Diferencia entre propiedad, posesión y uso, y el delito de usurpación de bienes regulado en el ordenamiento legal guatemalteco

Published date05 January 2023
AuthorLourdes Vega
Law FirmConsortium Legal
topicConstitutional Law

La Constitución Política de la República de Guatemala, garantiza el derecho humano a la propiedad privada, pudiendo el propietario disponer de sus bienes de manera totalmente libre, ante terceros y con las únicas limitantes establecidas en la propia ley.

Al mismo tenor, el Código Civil de Guatemala -en adelante Código Civil-, regula lo relativo al derecho de propiedad, como aquel derecho a disponer de los bienes de manera libre, incluyendo las limitantes propias de dicho derecho, como, por ejemplo, el realizar actos que puedan causar perjuicio a otras personas.

En cuanto a la posesión, la ley también regula lo relativo a la misma en el Código Civil, e incluye un concepto de posesión en el artículo 612: “Es poseedor el que ejerce sobre un bien todas o algunas de las facultades inherentes al dominio”. También delimita los casos en que no hay posesión en los artículos 614 y 615: No es poseedor quien ejerce el poder sobre la cosa en virtud de la situación de dependencia en que se encuentra respecto del propietario de la misma y la retienen en provecho de éste en cumplimiento de las instrucciones que de él ha recibido. … Tampoco es poseedor el que tiene la cosa o disfruta del derecho por actos meramente facultativos o de simple tolerancia, concedidos o permitidos por el propietario.”

En ese orden de ideas, existen algunos casos en donde el propietario de un inmueble ha permitido a ciertas personas el “uso”...

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