posse administrativa
Published 8 November 2026, 19:36
posse administrativa (administrative possession)
The municipality takes temporary control of a house so that it can go in and carry out work the owner has not done. Ownership does not change hands: the house remains the owner's, but for a time the câmara is in charge of it.
Where you come across it. A run-down or unsafe house that the owner has not got round to repairing.
It is usually the step before compulsory works at the owner's expense.