Argentina (AR) — civil law.
Nothing on this page describes United States practice. There is no certificate sold to an investor, no administrative sale, and no post-sale redemption window in Argentina. If you arrived carrying US assumptions, read falsos-amigos first.
Edictos
The published notice by which a subasta is announced. Ordered by the court, arranged by
the `martillero`, and published in the jurisdiction’s
boletín oficial and, as ordered, a newspaper circulating where the property sits.
What it carries
The parcel and its description, the base, the day and hour, the conditions of sale
including the `seña`, the court and file, and the
martillero. Increasingly, the portal on which the act will run.
Why a bidder reads it very carefully
Two reasons.
It is the conditions of sale. The plenary in
servicios-eficientes-c-yabra-1999 rests on the proposition that a buyer should
not be surprised by obligations not announced in the conditions. Conversely, where the
conditions do allocate a debt to the buyer, that allocation generally governs. The
edicto is where you find out.
Discrepancies are annulment risk. A material misdescription — wrong surface, wrong
parcel, improvements that do not exist — is a recognised ground for
`nulidad de subasta`. A discrepancy you can see between
the edicto, the informe de dominio and the cadastral data is a discrepancy a court can
later act on, and the person most exposed to that is the buyer.
Defective publication
Omitted, short, wrong outlet, or materially inaccurate publication is among the most common
grounds advanced to attack a sale. Required lead times and outlets are provincial and
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Where to find them
Provincial boletines oficiales carry a judicial section for subastas; Buenos Aires
Province publishes an electronic-auction section. Increasingly the portals themselves are
the practical index — see index.