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 judicial in Argentina. If you arrived carrying US assumptions, read falsos-amigos first.

Levantamiento de embargos e inhibiciones — clearing the folio after the sale

The folio of an auctioned inmueble typically carries several embargos (ordered by different judges in different files), one or more inhibiciones generales against the owner, and perhaps a hipoteca. The auction extinguishes the right of those creditors to follow the property — their claims shift to the price — but the registry entries do not vanish by themselves. Someone must procure their cancellation, and the national code prescribes how.

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