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Before You Buy: A Due Diligence Guide to Rural Land in Paraguay

With a focus on the environmental checks most buyers miss

Buying rural land here is straightforward if you check the right things in time. This plain-language guide shows you what to check, in what order, and which documents to ask the seller for before you commit.

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What’s inside
  • The four questions that decide a rural purchase: can you own it, is the title clean, will the land work for your plan, and is it environmentally in order.
  • Ownership rules for foreigners: the 50 km border security zone, company structures and a tax overview.
  • The environmental checklist, the core of the guide, plus a title and boundaries checklist and the documents to request from the seller.
  • Eastern Region vs. the Chaco, and whether the land will work for your plan: water, soil, access and climate.
  • Red flags during the deal, licensing and regularization timelines, and the upside of environmental services certificates and carbon credits.

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Who is behind this guide

APDS (Paraguayan Association for Sustainable Development) is an environmental consultancy registered with the MADES (CTCA No. E-127). We work with foreign investors and Mennonite communities in Paraguay, in Spanish, English and German.

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Sonia Servin

Executive Director

20+ years of experience, including senior positions at the MADES and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC). M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences, University of Chicago.

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Bruno Vargas Servin

President

Lead Auditor and MADES-certified cartographer, specialist in environmental sustainability for export.

Questions before you download? Write to us on WhatsApp in English or German: +595 971 932 255, or by email at desarrollosostenibleparaguay@gmail.com.

Please note: this guide is general information and not legal advice. Laws and procedures change, and every property is different. Confirm the requirements for your specific property with a qualified Paraguayan attorney and, for environmental matters, with a registered consultant.