Alcadia - City Hall
Granada City Hall (Alcadia)
This building located in front of the Central Park has different departments that you might use, especially if you are living in Granada. Treat these people with respect and it may pay off handsomely. It is not that there is that much corruption but the rules are very loose and the department managers have the authority to make the decisions. There are $100,000 houses paying $500 in property taxes and $500,000 houses paying $350.
Registro Civil (Civil Registrar Office)
This office registers Granadino newborns, marriages and deaths. Thus, you can get birth, marriage and death certificates if you need them to get other legal documents, such as cedulas or passports.
Catastro
This office assigns a monetary value to houses for payment of taxes on their real estate. Moreover, they determine the exact measurements of each Granada house. Hence, they are used to solve problems of land delimitation because they issue the official document with the legal measurements.
Departamento de Tesoreria (Treasury Department)
In this office, people who live in Granada pay their taxes to the City Hall and it is in charge of urban planning and control. Based on the Catastro estimation, the Property Taxes are calculated and must be paid in this department. Moreover, businesses pay their taxes on sales here. This depends on the agreement that the business has reached with the City Hall. Also, garbage taxes, municipal adornment and cemetery signs fees are paid in this office.
Patrimonio Histórico (Historical Inheritance)
There is a law that states that facades of Granada houses in the Historical Center cannot be changed without permission. Hence, this office makes sure that Granada keeps its colonial style, especially in the Historical Center—the park and its surroundings. If you own a house in Granada´s park surroundings, you must ask permission if you are planning on modifying it. They supervise any construction in the historical center and if they discover an irregularity, they issue the fines.
Transporte (Transportation)
In this office, you pay your transport related taxes. It is part of the treasury department. For instance, the vehicle stickers and plaques for cars, bicycles, motorcycles and every other transportation mean. You must buy the vehicle sticker each year.
Cooperation (Cooperación)
This office tries to get international financing to the city and supervises the projects done with the donated money. Moreover, they account for these projects to the organizations that donated it.
This building located in front of the Central Park has different departments that you might use, especially if you are living in Granada. Treat these people with respect and it may pay off handsomely. It is not that there is that much corruption but the rules are very loose and the department managers have the authority to make the decisions. There are $100,000 houses paying $500 in property taxes and $500,000 houses paying $350.
Registro Civil (Civil Registrar Office)
This office registers Granadino newborns, marriages and deaths. Thus, you can get birth, marriage and death certificates if you need them to get other legal documents, such as cedulas or passports.
Catastro
This office assigns a monetary value to houses for payment of taxes on their real estate. Moreover, they determine the exact measurements of each Granada house. Hence, they are used to solve problems of land delimitation because they issue the official document with the legal measurements.
Departamento de Tesoreria (Treasury Department)
In this office, people who live in Granada pay their taxes to the City Hall and it is in charge of urban planning and control. Based on the Catastro estimation, the Property Taxes are calculated and must be paid in this department. Moreover, businesses pay their taxes on sales here. This depends on the agreement that the business has reached with the City Hall. Also, garbage taxes, municipal adornment and cemetery signs fees are paid in this office.
Patrimonio Histórico (Historical Inheritance)
There is a law that states that facades of Granada houses in the Historical Center cannot be changed without permission. Hence, this office makes sure that Granada keeps its colonial style, especially in the Historical Center—the park and its surroundings. If you own a house in Granada´s park surroundings, you must ask permission if you are planning on modifying it. They supervise any construction in the historical center and if they discover an irregularity, they issue the fines.
Transporte (Transportation)
In this office, you pay your transport related taxes. It is part of the treasury department. For instance, the vehicle stickers and plaques for cars, bicycles, motorcycles and every other transportation mean. You must buy the vehicle sticker each year.
Cooperation (Cooperación)
This office tries to get international financing to the city and supervises the projects done with the donated money. Moreover, they account for these projects to the organizations that donated it.
