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.
Claiming the remanente
Your property was sold at a subasta. It sold for more than the debt plus costs. That
excess belongs to you.
Where it is
In a cuenta judicial — an account controlled by the court that ordered the sale, in
practice at Banco de la Nación Argentina. It leaves only by judicial order.
There is no agency to search and no fund to file against.
The money is in your case file, held by your judge. There is no public office holding unclaimed auction surplus, no dormancy process, and no separate claims portal. Anyone telling you otherwise, or offering to find your money in a government database for a percentage, is describing a system Argentina does not have.
The steps
- Identify the file. Court,
expedientenumber,carátula. If you were served, it is on the papers. If you were not, that itself may be a ground worth raising. - Appear in the file — through an
abogado. Establish your standing as theejecutado, or as an heir if theejecutadohas died. - Get the
liquidación. The court’s account of the distribution: costs, the `comisión`, privileged credits, the executing creditor, junior registered creditors in order. See prioridad-de-creditos. Check it — errors in aliquidaciónare the difference between aremanenteand none. - Clear competing claims. Junior creditors registered before the sale are paid ahead of you. An `inhibición` against you may reach the funds themselves.
- Ask for release (
giro) of the balance.
Timing
Whether any limitation period runs against the claim, and the procedure for release, are
provincial and needs_verification. Do not assume the money will wait indefinitely,
and do not assume it will not.
If you are an heir
The remanente forms part of the estate, and you will generally need the sucesorio to
establish entitlement.