancing for UK Buyers: Where the Process Diverges from England
No searches, no exchange, no undertakings, no Land Registry. What each missing English safeguard used to cover, and what stands in its place in Montenegro.
18 August 2026
