The nota simple, read and filed
Upload the nota and Mandato reads it: owner, surface, registry reference, charges and liens — raised as red flags and bound to the matter.
What it does
The nota simple opens almost every property transaction in Spain. It says who is recorded as owner, what charges sit on the property and what state the inscriptions are in. And it arrives, almost always, as a dense PDF somebody has to read carefully on a Friday afternoon.
The risk isn't in ordering it. It's in reading it: a mortgage nobody spotted, a lien noted in the margin, a surface area that doesn't match the contract. That work is slow, repetitive, and it punishes a lapse in attention.
Mandato doesn't order the nota for you. It reads it for you. When the document enters the matter, the AI interprets it and extracts the fields that count — owner, surface, reference, charges and encumbrances — and surfaces the charges and liens it finds as red flags.
How it works in Mandato
The flow follows the real process: ordered, received, analysed. Mandato tracks the state of every nota simple in the matter, so nobody has to remember which one was ordered on Tuesday and which still hasn't arrived.
As soon as the text is to hand, the AI does the analysis. It returns structured data, not a prose summary: the registered owner, the surface, the reference, and the list of charges with their nature. Mortgages, seizures and preventive annotations are highlighted as red flags, because they are the first thing a lawyer looks for and the last thing worth missing.
Because it is data and not a PDF, it gets reused. The firm's templates take the surface or the owner as merge fields, and the transaction uses them as a milestone. And the Catastro lookup for the same property reads alongside it: the Catastro describes the physical asset, the Registry its legal position.
Each analysis is date-stamped in the matter and does not replace the ones before it. Months later, when somebody asks what charges existed when the deposit contract was signed, the answer is documented rather than reconstructed.
Mandato does not order the nota simple for you and does not download it from the Registry: an ordering API requires a commercial agreement with the Colegio de Registradores, and we don't have one. The nota is ordered through the usual channels and enters Mandato once you have it. Nor do we register: lodging title and effecting inscription happen elsewhere. What we add is the reading — and the AI's analysis is always reviewable by the lawyer. The responsibility stays yours.
Frequently asked questions
Does Mandato request the nota simple from the Registry?
No. The request goes through the usual channels. Mandato tracks the process and analyses the nota once you have it.
What exactly does the AI extract?
Registered owner, surface, reference, and the list of charges and encumbrances. Mortgages, seizures and preventive annotations are flagged.
Can I rely on the analysis?
It is an aid, not an opinion. The analysis is presented next to the original document so you can check it. Review and responsibility remain the lawyer's.
Can I register the deed from Mandato?
No. Registration is effected through the usual channels, outside Mandato.