Independent legal and tax support for international clients buying, selling, renting or inheriting property in Jávea (Xàbia) and the Marina Alta.
Jávea (Xàbia) is really three markets stitched into one town, and each needs a different legal check before you sign. The Arenal and the port sit on a Ley de Costas frontline, where the deslinde decides what a property may ever become. The Montgó slopes run into a natural park whose own planning rules restrict building hard. The campo hides older homes whose legal situation was never resolved. On top of that, Jávea collects its own local taxes through Xàbia Tributa rather than SUMA, so owners with a second property nearby get letters from two different systems. Our offices are in Moraira and Dénia, either side of the town, and we work across Jávea constantly.
For Jávea-specific legal and tax guides written for non-residents, including a guide to each zone of the town, visit our dedicated local site Javea.Legal, part of Expat Abogados.
Zone by zone due diligence: the Costas line, the Montgó park boundary and the campo.
Learn moreThe 3% retention, capital gains and the plusvalía, which here goes to Xàbia Tributa.
Learn moreAnnual filing for owners, and the separate filings for rentals or a sale.
Learn moreXàbia changed its rules on 28 May 2026: per-zone caps, apartments suspended.
Learn morePaperwork for buyers, owners and family members relocating to Jávea.
Wills, donations and inheritance involving property in Jávea.
Start with a free check before signing or paying anything.
Where the property sits changes the whole legal check. Frontline at the Arenal or the port means the Coastal Law and the deslinde. Up on the Montgó it means the natural park boundary and the 2002 and 2007 park rules. Out in the campo it means whether the house was ever legal, and whether the AFO route is open. We establish which one applies to your address before you pay a deposit.
Non-resident owners file Modelo 210 every year, even when the property sits empty and nobody sends a bill. The local quirk: your IBI, plusvalía and the waste charge billed since August 2025 all come from Xàbia Tributa, the town's own tax office, not SUMA. Paying those does not touch the national return.
The council gave initial approval to per-zone caps on tourist licences, from 6% in the old town to 25% in El Tosalet, and suspended new licences for apartments for a year. It is initial approval only, still pending final approval and publication, so the detail can move. We check the live position for your exact address before you commit to anything.
Many Jávea villas have been in the same family since the nineties, and the paperwork rarely kept pace with the house. A Spanish will with the right choice-of-law clause, made now, is the kindest document you will ever sign for your children.
We do not have an office in Xàbia itself. Jávea sits between our two offices, Moraira to the south and Dénia to the north, and in practice we come to you: at the property, at the notary in Jávea, or at whichever office suits you best. We are in the town every week, and over the years we have completed well over 100 purchases there.
We also help foreign clients in these surrounding areas.
Tell us where the property is and we will tell you which of Jávea's three legal minefields applies to it, before you sign anything.
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