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One of the oldest legal cultures in the world and a modern civil-law member of the European Union, with one Civil Code, a Constitution of 1975, three separate court systems under Areios Pagos, the Council of State and the Court of Audit, and a practical side that millions of people meet: how to buy a house or flat safely with a notary and the registry, how residence and visas really work, and why tax residence is a separate question. Free articles, organized by subject, growing every week.
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This portal collects material on Greek law, a civil-law system with one Civil Code (1946), the Constitution of 1975 and three separate court systems: the ordinary courts under Areios Pagos, the administrative courts under the Council of State and the Court of Audit. It has two dimensions: the Greek state and legal system, and practical law for people who buy property, move, retire, work remotely or set up a business in Greece, where buying a house, the right to reside, tax residence and citizenship are four different questions. It is written for readers who visit, live, work, study, buy property or do business in Greece, for Greeks and Bulgarians and others who want to understand the system, and it explains laws, institutions and procedures without giving legal advice or opinions on individual cases. Immigration, investment and tax rules change often. Everywhere else on this site, content reflects US law unless a page says otherwise.
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Greek Law
A first course in Greek law: ancient and Byzantine traditions and the Civil Code of 1946 and the Constitution of 1975, the Hellenic Parliament and the President and the government, the three court systems and the Council of State and Areios Pagos and the Court of Audit and notaries, rights and administrative appeals and Greek citizenship, buying and owning property step by step with the notarial deed and the registry and building legality and border areas and the costs of owning, moving to Greece as an EU citizen or a non-EU national and the Golden Visa and its limits and the digital nomad route, the Civil Code and family law and the forced share of inheritance, companies and employment and tax and tax residence and the special regimes for new residents, and criminal procedure and consumer and data protection and maritime law.
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Legal documents
31 legal documents in Ελληνικά (Greek)
Leases, loan and sale agreements, powers of attorney, family documents, letters and more, ready to fill in and sign, in Ελληνικά (Greek), with the English translation alongside for the other party. PDF and Word. 6 € for a document in the language, 9 € with the English translation. Included in the individual All-Access plan, in the language you choose.
- • Μισθωτήριο συμβόλαιο κατοικίας
- • Σύμβαση παροχής υπηρεσιών (ελεύθερος επαγγελματίας)
- • Σύμβαση δανείου
- • Συμφωνητικό εμπιστευτικότητας (NDA)
- • Σύμβαση πώλησης κινητού πράγματος (συμπεριλαμβανομένου μεταχειρισμένου οχήματος)
- • Συγκατάθεση των γονέων για ταξίδι παιδιού στο εξωτερικό
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These are general templates for use in any country, each with a ‘check in your country’ list. They are not drafted under Greece law, and they are not legal advice.
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The Civil Law Tradition
Where the Greek Civil Code comes from and what it shares with Germany, Italy, France and the other legal systems of continental Europe: the Roman roots, the great codes and legal science.
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