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.

Inhibición general de bienes

A judicial or administrative measure recorded against a person, prohibiting them from disposing of or encumbering their property. It lives in the registry’s anotaciones personales index, not in the parcel index.

A parcel search will not find it.

An informe de dominio on the property is searched by parcel. An inhibición attaches to the individual. Two separate searches are required, and skipping the personal search is one of the classic ways an Argentine transaction fails at the registry.

Where it comes from

• A court, as a precautionary measure where no specific asset has been attached.
• A fisco. ARCA and provincial agencies use it as a collection tool; it surfaces on any attempted conveyance and is often what actually forces payment.

Effect

The registry will not register a disposition by an inhibited person. In practice the measure must be lifted — by paying, by substituting security, or by court order — before anything can close.

In a subasta

The ejecutado being inhibited does not stop a judicial sale: the court is disposing of the asset, not the debtor. But an inhibición is a signal worth reading — it usually means other creditors are already pursuing this person, which bears on the distribution and on whether a `remanente` will actually reach the debtor.

An inhibición against the buyer is a different and immediate problem: it will block registration of the transfer.

Search procedure, coverage across provinces, and whether a national search is possible: needs_verification.