Argentina (AR) — civil law.
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Aeronaves
An aircraft is a cosa mueble registrable (Código Aeronáutico, Ley 17.285, art. 49).
Its title lives in one national register, the Registro Nacional de Aeronaves (RNA),
which runs inside the ANAC (Decreto 639/2024, Anexo, art. 1). Since the DNU 70/2023
rewrite, a transfer has no effect against third parties until it is entered in the RNA
(art. 50). A court that auctions an aircraft therefore sells two things that can come
apart: the airframe and engines, which the buyer must get out of a hangar, and the
registry folio, which the buyer must clean and move into their own name by
oficio judicial. Three national rules decide what the buyer inherits. First, the
aeronautical privilegios of art. 60 (a closed list of five) outrank everything,
including the hipoteca, but only if they were entered in the RNA within three months
(art. 58). Second, those privileges are extinguished by the venta judicial once
better-ranked registered privileges are paid from the price (art. 63 inc. 3). Third, the
airworthiness certificate travels with the aircraft but is effective only while
maintenance follows RAAC Parts 39, 43 and 91 and the aircraft stays Argentine-registered
(RAAC 21.179, 21.181). So missing or broken logbooks can wipe out most of the value of
an airframe that is legally clean. Argentina has acceded to the Cape Town Convention
and its Aircraft Protocol (in force for Argentina 1 August 2018, per UNIDROIT), so the
International Registry is a second place a buyer must search. Aircraft also reach
buyers through forced sales that are not judicial. ANAC can declare an aircraft
abandoned, register it in its own name and auction it (Decreto 664/2024, Anexo, arts.
14–15). The Aduana sells aircraft it has seized (comiso) or that were left at customs
(rezago) (Código Aduanero arts. 417–434).
See comprar-una-aeronave-en-subasta for the step-by-step guide and the underwriting checklist.
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