Since 2012 when the platform CrearEmpresa  was developed by the Secretaría Técnica de Gobierno Digital of Costa Rica, more than 7.000 corporations or limited liability companies have been registered electronically to the Registro Nacional.

This “single window” procedure to register a corporation is agile and fast -actually the registration can be completed in less than 24 hours- and is made through a firm of lawyers and public notaries, expert in corporations, such as ERP Lawyers & Associates. Our firm, recognized as the best “boutique” law firm in Costa Rica, will prepare all the necessary legal information and will carry out the procedure directly at CrearEmpresa, where a Digital Signature is required as well as the filing of several documents. Anytime and anywhere CrearEmpresa connects to several public institutions of Costa Rica, such as the Registro Nacional and the municipalities, for the following purposes:

• Register corporations and legalize corporate books before the Registro Nacional.
• Activate companies and get: Certificate of land use (when applicable), health and environmental permits, etc.
• Register a patent.

Characteristics of the corporation registration through in platform CrearEmpresa:

CrearEmpresa has been a great help to Costa Ricans and foreign citizens, because it is a safe, fast and transparent platform for the registration of companies; it eliminates long waiting lines for doing the procedures and the lack of communication between public institutions; besides it saves you time and money.

How does it work?

• To register a company the Notary fills out a digital form with the most important data of the company to be: Denomination, domicile, equity, administration and legal representation, Board of Directors or Managers, etc. All the information introduced in the digital form is previously agreed and executed in a Public Deed signed by the founding partners as well as the Notary.
• Once the “Registro Nacional” receives the form, this is reviewed by a Registrar, and if approved, the corporations may be registered in less than24 hours.

Procedures that are possible using CrearEmpresa:

1. Registration of commercial companies at the Registro Nacional.
2. Certification of legal status from the Registro Nacional.
3. Certification of real estate properties.
4. Certification of digitized blueprints.
5. Certificate of Land Use.
6. Get health permits
7. Obtaining the Environmental Viability by the Secretaría Técnica Nacional Ambiental (SETENA).
8. Verification of work policy risk of the Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS).
9. Get a commercial patent.
10. Registration as employer at the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social.
11. Registration as a taxpayer at the Dirección General de Tributación. Entre otros.

At ERP Lawyers & Associates we formed an interdisciplinary team of experts. Contact us to get a personalized and responsible service for the registration of your company, or if you need legal advicein other issues such as Immigration Law in Costa Rica (obtaining a legal residence); wills and real estate.

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