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The map of Spanish housing law: how the LAU protects tenancies, how eviction for non-payment actually runs, the two okupa offences, and why the burofax letter matters.
How to stop noise and other nuisance activity in a Spanish comunidad de propietarios: the presidente's warning, the accion de cesacion, and penalties up to loss of the flat.
Separacion de bienes under art. 1435 CC, how spouses set it up with capitulaciones before a Notario, and why it is the default marital regime, not the exception, in Cataluna and Baleares.
How incapacidad temporal works in Spain: who pays days 1 to 15 and who pays after, the 60/75 percent subsidio scale, the 2023 electronic parte reform, and job protection under the ET.
How sociedad de gananciales works under arts. 1315, 1316 and 1344 CC: what falls inside it, how it dissolves on divorce, and how capitulaciones let spouses opt out of it.
Spain has no national minimum age or helmet rule for e-scooters yet, only city ordinances like Madrid and Barcelona. What's national law: sidewalk bans, the 2027 certification cutoff, and Ley 5/2025 insurance.
Spain's drink-driving limits explained: the 0,5 and 0,25 administrative thresholds, the lower limit for new and professional drivers, and the point at which alcohol becomes a crime under art. 379.2 CP.
The 2026 SMI under Real Decreto 126/2026: 40,70 euros/day or 1.221 euros/month, the 17.094-euro annual floor, and how the minimum wage sets the wage-garnishment and FOGASA ceilings.
How the second-chance law works in Spain: the exoneración del pasivo insatisfecho (Ley Concursal arts. 486-502), the two routes (payment plan or liquidation), the good-faith test, and which debts never discharge. Not automatic and not guaranteed.
The impuesto de sucesiones step by step: the six-month deadline, state reductions, the 7.65% to 34% scale, multiplier coefficients, and the regional bonificaciones that can cut the bill by 99%.
A plain-English map of the Spanish legal system for expats and residents: where the law is written (the BOE and the codes), which court decides what, how a citation like art. 56 ET is built, and why the region you live in changes your inheritance tax.
How severance is worked out in Spain: the daily wage, the 33 vs 20 días rates, the 24 and 12 mensualidades caps, and the pre-2012 doble cálculo. Includes a calculator that runs the 45-días tramo. Anchored to the Estatuto de los Trabajadores.
Spain's actual speeding-fine table by how far over the limit you were, which bands cost points, the 50 percent early-payment trade, and when speeding becomes a crime under art. 379.1 CP.
What the finiquito is in Spain, what it must contain (unpaid salary, accrued holiday, prorated pagas extras), why it is not the same as severance, your right to a representative when you sign, and the one-year deadline to claim. Anchored to the ET.
What Spain's 2023 housing law actually does: the gran tenedor threshold, zonas tensionadas, landlord-paid agency fees, and the new rent-reference index.
How the proceso monitorio works in Spain: a fast way to claim a documented debt of any amount with no lawyer needed to file, the 20-day window to pay or oppose, and what happens on each side if you do nothing or oppose. Anchored to LEC arts. 812-818.
How the municipal capital gains tax (IIVTNU) applies to an inherited home: the post-2021 dual method, the taxpayer's right to request the lower real gain, no tax with no real increase, and the ISD link.
How the Spanish contrato de alquiler works under the LAU: the 5/7-year minimum term, the tacit extensions, the landlord's own-use exception, the deposit cap and who pays the agency fee.
How the GDPR (RGPD) works in Spain alongside the LOPDGDD, the practical steps to exercise your data rights (access, erasure, objection), the one-month deadline, and where the AEPD fits. Anchored to the BOE and the RGPD.
How Spain's points licence works: the 12/8-point starting credit, how the balance rebuilds over time, the recovery course under Orden INT/914/2024, and what happens after total loss.
How a Spanish mutual-agreement divorce actually runs: the judicial route when there are minor children, the notarial alternative when there are not, and what happens when a judge rejects part of the convenio regulador.
When a dismissal in Spain is declared improcedente, what it pays (33 días per year, capped at 24 mensualidades), who chooses between your job back and the money, and the 20-day deadline you cannot miss. Anchored to art. 56 ET.
How a Spanish comunidad de propietarios collects unpaid fees from a moroso: losing the vote, the community monitorio, the real lien on the flat, and the five-year limit to sue.
How much of a Spanish salary can legally be garnished: the SMI-protected floor, the 30/50/60/75/90 percent scale under art. 607 LEC, and the family-burden reduction.