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Sign completion deed (escritura de compraventa) before a notary and pay the balance — the notarial public deed is the standard legal formalisation of the sale (and required if you take a mortgage)
Spanish property completes in front of a notary: the escritura de compraventa is signed, the balance paid, keys handed over in the same sitting. The notary certifies legality rather than representing you — your lawyer does that — and as the title notes, the public deed is the standard formalisation (and unavoidable with a mortgage).
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Don’t sign or transfer anything before the checks clear — this step protects the purchase.
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