Argentina (AR) — civil law.
Nothing on this page describes United States practice. There is no certificate sold to an investor, no administrative sale of land for unpaid tax, and no redemption window after a
subasta judicialin Argentina. If you arrived carrying US assumptions, read falsos-amigos first.
Bienes muebles no registrables
A press, a lathe, a generator, a cold-room, a stock of tyres, the shelving and computers of
a shop, a herd of cattle — none of these has a title registry. The CCyC calls them cosas muebles no registrables (art. 1890) and transfers them by tradición: real delivery
that gives the buyer physical control (arts. 1892, 1924). A buyer who takes possession in
good faith, for value, of goods that were not stolen or lost acquires ownership by that
possession (art. 1895). There is no informe de dominio to pull, so the buyer’s work is
different: prove the debtor owned the goods, search the Registro de Créditos Prendarios
for registered pledges (which follow the goods into the buyer’s hands, Ley 12.962 art. 41)
and for leasing contracts (which make the thing someone else’s, CCyC art. 1234), and plan
the physical removal. Livestock add their own proof-of-ownership system: registered marcas
and señales, a certificado de adquisición for every transfer and a guía for every
movement (Ley 22.939).
Self-propelled machines — tractors, combines, graders, forklifts — are not on this page:
they are registrable automotores at the DNRPA if made or imported from 1 December 1997
(maquinaria-registrable). An older self-propelled machine with no DNRPA folio
behaves like the goods on this page.
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