Begin with the exact parcel and its current property-registry record. Law 17.801 requires the register to identify the owner or owners, their shares and later transfers or restrictions; it also requires the professional authorizing a real-estate transfer to review the registered title and a registry certification of the recorded legal status of the property and persons. Then reconcile who is signing, for what right, under which co-owner, power or succession authority.
Title and authority are separate questions
The registry record answers who and what is recorded. Authority asks whether the proposed signatory can bind the recorded owner or the estate in this operation. A deed copy, tax bill, listing, reservation, possession or family relationship may be relevant evidence, but none should replace a current registry read and transaction-specific authority review.
Co-owner share is not the same as the whole property
The Civil and Commercial Code defines co-ownership as ownership shared by several people in undivided shares. It distinguishes a co-owner's ability to dispose of that undivided share from legal or material disposition of the common property or a determined part of it, which requires all co-owners' conformity. Confirm whether the offer concerns the entire parcel, a registered undivided share or a subdivision that exists only in the listing.
An open succession changes the evidence path
The Code states that the succession process identifies successors and the estate, pays debts and delivers assets. Even where close heirs are invested from the date of death, judicial recognition of heirship is required to transfer registrable assets. An estate administrator has administrative powers, but disposition of other estate property needs unanimous agreement of the heirs or judicial authorization. The court file, registered owner, heirs, administrators and the proposed deed therefore need to be reconciled.
A fail-closed seller-authority sequence
- Fix the parcel: obtain the registry designation and cadastral identifiers before reviewing names.
- Read current registry evidence: identify every recorded owner, share, lien, inhibition and other relevant notation.
- Identify every signatory: match identity, civil status, entity capacity and any power of attorney to the proposed act.
- Classify the authority route: sole registered owner, all co-owners, transfer of an undivided share, company authority or succession file.
- Resolve gaps before payment: record missing consent, court recognition, judicial authorization, power, registry inscription or parcel identity as unresolved.
- Refresh for closing: the Argentine escribano obtains the deed-specific registry evidence and applies the competent local procedure.
Frequently asked questions
Does a copy of the seller's deed prove current authority to sell?
No. Treat it as historical evidence. The current registry state, the persons recorded there and the proposed signatory's authority still need to be reconciled for the specific act.
Can one co-owner sell the whole property?
The Code separates disposition of an undivided share from disposition of the common property. The latter requires all co-owners' conformity. Confirm what right is actually offered and how it will be documented.
Can heirs transfer registered property immediately after death?
Do not infer that from kinship alone. The current Code requires judicial recognition of heirship for transfer of registrable assets, and the court and registry path depends on the succession file.
Is the linked domain-certificate service national?
No. The service page shown here describes the Capital Federal registry. Law 17.801 supplies a national framework, while request forms, competent registries and local procedure depend on the property's jurisdiction.