Costa Rica's National Housing and Urban Planning Institute (INVU) has approved the new Plan Regulador for the canton of Santa Ana, a key milestone in the approval process set out under the Urban Planning Law, which will replace the plan that has been in place since 1991. Following INVU's technical approval, the next steps are ratification by the Santa Ana Municipal Council and subsequent publication in the official gazette, La Gaceta.

The Costa Rican Congress is currently reviewing Bill No. 25,094, which proposes amending articles 18 and 19 of the Costa Rican Commercial Code in order to allow the inclusion of an email address through a simple sworn statement submitted by an individual legal representative, without requiring an appearance before a notary public or the notarization of a shareholders' meeting.

We are pleased to congratulate Rhythmlink International, LLC, on the official inauguration of its first manufacturing facility in Costa Rica, dedicated to the production of high-tech medical devices.

For several months last year, the National Institute of Housing and Urbanism, the Ministry of Housing and Human Settlements and other related public institutions, together with the private sector, carried out the task of comprehensively reforming the Regulations to the Law Regulating Condominium Property (Executive Decree No. 45214-MIVAH-MEIC-TUR, which was published on October 22, 2025).

As we bid farewell to a year filled with challenges and valuable lessons, Zurcher Odio & Raven would like to express our sincere gratitude to our clients and friends for the trust you have placed in us. Your support has been essential to our continued growth and to providing legal solutions with the commitment, excellence, and integrity that define our firm.