Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:33pm
Thanks for the support, Kimmy.
jmatt, there's no need to apologise at all - just ignore the people who know the law but persist in encouraging others to break it.
Getting back to your original question, if you're now resident here, you do need to register on the padron.
I don't know if San Fulgencio town hall have an offshoot on the urb, but if not, as Kimmy said, you'll need to go to San Fulgencio town hall.
Town halls seem to set their own rules, and I don't know what yours requires. It may be that all you require is passport, NIE, deeds or rental agreement showing your address, and possibly a utility bill in your name. However, they may also ask you to produce residencia to prove you're officially a resident.
Provided they're happy with what you produce, they should issue a padron certificate while you're there.
If there was a previous owner of your property, they may well be on your padron as well. In theory the previous owner should do a 'baja' to remove themselves from the padron. In our case, the previous owners were indeed still on our padron. I asked Orihuela town hall, and they gave me a 'baja' form, which had to be returned with copies of the previous owners' passports and their signature. As the previous owners were back in the UK, this would have presented a problem. However, copies of their passports and signatures were in the escritura (deeds), so I was able to 'complete' the baja and present it.
Ref residencia, read the appropriate threads on this forum, and ask about anything you want clarifying. Before you ask, for residencia you'll need to go to the national police station in Elche. You could go to Alicante, but Elche is much less stressful.