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Enter the base price shown in the auction notice and see how much money you really need: the three base prices, the deposit to bid, the total budget and the deadlines counted in business days.

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🔢 Base prices and deposit to bid

The second auction's base price is 75% of the original, and the third's is 25%. A regular bidder deposits 50% of the base price, except at the third auction, where they deposit 100% of their bid.

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1st auction
₡80,000,000
100% of the base price
Deposit to bid (50%)₡40,000,000
2nd auction
₡60,000,000
75% of the original base price
Deposit to bid (50%)₡30,000,000
3rd auction
₡20,000,000
Bidding starts at 25% of the original base price
Deposit100% of your bid
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These figures come straight from articles 159 and 161 of the Civil Procedure Code. Even so, the base price that counts is the one in the court ruling and in the published auction notice: it may have been changed later. See the full process →

🧾 Total budget, not just the bid

The auction price is not the final cost. Then come notarization (protocolización), registration with the National Registry (Registro Nacional), possible pending taxes or fees, repairs and, in the worst case, the cost of getting physical possession of the property.

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Notary, fees, appraisal, whatever you already know
A reserve based on your own judgment for the unexpected: registry procedures, repairs, municipal or condominium debts and the risk that the handover takes longer. Adjust it with your lawyer.
Your bid₡80,000,000
5% reserve₡4,000,000
You should have available₡84,000,000
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Remember the deadline: if you don't pay everything at the auction, the balance is due within three days. You have no right to make the court wait for a loan approval, and the property is not in your name yet, so you can't mortgage it. The money has to be sorted out before you raise your hand.

📅 Deadline calculator

The Code's deadlines are counted in business days. Enter a date and see the dates that follow from it.

From the first publication

Choose a date to see the calculation.

From the auction day

Choose a date to see the calculation.

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This calculator only skips Saturdays and Sundays. It doesn't know about holidays or court vacation periods, nor whether all interested parties have been notified yet, a requirement that runs in parallel to the deadline and can push the date back.

Use it as a guide, not as an official date. The date that counts is the one in the case file.

🔍 Which auction is this?

If you have the original base price and the base price announced now, the ratio between them suggests which of the three auctions it is.

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Enter both base prices to see the result.

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This calculation is only a check. Before attending a second or third auction, look in the case file for the record of the previous auction (acta): it must show that the auction was declared failed for lack of bidders. There may have been a suspension, an annulment or a rescheduling that changes everything.

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Important notice. This calculator applies the general rules of articles 159 and 161 of the Civil Procedure Code (Law No. 9342) and does not take into account holidays, court vacations, special procedural rules or the particulars of each case file. Its results are a guide, not an official figure or date, and do not constitute legal or financial advice. Always check the auction notice published in the Boletín Judicial and the corresponding court case file.