Exempt Resolution of the SAG that determines how to issue certificates of subdivision of rustic properties

El 23 de julio de 2024 se publicó en el Diario Oficial la Resolución Exenta N°4.788 (“Resolución”), de fecha 17 de julio de 2024, emitida por el Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (“SAG”), que establece en detalle un nuevo procedimiento para el otorgamiento de certificados de subdivisión de predios rústicos, derogando la resolución anterior N°3.904/2019 y sus modificaciones.

Esta Resolución tiene por objeto regular la tramitación de las solicitudes de certificación sobre proyectos de subdivisión de predios rústicos, en el marco del Decreto Ley N°3.516 de 1980 The purpose of this Resolution is to regulate the processing of applications for certification of rural land subdivision projects, within the framework of Decree Law No. 3,516 of 1980 (“DL 3,516”). It applies to rustic properties, i.e., properties suitable for agriculture, livestock or forestry located outside the urban limits or outside the limits of the intercommunal regulatory plans of Santiago and Valparaíso and the metropolitan regulatory plan of Concepción.

Pursuant to DL 3,516, the certification of subdivision of rural properties is a regulated administrative act in which the SAG must only verify that

1. That the land is rustic;
2. That the lots resulting from the subdivision have an area of not less than 0.5 physical hectares; and
3. That the lots resulting from the subdivision have access to a public space or to a road from the agrarian reform subdivision process.

However, this new Resolution seems to introduce additional requirements and criteria not contemplated in the law, which could leave room for discretionary powers on the part of the SAG:

1. It grants the SAG the possibility of requesting other background information from the individual to better resolve a subdivision.
2. It gives the SAG the possibility of requesting pronouncements from other State Administration bodies before approving the subdivision.

For more information, please contact our Urban Planning Department at Barros y Errázuriz.