EU citizens may, under condition of reciprocity, acquire real property in Croatia. Reciprocity is presumed to exist unless proof to the contrary becomes evident. Citizens need to obtain the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia. Prior to reaching a decision the MFA will seek an opinion from the Ministry of Justice, Administration and Local Self – Government. Here is a list of the documents, which have to be supplied to the MFA when requesting an approval to purchase property in Croatia.

Foreign buyers

REAL ESTATE PURCHAZE-EU NATIONALS
Citizens and legal entities from the member countries of the European Union gain the same ownership right over the real – estates in the Republic of Croatia just like the citizens of Croatia and legal entities with their seats in the Republic of Croatia.

REAL ESTATE PURCHAZE FOREIGN NATIONALS OUTSIDE EU
Foreign nationals can buy real estate in the Republic of Croatia after the reciprocity principle. For buying an real estate it is necessarily to refer a written request to the Ministry of Justice on the Republic of Croatia.

The following documents need to be attached to the written document:

1. Original document or certified copy providing the legal basis for acquiring a title (purchase agreement, gift agreement, life-long support agreement, etc.);

2. Original document or certified copy, not older than six months, providing evidence of the title of the seller/abalienator over the real property in question, or rather: the original or certified copy of the land registration excerpt, not older than six months;

3. Confirmation (original not older than six months) issued by the local self-government body in charge of the urban and physical planning (county offices) that the real property lies within the boundaries of the construction area envisaged in urban planning;

4. Proof of citizenship for foreign buyers (certified passport copy) or proof of the legal entity status (court register excerpt), if the buyer is a foreign legal entity;

5. If there is an authorized agent, it is necessary to submit the original or a certified copy of the power-of-attorney
Note: The party will be contacted to submit other deeds or documents if necessary during the procedure. Apart from the documents and deeds listed, it is necessary to attach a proof of the administrative fee payment to the application. According to Article 21 of the Amendment to the Law on Administrative Fees and Taxes (Official Gazette no. 163/03), or more precisely: tariff number 74.a,, the following levels have been set for administrative
fees:

1. HRK 50 for the application,
2. HRK 100 for the decision on acquiring real property,
3. HRK 20 for any addition to the application (in case certain documents are missing).

REAL ESTATION PURCHAZE-LIMITATIONS

All foreign nationals (from EU and outside EU) cannot buy real estate on an exclusive territories, and these are:
* agricultural land, defined with a special law;
* protected nature parts, under special legislation.

REAL ESTATION PURCHAZE-CROATIAN COMPANY OWNED BY A FOREGIN NATIONAL,OUTSIDE EU

Foreign nationals, outside EU, who own Croatian company ( d.o.o. or d.d. ), doesn’t require an acceptance of the Ministry of Justice on the Republic of Croatia, and in the name of their company they can buy real estate in Republic of Croatia without any restrictions.

REAL ESTATE SELLING

All foreign natural and legal persons can, without any barrier, sell their real estate which are in the field of Republic of Croatia. Currently, the only exception are legal persons from the states of former Yugoslavia which matter will be solved separately within the negotations relating to the succession of Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), with reference to the war reparation.

RECIPROCITY

Foreign nationals (outside Member States of the European Union) can buy real estate in Republic of Croatia only when, as well under which conditions nationals of the Republic of Croatia can buy real estate in respective countries. In the table, below this text, you can check the facilities.