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.
Extranjeros — buying into Argentina from outside
This cluster exists because Argentina poses questions to a foreign buyer that simply do not arise in most jurisdictions: a currency with a recent history of controls, property customarily priced in a currency other than the legal tender, and constitutional-level restrictions on foreign ownership of certain land.
Foreigners can own Argentine real property.
There is no general prohibition on foreign ownership. The restrictions are specific: rural land under Ley 26.737, and land inside the `zona de seguridad de fronteras`. Urban property outside those zones is broadly open.
Pages
- registracion-cdi-cuit — the tax identification a non-resident needs before they can acquire or register anything.
- moneda-y-pago — the peso/dollar problem, the April 2025 lifting of the
cepofor individuals, and what it means for funding a bid. - zona-de-seguridad-de-fronteras — 50 km from land borders, 100 km from the maritime border; prior authorisation required, and acts without it are null.
- tierras-rurales-ley-26737 — repealed by DNU 70/2023, judicially suspended, and therefore still in force. The clearest live example of why dates matter.
- participar-en-la-subasta — what a non-resident actually has to do to bid.
The three things that catch people out
- The
$sign. In Argentine sources$is pesos. Abaseof$45.000.000is pesos, not dollars. See moneda-y-pago. - Identification comes first. Without a CDI you cannot complete or register an acquisition, and obtaining one takes time you will not have between an auction and its payment deadline. See registracion-cdi-cuit.
- The
cepowas lifted for individuals, not for companies. Buying through a foreign corporate vehicle is a materially different problem from buying personally.