When can someone be deprived of their property, according to Article 33?
Sources: 1 link, read on 21 October 2026.
Spanish Constitution, article 33 (BOE, consolidated text), read on 21 October 2026.
Answer: Only for a justified reason of public utility or social interest, and with compensation (indemnización). Article 33.3 says so.
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Constitution · article 33.3
The question in Spanish
Según el artículo 33, ¿cuándo se puede privar a alguien de su propiedad?
The options
- AWhenever the Government wantsSiempre que el Gobierno quiera
- BWhen they have debtsCuando tiene deudas
- CFor a justified reason of public utility or social interest, with compensationPor causa justificada de utilidad pública o interés social, mediante indemnizaciónCorrect
What the Constitution says
«3. Nadie podrá ser privado de sus bienes y derechos sino por causa justificada de utilidad pública o interés social, mediante la correspondiente indemnización y de conformidad con lo dispuesto por las leyes.»
Spanish Constitution of 1978, article 33 (paragraph 3, consolidated text at the BOE), read on 21 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the BOE prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours. Laws carry no copyright (Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, art. 13), so we quote the text as it stands.
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