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.
Automotor con pedido de secuestro
A pedido de secuestro is an order — judicial or administrative — that the vehicle be
seized wherever found. It shows on a DNRPA informe as an “orden judicial o
administrativa de secuestro o indisponibilidad del dominio, indicando autoridad que la
dispuso y causa”, next to any “denuncia de robo o hurto” and any “prohibición de circular
dispuesta en virtud del artículo 27” (Digesto T.II Cap. VII art. 2 b) 12, 15, 16; the
informe carries the same data, Cap. XIV art. 4). A vehicle with one is not necessarily
unsaleable — but who issued it, and why, decides whether it dies with the sale or
follows the buyer onto the road.
The rule that ends most debates: a forced sale does not cure theft or false identity. Good-faith inscription protects the registered owner “si el automotor no hubiese sido hurtado o robado” (RJA art. 2); there is “no buena fe” in a registrable movable whose identifying codes do not match the folio (CCyC art. 1895); and altering a registered number is a crime (Código Penal art. 289 inc. 3). A court can lift its own seizure and order the registry to lift others’ measures; it cannot make a stolen car the buyer’s against its true owner except on the terms of RJA arts. 3–4 and CCyC 2254.
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