State Act
Section 387
Art. 387 – As soon as the register of encroachments of land is concluded, which shall be done in preference to the writing of the general inventory (Tombo), the managing committee shall order to notify in the form indicated in paragraph 3 of article 385, all the encroachers who have not signed the declaration of recognition, during the registration of properties, in presence of the surveyor, to come to declare before the committee, within the period of thirty days from the date of notification, and by means of formal declaration, that they agree to pay, in lump sum or in yearly instalments not exceeding to nine, the price of the land encroached by them, failing which legal proceedings will be initiated. §1. The price payable shall be the value of land, fixed as per paragraph 1 of article 386, plus 25% of this value. §2. To the instalments, the interest of 4% shall always be added. §3. The time limit that the managing committee may grant for the payment in lump sum price or the first instalment shall not exceed thirty days. §4. The time for the payment in instalments can be extended, in exceptional cases, after hearing the comunidade.