The municipality and the offices involved
Lechería is the seat of the Municipio Diego Bautista Urbaneja, in Anzoátegui; its official name, according to the alcaldía (city hall), is Municipio Turístico El Morro "Lic. Diego Bautista Urbaneja".
| Procedure | Office | Published address |
|---|---|---|
| Ficha catastral (cadastral record) and municipal registration of the property | Dirección de Catastro (cadastre office) | Alcaldía headquarters: Av. Principal, C.C. Forum Plaza, PB, local 1 |
| Solvencia (municipal tax clearance) and payment of the tax | Dirección de Administración Tributaria (DAT, municipal tax office) | Virtual office (no separate address published) |
| Recording the sale | Registro Público del Municipio Diego Bautista Urbaneja | Calle Arismendi Sur, sector Vistamar, C.C. Empresarial Atlántico, piso 4 |
| Authenticating an option or a power of attorney | Notaría Pública de Lecherías | Av. Principal de Lecherías, C.C. Mini Centro Principal, piso 1, locales 6 y 7 |
Catastro serves the public at the alcaldía headquarters, according to a notice from March 2025. The Registro (public registry) and Notaría (notary office) addresses are the ones in the office finder of SAREN (the national registries and notaries service) in October 2026. Confirm them before you go.
Solvencia municipal and ficha catastral
The alcaldía calls the cédula catastral the ficha catastral. Its fees are set in units of the BCV's (Central Bank of Venezuela) highest-value currency (moneda de mayor valor, MMV) and are paid in bolívares. The list of fees showed in October 2026:
The planillas (payment forms) are generated and paid at the alcaldía's virtual office (lecheria.net/appweb), and the debt lookup searches by RIF (tax ID), cédula (national ID card) or account number. Each unit with independent access has its own account (article 55 of the ordinance): ask the seller for the property's account and check it before signing.
The tax ordinance adds:
The Registro cannot record the sale without the solvencia (article 97 of the Ley de Registros y Notarías, the Registries and Notaries Law); the general rules are in the guide to solvencia municipal and cédula catastral.
The impuesto sobre la propiedad inmobiliaria (property tax)
The ordinance in force is the one in Gaceta Municipal Extraordinaria (extraordinary municipal gazette) No. 064/2023 (November 24, 2023). The tax is an annual amount per square meter, in the BCV's highest-value currency, by zone and use (articles 39 and 42). In propiedad horizontal (condominium property) only the built square meters count (article 37).
| Zone (article 43) | Annual amount per m² for housing (article 42, column E) |
|---|---|
| 1: Vistamar, Crucero de Lechería, El Peñonal, Península, Complejo Turístico El Morro, Aquavillas, Casa Bote B y C, Villas Oeste y Este, Las Garzas | 1st-class apartment: 0.16624. 2nd-class: 0.15222. Villas or residential complexes: 0.18987. Casas bote (boat houses): 0.18827. Urb. Las Garzas: 0.14982 |
| 2: Casco Central (old town center), right side of Av. Diego Bautista Urbaneja, Urb. Balneario El Morro de Barcelona, Río Viejo, Urbanización Mar | 1st-class apartment: 0.11697. 2nd-class: 0.10398. Urb. El Morro and Río Viejo: 0.11697. Quintas (detached houses) in the Casco Central: 0.11120. Houses in the Casco Central: 0.08953 |
| 3: Barrio Venezuela, Barrio Rómulo Gallegos, area affected by an expropriation decree, fishermen's area | 1st-class apartment: 0.10829. 2nd-class: 0.08834. Quintas: 0.11741. Houses: 0.06555 |
The ordinance provides these rebates:
Watch out: for each year without a review by the Concejo Municipal (municipal council), article 40 raises the value per square meter by 50% and article 41 raises the rates by 40%. We did not find a published review of the 2023 table, so these amounts may have risen under those articles; confirm the current amount with the alcaldía. In March 2026 the mayor presented a draft Ordenanza de Régimen Tributario Especial (special tax regime ordinance) with reductions in this and other taxes to attract energy and technology investment; we did not find that it was approved. More context in the guide to the municipal property tax.