On Carros506, you can't get scammed.
You don't have to trust the seller — or even Costa Rica. One click, and your money physically can't reach the seller until the title is legally, permanently in your name.
Built for the international buyer: close a purchase in Costa Rica from abroad, without knowing the seller, without fear of losing your money.
- 1Seller verifiedThe real registered owner — not a scammer reposting a car.
- 2Money in escrowHeld by a SUGEF-regulated agent — never us, never the seller.
- 3Title at the notaryTransferred and registered clean in your name.
- 4Funds releasedOnly once the title is legally yours. No override.
How it protects you, step by step
You follow every stage live, like tracking a package. Each one has to close before the next begins.
- 1
Seller verified
We confirm the person selling is the real owner on record at the National Registry — not someone reposting another person's car.
- 2
Deal locked
You and the seller sign the agreement. It becomes a legally valid contract, dated and signed — not a WhatsApp promise.
- 3
Money in escrow
Your payment is held by a SUGEF-regulated escrow agent. We never hold it, and neither does the seller.
- 4
Transfer at the notary
A public notary executes the title transfer and registers it clean, in your name, at the National Registry.
- 5
Funds released
Only once the title is yours does the money release to the seller. If the transfer doesn't close clean, nothing moves.
The rule that makes it safe: the money releases only once the title is registered in your name — and there's no override. Not for us, not for the seller, not for anyone. If it doesn't close clean, your payment doesn't move.
It isn't trust. It's mechanics.
Costa Rica's paperwork is famously slow and impossible to shortcut. We turned that into your protection. Every step below is a legal checkpoint that can't be skipped, faked, or rushed — the title can't transfer, and the money can't release, until each one clears. You're not trusting a person, an agency, or us. You're trusting that a rule can't be broken. We run the whole immovable machine for you — in English, in one click.
National Registry
The title legally cannot transfer to you until the seller is confirmed as the real owner, free of liens. No exceptions in the code.
SUGEF-regulated escrow
Your money sits with a licensed agent — unreachable by us or the seller — and releases only on a clean, recorded transfer.
Public notary
No notary, no transfer. The title change isn't real until a notary records it at the Registry. There's no way around the step.
Digital signature (Law 8454)
Your signed agreement holds up in a Costa Rican court — the same legal weight as ink on paper.
Data law (PRODHAB)
By law the seller's identity stays private and unsearchable — you see the clean-status verdict, never the person.
We verify the seller for you
You know the person selling is the real owner the Registry says they are. The "take-your-deposit-and-vanish" scam doesn't exist here.
And we protect your identity
Your identity is never public or searchable. Buyers only see your vehicle's clean status — never your name, ID, or address.
Verify you're the owner →Is it verified on Carros506?
The question every buyer should ask before sending a single dollar.
Start a safe purchase