Border security zones and rural land limits for foreign buyers in Argentina

Key rules

1. The legal basis of the border security zone

Decree Law 15.385/1944. Signed on 13 June 1944 and published in BO on 25 April 1945 (Infoleg record), ratified by Law 12.913.

• Art. 1. Creates "security zones" in the whole country: a strip along the land and sea border ("zonas de seguridad de fronteras") and a belt around military or civil establishments of special interest to national defence ("zonas de seguridad del interior").
• Art. 2. The width is set by the Executive according to situation, population, resources and defence interests, and may not exceed 150 km on the land border, 50 km on the maritime border and 30 km for interior zones. Urban centres are subject to "special regulation".
• Art. 3. Military governorates, air and naval bases, barracks and other direct dependencies of the armed forces are "military zones" and are excluded from the security zones.
• Art. 4 (as replaced by Law 23.554, art. 42). "It is declared of national convenience that the property located in the security zone belong to native born Argentine citizens. The National Security Zones Commission shall exercise in that zone the policía de radicación with respect to transfers of ownership, leases or rentals, or any form of real or personal rights by virtue of which possession or tenure of real estate must be delivered, to which end it shall grant or deny the corresponding authorisations."
• Art. 7(e) and (f). The Commission may expropriate or have expropriated, by decree of the Executive, property that must be acquired for the purposes of art. 4, and gives its consent "for the purposes of articles 4 and 9".
• Art. 9 (as replaced by Law 23.554, art. 44). The Commission also considers and resolves within its jurisdiction requests for concessions and permits that national, provincial and municipal authorities must grant for public services, communications, transport, sea and river fishing, "any source of energy" and industries of any kind of interest to national defence. This is why the official Form 1 has boxes for permits, concessions and licences, forest exploitation and industrial settlement (see section 6 below).
• Art. 11. Public officials who commit the offences of Criminal Code arts. 248 to 253 in connection with the decree are punished with those penalties.
• Law 22.153 (31 January 1980) added a paragraph to art. 4 providing that ownership of urban or rural real estate of the national, provincial or municipal State located within security zones cannot be acquired by prescription (adverse possession). The Infoleg updated text of DL 15.385 shows art. 4 only as replaced by Law 23.554 in 1988 and does not reproduce this paragraph (unconfirmed).

Decree 32.530/1948 (21 October 1948, BO 25 October 1948) tells notaries and officials how to act:

• Art. 1: officials must bear in mind "the convenience that all inhabitants be native born Argentines without unfavourable records, or naturalised Argentines with proven roots in the country or, by exception, foreigners of recognised good standing" whose settlement may be considered definitive, with Argentine family, or who come to establish businesses or industries important for the economy, "except foreigners from the country bordering the zone of the land requested".
• Art. 2: every notary who must execute a transfer or lease of real estate in a security zone is obliged to request the authorisation and to record at the end of the deed that it was obtained.
• Art. 4: legal acts not executed before a public official will not be recognised or recorded without prior authorisation.
• Art. 7: the real estate registry must refuse registration of any deed, contract or other document on the transfer or lease of real estate in the zone that lacks the record of prior authorisation, and must report the rejection to the Commission.
• Art. 8: property in the City of Buenos Aires is excluded.

Res. 166/2009 does not repeat the neighbouring country exclusion of Decree 32.530, art. 1. Whether it still influences decisions is not documented in the sources (unconfirmed).

Decree 9329/1963 (BO 4 November 1963) regulates the National Security Zones Commission. Art. 8(g) of its Annex I provides that the Commission raises to the Executive the requests for reconsideration of its denials, or reports on reconsideration requests against denials by the Executive. Decree 27/2017 (BO 10 January 2017) replaced art. 1 of that Annex and placed the Commission within the Borders Secretariat of the Ministry of Security; its recitals record that, since Decree 887/1994, "the only security zone currently in force is the Border Security Zone".

2. The geography: Decree 253/2018

Decree 253/2018 (signed 27 March 2018, BO 28 March 2018, No. 33.841) is the current definition of the zone.

• Art. 1. The surface of the Border Security Zone is the one described in Annex I (IF-2018-12720620-APN-UCG#MSG).
• Art. 2. The Border Development Zone of Law 18.575 has the same geographic extent as the land Border Security Zone.
• Art. 4. Approves the official maps prepared by the National Geographic Institute: a national map and one map for each of Entre Ríos, Corrientes, Misiones, Chaco, Formosa, Salta, Jujuy, Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego.
• Art. 5. Empowers the Ministry of Security to exclude specific urban centres from the settlement control. No exclusion resolution was found in the source files (unconfirmed).
• Art. 6. Repeals Decree 887/1994 and its amendment Decree 1648/2007.

Annex I in plain terms (land zone). The text describes the inner limit of the zone; everything between that line and the international border is inside.

Maritime zone only (Annex I, part B.VI). A coastal strip in Santa Cruz, Chubut and Río Negro whose inner line runs from Punta Bustamante along National Route 3, Provincial Routes 47, 83, 62 and 66, Antonio de Biedma, National Route 281, Route 3, Provincial Route 43 to Pico Truncado, a line to Holdich, Provincial Route 37 to Pampa del Castillo, Route 3 into Río Negro to Route A025 and Provincial Route 1, then south to the Atlantic. The Rawson municipal area is excluded (unconfirmed).

Split towns (Annex I, part VII). The municipal area (ejido) of any town divided by the line of either zone is considered entirely included. This rule catches buyers who look only at which side of the road a plot lies on.

Patagonia and the Andes in practice. Reading Annex I with the Río Negro map approved by art. 4 (IF-2017-27215597-APN-SECF#MSG), the inner limit in Río Negro runs east of San Carlos de Bariloche along Route 1S40, so Bariloche, Dina Huapi, Villa Mascardi and El Bolsón appear inside the zone; in Neuquén the line follows Route 40 through Zapala, leaving the lake district (Junín de los Andes, San Martín de los Andes, Villa La Angostura) on the border side; in Chubut, Annex II describes the Epuyén development area as "the part of the Cushamen department included in the Border Security Zone" (unconfirmed). In Mendoza the inner line includes Uspallata and continues south along Provincial Routes 89, 94 and 92 and Route 40, which may place parts of the high Uco Valley inside the zone (unconfirmed). In the Puna, the line through Susques, San Antonio de los Cobres, Salar de Pocitos and El Peñón leaves much of the high plateau of Jujuy, Salta and Catamarca inside the zone (unconfirmed).

3. Who decides in October 2026

The chain of authority has changed several times and is the first thing to get right on any file.

Points to note:

• JGM Res. 65/2026, art. 4, revoked Res. 2/2026 of the former Ministry of the Interior. Infoleg records two later amendments, JGM Res. 70/2026 (BO 24 August 2026) and JGM Res. 78/2026 (BO 1 October 2026); according to the Infoleg updated text they replaced Annexes I and III and point 3 of Annex I, not Annex II. The VGI delegation therefore stands as published.
• DNU 571/2026 also gives the Chief of Cabinet the competence to "participate in the application of Law 22.352" (the Borders Law) "in everything related to the preservation of the security of border areas and zones" (new art. 16, item 80, of the Ministries Law). It does not mention DL 15.385 expressly.
• There is a structural loose end: Decree 27/2017 still places the National Security Zones Commission under the Ministry of Security, while the prior consent power that DL 15.385, art. 4 gives to the Commission is exercised in practice by the Interior structure (now the VGI) under Res. 166/2009 and JGM Res. 65/2026. The sources do not explain how the two fit together (unconfirmed).
• The argentina.gob.ar procedure page now sits under "Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros > Vicejefatura de Gabinete del Interior > Asuntos Políticos > Dirección Nacional de Asuntos Técnicos de Fronteras", but still gives the "Mesa de Entradas del Ministerio del Interior", 25 de Mayo 145, ground floor, CABA, for inspection of files (Monday to Friday, 11:00 to 13:00), and an email address on the old mininterior domain.

4. Res. 166/2009: who needs consent and by which route

Res. 166/2009 was signed on 20 February 2009 and published in BO 31.608 on 5 March 2009. It replaced a scattered set of 1995 to 1998 resolutions of the former Superintendencia Nacional de Fronteras and of the Commission (art. 2). It was amended by Res. 434/2010 (signed 19 May 2010, BO 27 May 2010), which replaced arts. 12, 16, 21, 24(a) and (e) and 29 and the forms in Annex A.

Individuals (Title III, Chapter I).

• Native born Argentines and Argentines by option are exempt in the whole zone (art. 3).
• Naturalised Argentines with more than five years since naturalisation are exempt (art. 4).
• Both exemptions apply only if the person has no judicial records affecting national security and defence and can sign the Form 5 sworn statement (art. 5). The notary records the exemption in the deed, citing Res. 166/2009, keeps the original Form 5 in the protocol and sends a certified copy of the deed with the duplicate of Form 5 within 30 days (art. 6).

Legal persons (Title III, Chapter II).

• Definition of "foreign legal person" (art. 7): (a) incorporated abroad; (b) incorporated in Argentina where foreign individuals or companies incorporated abroad own the majority shareholding or have the votes needed to prevail in shareholders' meetings; (c) incorporated in Argentina and controlled by, or linked more than 25% to, a foreign company under LGS art. 33.
• Corporate changes (art. 8): prior consent is needed for deeds of transformation, merger or spin off of companies whose assets include property in a security zone, and for transfers of shares sufficient to give control of a company that owns such property. Any later corporate change that alters the ownership authorised must be reported to the authority within 60 days.

Rural property (Title IV).

• Foreign individuals must prove 10 years of uninterrupted residence in Argentina (art. 9), with documents issued by the National Migration Directorate; other evidence may be accepted on a supplementary basis (art. 10). Without 10 years, consent can only be given by way of exception after meeting Title VII, Chapter II (art. 9, second paragraph).
• Foreign legal persons must always use the exception route (art. 11).
• Argentine legal persons (not foreign under art. 7) file an ordinary request with Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4, criminal record certificates of the directors from the National Recidivism Registry, bylaws, the minutes appointing the current board, the last approved balance sheet, current proof of shareholding and a precise statement of the act and the intended use of the land, all certified by a notary (art. 12, as replaced by Res. 434/2010).

Urban property (Title V).

• Urban centre means any land divided into blocks or equivalent units, wholly or partly bounded by streets, and unsubdivided plots surrounded by such blocks, used for intensive human settlement with residential uses, utility networks and paved or improved streets (art. 13).
• Exempt towns: urban centres listed in Annex B are exempt whatever the nationality or legal nature of the buyer (art. 14). The Infoleg text prints the Annex B heading but not the list (unconfirmed).
• Argentine legal persons are exempt in all urban centres in the zones (art. 15).
• Foreign individuals, foreign legal persons and Argentines naturalised less than five years are exempt in towns not on Annex B if the total surface does not exceed 5,000 m² and the use does not involve a profit purpose (art. 16, as replaced by Res. 434/2010).
• These urban exemptions require that the buyer has no judicial records affecting security and defence and signs Form 6 (art. 17). The notary cites Res. 166/2009 in the deed, keeps the original Form 6 and sends a certified copy of the deed with the duplicate Form 6 within 30 days (art. 17).
• Anything else (foreign buyer, plot above 5,000 m² or for profit, town not on Annex B) goes by exception route (art. 18).

General requirements (Title VI).

• Criminal records (art. 19): required before a decision. For companies, for the chair and the full directors or the managing partners. For foreign individuals or companies, a certificate from the country of residence, translated and legalised. Only final judgments count.
• Waiver (art. 20): the official may dispense with the records where the applicant has a "recognised trajectory" at national and international level.
• Offence groups (art. 21, as replaced by Res. 434/2010): (1) offences directly affecting national security and defence (treason, offences against the peace and dignity of the Nation, rebellion, sedition, Laws 13.985, 14.034 and 20.840); (2) offences typical of the border zone (smuggling under the Customs Code, drug trafficking under Law 23.737, corruption and trafficking under Criminal Code art. 125, cattle rustling); (3) other offences, assessed case by case.
• Roots in the country (art. 22): positive factors are an Argentine spouse or children, integration into the community, length of continuous residence and any other evidence of ties to the area; a negative factor is the foreign nationality of children born after the applicant entered Argentina, obtained permanent residence or was naturalised.

Exception route (Title VII).

• The file comprises Forms 1, 2 and 3 in original (art. 24(a), as replaced). Companies add Form 4, bylaws, minutes of the last board appointment, last approved balance sheet and current proof of shareholding, certified by a notary and, if in a foreign language, translated and legalised (art. 24(b)). The applicant states precisely the legal act and the use of the property (art. 24(c)). Companies prove compliance with LGS art. 118 and following (art. 24(d)).
• Investment project (art. 24(e)): signed by the authorised corporate officer, stating at least the amount of capital to invest, investment schedule, project stages, sources of financing and nationality of the workforce, plus compliance with any specific regulatory framework that applies to the activity. "Special attention" is given to projects declared of national, provincial or municipal interest, with immediate start, promoting regional development, located in low development areas and employing mainly Argentine labour. The text is written for companies ("autoridad societaria"); how it applies to an individual on the exception route is not spelled out (unconfirmed).
• Conditional approval (art. 25): approval is conditional on carrying out the investment project.
• Obligations imposed by the approval (art. 26): (a) certified copy of the deed or contract; (b) a detailed report every six months on the stages of the project; (c) periodic lists of staff, with proof of regular migration status for foreign staff; (d) for companies, the irrevocable commitment of the shareholders to contribute the project funds for a capital increase; (e) inspections by national, provincial or municipal authorities.
• No new requests (art. 27) from an applicant approved by exception until it proves compliance with all these obligations.

Other rules.

• Purchases "en comisión" (art. 28): if title passes directly from the principal to the final buyer in one act, only the final buyer needs consent; if it passes first to the commission agent, the agent needs consent and then the final buyer needs its own.
• Abbreviated procedure (art. 29, as replaced): within one year after a favourable decision, a new request may be filed with only Form 1, Form 3 (signature certified by the notary) and Form 7 (sworn statement that, for companies, the board and shareholding have not changed since the favourable decision).
• Statutory exemptions (Title X): the national, provincial and municipal State and their entities and companies with majority State participation (art. 30); transfers between spouses on dissolution of the marital property regime (art. 31); rights of use and habitation for tourism (art. 32); transfers on death and partitions arising from an estate, including out of court partitions that do not bring in other zone property to compensate (arts. 33 and 34); partitions among co owners who are all naturalised Argentines (art. 35); transfers from ascendants to forced heirs (art. 36).
• Notaries (Title XI): the notary may attach a "referential report" with useful information about the applicant (art. 37) and must send a certified copy of the authorised deed within 30 days (art. 38).
• Validity (Title XII): one year from grant for private land, after which the consent lapses automatically and a deed signed with it is treated as signed without authorisation, with the legal liabilities that implies (art. 39); two years for public (fiscal) land (art. 40).

5. The official forms and the TAD procedure

The DNATF publishes the forms at argentina.gob.ar ("Formularios, Solicitud de Previa Conformidad"), in 2020 versions for Forms 1 to 7 and a 2024 version for Form 8.

Every sworn statement form warns that any falsehood voids the authorisation (Forms 2 and 4) or makes the resulting deeds absolutely null (Forms 5, 6 and 7), without prejudice to other actions.

TAD. The official notaries' manual ("Instructivo TAD, Solicitud de Previa Conformidad", argentina.gob.ar) shows that:

• The procedure is called "Solicitud de Previa Conformidad" on TAD and is filed online. The TAD description repeats that it covers transfers of ownership, leases, rentals or any delivery of possession or tenure, and transfers of shares or changes in corporate structure, and that the abbreviated procedure is available within one year after a favourable resolution (Res. 166/2009 and Res. 434/2010).
• Notaries must first register by sending Form 8 by email to the DNATF.
• Documents can be uploaded with or without digital signature; some fields accept only digitally signed documents. Form 1 entries are mandatory and up to 10 Forms 1 can be added. The manual also explains how to attach Forms 5 and 6, which means the exempt cases (Argentine buyers, small urban lots) are also reported through TAD.
• Notifications and pending tasks (requests for further documents) arrive through the TAD account.

Notaries registry (Res. 422/2011, BO 11 May 2011). Creates the "Registro Nacional Único de Escribanos Públicos actuantes". Its recitals say it was created because deeds had been executed in security zones without prior consent. Any notary, holder or deputy of a register, who intervenes in prior consent files or in deeds requiring Forms 5 or 6 must register (Annex I, art. 1). Requirements: prove the notary status, set a special domicile, sign a sworn statement on obligations and sanctions, have no pending disciplinary sanctions and no pending obligations from earlier prior consent files (arts. 2 to 6). The registry records each notary's files, faults and sanctions (art. 8); notaries must report changes and, within 5 days, any suspension or sanction and any withdrawal from a file (art. 9). The DNATF publishes the list of registered notaries on argentina.gob.ar.

6. Beyond land purchases: leases, shares, concessions and mining

• Leases and any delivery of possession. DL 15.385, art. 4 covers "leases or rentals, or any form of real or personal rights by virtue of which possession or tenure of real estate must be delivered". A farming lease, a long term rental of a house or a usufruct granted to a foreigner in the zone therefore needs consent unless an exemption applies. Rights of use and habitation for tourism are expressly exempt (Res. 166/2009, art. 32). The Leases and Agribusiness pages explain the lease contracts themselves. Whether short holiday rentals by a foreign tenant trigger the regime is not addressed in the sources (unconfirmed).
• Share deals. A transfer of shares giving control of a company that owns zone property, and any merger, spin off or transformation of such a company, need prior consent (art. 8). The TAD procedure covers "transfer of rights of shares or changes in corporate structure". Changes after acquisition that alter the authorised ownership are reported within 60 days.
• Concessions and permits. Under DL 15.385, art. 9 (as replaced by Law 23.554, art. 44) the Commission resolves requests for concessions and permits for public services, communications, transport, fishing, energy sources and industries of defence interest. Form 1 includes boxes for permits, concessions and licences and for forest exploitation and industrial settlement.
• Mining and energy. The sources do not say whether mining easements (servidumbres), surface rights over project land, or renewable energy land leases in the zone are treated as transfers requiring consent. On the wording of art. 4 ("any form of real or personal rights by virtue of which possession or tenure must be delivered") they plausibly are (unconfirmed). See Energy and mining for the sector rules.
• Transport carved out. Decree 883/2024 (signed 4 October 2024, BO 7 October 2024), art. 7, excludes from the Border Security Zone regime every individual or company that carries passengers or cargo within the zones, "whatever its modality", and declares DL 15.385 not applicable to those transport activities. Land bought or leased by a transport company (depots, terminals) is not expressly covered by the carve out (unconfirmed).
• Public land. Consent for public land (tierras fiscales) is valid two years (art. 40). National park land is a separate box on Form 1.

7. The Rural Land Law 26.737 (2011 to 2023) and its repeal

The Foreign ownership page sets out the full content of Law 26.737 and its regulation. The points that matter for border zones and large farms are:

• Who was foreign: foreign individuals (with exceptions for 10 years of residence, Argentine children or Argentine spouse); companies where foreigners held more than 51% of capital or enough votes; companies controlled more than 25% by a foreign company; and other structures (Law 26.737, arts. 3 and 4; Decree 274/2012 as replaced by Decree 820/2016).
• Caps: 15% of all rural land, also computed by province and municipality (art. 8); 30% of that share for a single nationality (art. 9); 1,000 hectares per foreign owner in the core zone or an equivalent surface elsewhere set by the Interministerial Council (art. 10). Decree 820/2016 defined the core zone (Decree 274/2012, Annex I, art. 10.1 as replaced): Marcos Juárez and Unión in Córdoba; Belgrano, San Martín, San Jerónimo, Iriondo, San Lorenzo, Rosario, Constitución, Caseros and General López in Santa Fe; and 22 Buenos Aires districts including Pergamino, Junín, Chivilcoy, Rojas and San Pedro.
• Bans: land containing or bordering large permanent bodies of water, and land in border security zones "with the exceptions and procedures established by Decree Law 15.385/44 amended by Law 23.554" (art. 10, fourth paragraph, items 1 and 2).
• Interior Ministry consent: for the acquisition of rural land in a security zone by a person covered by the law (art. 13).
• Certificate: a habilitation certificate from the National Rural Land Registry before any transfer to a covered person (art. 14), valid 120 days, with the notary reporting the deed within 20 days (Decree 274/2012, Annex I, art. 14.1 as replaced by Decree 820/2016).
• Sanction: acts in breach were totally, absolutely and incurably void, with no compensation, and participants (including whoever delivered the land or executed the instruments) were jointly liable (art. 7).
• No retroactivity: acquired rights were not affected (art. 17); foreigners already above the caps were not obliged to sell the excess (Decree 820/2016, art. 8).

Repeal. DNU 70/2023, "Bases para la reconstrucción de la economía argentina", signed 20 December 2023, BO 35.326 of 21 December 2023. Recital: "it is necessary to repeal Law No. 26.737 which limits the right of property over rural land and investment in the sector". Art. 154: "Derógase la Ley N° 26.737." Art. 365: report to the Bicameral Permanent Commission of Congress. The Infoleg record of Law 26.737 states: "ABROGADA POR ARTICULO 154 DEL DECRETO N° 70/2023".

Status in Congress and the courts.

• Under Law 26.122 (BO 28 July 2006), decrees of necessity and urgency "have full force" (art. 17). The Bicameral Permanent Commission must issue an opinion within 10 working days (art. 19); the chambers pronounce by separate resolutions and rejection or approval must be express (art. 22); they cannot amend the decree (art. 23). Rejection by both chambers implies repeal, "safeguarding the rights acquired during its validity" (art. 24). Resolutions approving or rejecting are published in BO (art. 26).
• Infoleg lists 50 norms that modify or complement DNU 70/2023, including the extensions of DNU 553/2024 and DNU 1120/2024 and DNU 942/2025, none of which is a congressional resolution of rejection and none of which restores Law 26.737 (Infoleg link list downloaded 26 October 2026).
• The source files contain no court decision on art. 154 and this page cannot confirm that none exists (unconfirmed).
• Working position of this guide: the repeal stands. If both chambers ever rejected DNU 70/2023, Law 26.122, art. 24 would protect rights acquired while it was in force, but whether that would also revive Law 26.737 for future acquisitions is a contested legal question (unconfirmed).

What the repeal did not change. DL 15.385, Law 23.554, Decree 32.530/1948, Decree 253/2018, Res. 166/2009 and Res. 422/2011 are untouched. For border zone land, the effect of the repeal is to remove the absolute ban of Law 26.737, art. 10(2) and the art. 13 consent, leaving the DL 15.385 exception route as the only national hurdle.

Entry into force. DNU 70/2023 has no specific entry into force clause for art. 154 (unconfirmed).

8. AML: what the notary reports

UIF Res. 242/2023 (signed 29 November 2023, BO 30 November 2023) sets the AML duties of notaries.

• Red flag (art. 25, list of indicators, item ix): "operations of high volume that involve or refer to properties located in Border Security Zones established by Decree No. 253/18".
• Monthly systematic report (art. 28(a)(iv)): transfers by purchase or sale of real estate located in the Border Development Zone and the Border Security Zone of Decree 253/18 above 700 SMVM, reported between the 1st and the 15th of each month for the previous month.
• UIF Res. 78/2025 (BO 5 June 2025) raised the threshold of art. 28(a)(i) (cash purchases) from 700 to 750 SMVM (art. 9) and replaced art. 24. It did not change art. 28(a)(iv), so the border zone report threshold remains 700 SMVM on the texts in the source files (unconfirmed). The SMVM used is the one in force on 31 December of the previous year or 30 June of the current year, as applicable (Res. 242/2023, art. 2(ñ)).

9. Administrative procedure: deadlines, silence and appeals

Res. 166/2009 sets no deadline for a decision. The general federal procedure law applies.

• Default period to decide: "when the rules do not set a maximum period to resolve, it shall be sixty (60) days, once [the matter] is in condition to be resolved by the competent body" (Law 19.549, art. 1(g)(viii), as replaced by Law 27.742, art. 24, BO 8 July 2024). Periods are counted in working days unless a law says otherwise (art. 1(g)(ii)).
• Default period for other steps: where no special period is fixed for filings, replies to requests and similar steps, it is 10 days (art. 1(g)(iv)). Requesting to see the file suspends running periods for at least 10 days (art. 1(g)(vii)).
• Silence: for requests requiring a concrete decision, silence is a denial; positive silence only where a rule provides it (Law 19.549, art. 10(a), as replaced by Law 27.742, art. 31). The new positive silence rule for regulated authorisations (art. 10(b)) applies only to "regulated powers", only once regulated, and not to rights over public domain property. The previa conformidad by exception is a discretionary assessment of "convenience" and roots, so positive silence is unlikely to help (unconfirmed).
• Reconsideration: Decree 9329/1963, Annex I, art. 8(g) refers reconsideration requests against denials to the Executive. The ordinary federal remedies of Law 19.549 and its regulation (Decree 1759/72, t.o. 2017) also apply (unconfirmed).

Step by step

A. Before you sign anything: is the property in the zone?

1. Locate the plot. Get the cadastral designation (nomenclatura catastral), the registry entry and GPS coordinates of the property (Form 3 asks for all three).
2. Check Decree 253/2018 Annex I and the provincial map approved by art. 4. The IGN also publishes the zone as map layers (argentina.gob.ar news item on the new zone layers). Remember the split town rule: a municipal area cut by the line is entirely inside (Annex I, VII).
3. Check express exclusions: Posadas, Formosa city, Río Gallegos, Ushuaia and Rawson municipal areas (Annex I) and any Ministry of Security exclusion under Decree 253/2018, art. 5 (unconfirmed).
4. Classify the property as urban (Res. 166/2009, art. 13 definition) or rural. A plot on the edge of town without paved or improved streets or utility networks may not qualify as "urban" even if it is inside the municipal area.
5. Classify the buyer under Table 1. For companies, trace the full ownership chain: art. 7 looks at majority ownership, votes and LGS art. 33 control or a link above 25%.
6. Check for the Annex B list of exempt towns (unconfirmed) and the 5,000 m² and non profit tests of art. 16.

B. Exempt cases (Argentine buyer, small urban lot for non profit use, Argentine company in a town)

1. The buyer signs Form 5 (Argentines) or Form 6 (urban exemptions) before a notary registered under Res. 422/2011.
2. The notary records the exemption in the deed citing Res. 166/2009 and keeps the original form in the protocol (arts. 6 and 17).
3. Within 30 days, the notary sends a certified copy of the deed and the duplicate form, with certified signature, to the authority, now through TAD (arts. 6 and 17; TAD manual).
4. The notary files the UIF monthly report if the price exceeds 700 SMVM (UIF Res. 242/2023, art. 28(a)(iv)).
5. The registry checks that the deed carries the record required by Decree 32.530/1948 (art. 7) before registering.

C. Ordinary or exception route (foreign buyer of rural land, foreign controlled company, large or commercial urban plot, lease, share deal)

1. Engage a registered notary. Only notaries in the national registry can file (Res. 422/2011, Annex I, art. 1). The notary needs a TAD account linked to their CUIT.
2. Sign a conditional offer or preliminary agreement (boleto) making the deed subject to prior consent, with a long stop date that allows for the decision and the one year validity (unconfirmed).
3. Gather documents.
4. Individuals: passport and residence documents; National Migration Directorate proof of residence (art. 10); criminal record certificate of the country of residence, apostilled or legalised and translated by a sworn translator (art. 19); for residents, Argentine criminal records (unconfirmed); evidence of roots (art. 22).
5. Companies: bylaws, minutes of the last board appointment, last approved balance sheet, current shareholding proof, certified by a notary and, if foreign, translated and legalised (art. 24(b)); proof of compliance with LGS arts. 118 and following for a foreign company acting in Argentina (art. 24(d)); criminal records of the chair and directors (art. 19).
6. Everyone on the exception route: an investment project with amount, schedule, stages, financing and nationality of the workforce, and evidence of compliance with any sector specific regulatory framework (art. 24(e)).
7. Complete Forms 1, 2, 3 and (companies) 4, signed before the notary, who certifies signatures.
8. File on TAD ("Solicitud de Previa Conformidad"), uploading forms and documents; keep the file number (expediente).
9. Answer requests. The DNATF communicates through TAD notifications and "pending tasks". Absent a special period, replies are due in 10 working days (Law 19.549, art. 1(g)(iv)).
10. Decision by the VGI under delegation (JGM Res. 65/2026, Annex II, item 4). Default maximum 60 working days once the file is complete (Law 19.549, art. 1(g)(viii)); silence counts as denial (art. 10(a)).
11. Sign the deed within one year of the consent (art. 39). The notary cites the resolution in the deed (Decree 32.530/1948, art. 2).
12. Notary sends a certified copy of the deed within 30 days (art. 38) and files the UIF report if applicable.
13. Register the deed in the provincial real estate registry, which will refuse it without the consent record (Decree 32.530/1948, art. 7).
14. Comply with the approval conditions (art. 26): six monthly progress reports, staff lists with migration status, capital commitment (companies), inspections. Until you comply, no new request will be processed (art. 27).
15. Report corporate changes within 60 days (art. 8) and seek prior consent before any change of control, merger, spin off or transformation.

Costs and timelines

Table 1. Who needs prior consent in a border security zone (October 2026)

Table 2. Thresholds and limits

Table 3. Deadlines and validity periods

Table 4. Timeline of norms (with BO dates)

Worked examples

Example 1. A foreign individual buys property near Bariloche, inside the border zone

Facts (assumptions unless cited). A Spanish citizen, resident in Spain, with no Argentine residence or family. Two alternative purchases in San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro. The Río Negro map approved by Decree 253/2018, art. 4, shows Bariloche on the border side of the inner line (Route 1S40), so the town is treated as inside the zone (unconfirmed). Both plots are within the urbanised area, with streets and utility connections (Res. 166/2009, art. 13).

• 1A. A 1,200 m² residential lot for a family holiday home. Price USD 180,000 [assumption].
• 1B. An 8,000 m² plot to build and rent out six tourist cabins. Price USD 350,000 [assumption].

Step 1: classify. Buyer: foreign individual. Property: urban. If Bariloche is on Annex B, both purchases are exempt (art. 14). The rest of this example assumes it is not on Annex B.

1A: exempt under art. 16.

• Test: plot of 1,200 m² is not above 5,000 m²; use is a family home, not for profit. Both conditions of art. 16 are met.
• Procedure: the buyer signs Form 6 before a registered notary; the notary records the exemption in the deed citing Res. 166/2009, keeps the original and sends the deed copy and duplicate within 30 days through TAD (art. 17).
• Price in pesos: USD 180,000 × 1,563.90 = ARS 281,502,000.
• UIF: the notary reports the sale in the monthly border zone report if ARS 281,502,000 exceeds 700 SMVM (UIF Res. 242/2023, art. 28(a)(iv)) (unconfirmed).
• Border zone cost: no government fee found (unconfirmed). The only extra work is Form 6 and the 30 day report.
• Illustrative notary fee, assumption of 2% of price plus 21% VAT (the same placeholder used on the Foreign ownership page) (unconfirmed):
• Fee: ARS 281,502,000 × 2% = ARS 5,630,040 (USD 3,600)
• VAT: ARS 5,630,040 × 21% = ARS 1,182,308.40 (USD 756)
• Total: ARS 6,812,348.40 (USD 4,356)
• Río Negro stamp tax and registry fees: not computed (unconfirmed).
• Time: no consent wait. Usual title certificates and deed timing apply (unconfirmed).
• Trap: if the buyer later rents the house commercially, the "non profit" condition that justified the exemption may be questioned. The directive does not say what happens to an exemption when the use changes (unconfirmed).

1B: exception route under art. 18.

• Test: 8,000 m² exceeds 5,000 m², and the use (renting cabins) has a profit purpose. Both disqualify art. 16. The request goes by exception (art. 18) under Title VII, Chapter II.
• Price in pesos: USD 350,000 × 1,563.90 = ARS 547,365,000.
• File: Forms 1, 2 and 3 (art. 24(a)); Spanish criminal record certificate apostilled and translated (art. 19); evidence of roots (art. 22), which here is weak (no Argentine family, no residence); a precise statement of the act and the use (art. 24(c)); and an investment project (art. 24(e)), here, say, USD 250,000 [assumption] to build six cabins over 18 months, financed by own funds, with local staff. In pesos: USD 250,000 × 1,563.90 = ARS 390,975,000.
• Timeline (illustrative, months from signing the boleto):

• Expected total: about 5 to 8 months to a registered deed (unconfirmed).
• Illustrative costs:
• Notary fee placeholder: ARS 547,365,000 × 2% = ARS 10,947,300 (USD 7,000); VAT 21% = ARS 2,298,933 (USD 1,470); total ARS 13,246,233 (USD 8,470) (unconfirmed).
• Apostille and sworn translation of foreign documents: USD 1,500 [assumption] = ARS 2,345,850 (unconfirmed).
• Government fee: none found (unconfirmed).
• Risk: approval is discretionary. With no roots in the country (art. 22) and a modest project, a denial or silence (which counts as denial after the period, Law 19.549, art. 10(a)) is possible. Splitting the project into a 4,999 m² non profit lot is not a safe workaround: the exemption looks at "total surface" and use, and false sworn statements make the deed absolutely null (Form 6 warning).

Cost to do it (Example 1B): no government fee found; about ARS 15.6 million (USD 9,970) in placeholder notary and document costs before stamp tax and registry fees; a USD 250,000 investment project to be carried out and reported every six months; 5 to 8 months.

Example 2. A foreign owned company buys 2,000 hectares, before and after DNU 70/2023

Facts (assumptions unless cited). "Andes Pastoral SA" is an Argentine corporation 100% owned by a Canadian company. Under Res. 166/2009, art. 7(b) it is a foreign legal person, and under Law 26.737, art. 3(b) it was a foreign person while that law was in force. It owns no other rural land. It considers two farms of 2,000 hectares each:

• Farm A: crop land in Pergamino, Buenos Aires, inside the former core zone (Decree 274/2012, Annex I, art. 10.1 as replaced by Decree 820/2016) and outside any border security zone (Buenos Aires province is not in Decree 253/2018, Annex I). Price USD 10,000 per hectare [assumption, same as the Agribusiness page].
• Farm B: livestock and forestry land in the Cushamen department, Chubut, inside the Border Security Zone (Decree 253/2018, Annex II describes the Epuyén development area as the part of Cushamen within the zone) (unconfirmed). Price USD 1,500 per hectare [assumption].

Prices.

Before DNU 70/2023 (purchase in, say, 2019).

Farm A (core zone, no border zone):

1. Law 26.737, art. 10: a single foreign owner could not exceed 1,000 hectares in the core zone. The company could buy at most 1,000 ha (USD 10,000,000, ARS 15,639,000,000 at today's rate).
2. The National Rural Land Registry had to issue a habilitation certificate (art. 14) after checking the national, Buenos Aires and Pergamino 15% caps (art. 8) and the 30% cap for Canadian nationals (art. 9). The certificate was valid 120 days and the notary reported within 20 days (Decree 274/2012, Annex I, art. 14.1 as replaced).
3. A single deed for 2,000 ha, or a structure that hid foreign control (art. 3(b)(2)), would have been absolutely void with joint liability (art. 7).
4. A common alternative was to buy 1,000 ha and lease the other 1,000 ha. At an assumed rent of USD 250 per hectare per year (the Agribusiness page assumption), rent would be USD 250,000 a year (ARS 390,975,000). Whether long leases counted towards the cap ("posesión") is not settled in the sources (unconfirmed).

Farm B (border zone):

1. Law 26.737, art. 10, fourth paragraph, item 2: foreigners were prohibited from owning land in border security zones "with the exceptions and procedures established by Decree Law 15.385/44". So the company needed the DL 15.385 exception, plus
2. the Interior Ministry's prior consent under Law 26.737, art. 13, plus
3. the Rural Land Registry certificate, which required checking the equivalent surface fixed for Chubut instead of 1,000 ha (art. 10) (unconfirmed), and the Chubut and municipal 15% caps.
4. Result: three layers of control and a real chance that the cap alone stopped the deal.

After DNU 70/2023 (purchase in October 2026).

Farm A: no national foreign ownership cap and no Rural Land Registry certificate. Pergamino is outside the security zone, so no prior consent either. The company buys all 2,000 ha by ordinary deed. The residual risk is the one in section 7: the repeal is by DNU and its judicial status is unverified.

• Placeholder notary fee: ARS 31,278,000,000 × 2% = ARS 625,560,000 (USD 400,000); VAT 21% = ARS 131,367,600 (USD 84,000); total ARS 756,927,600 (USD 484,000). On a deal of this size notary fees are usually negotiated (unconfirmed). Buenos Aires stamp tax is not computed here (unconfirmed).
• UIF: Pergamino is outside the zone, so art. 28(a)(iv) does not apply; other UIF rules may (unconfirmed).

Farm B: Law 26.737 is gone, so the ban, the art. 13 consent and the certificate fall away. DL 15.385 remains, and as a foreign legal person the company must use the exception route (Res. 166/2009, art. 11).

1. Corporate set up. The Canadian parent must be registered under LGS art. 123 to hold shares in Andes Pastoral SA; the file must prove compliance with LGS arts. 118 and following (art. 24(d)). See the Foreign ownership page for IGJ requirements.
2. File. Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4; Form 4 asks for the country of origin of the capital, the capital to invest and the investment plan; bylaws, board minutes, last balance sheet and shareholding proof certified, translated and legalised; criminal records of the chair and directors, Canadian certificates for Canadian directors (art. 19).
3. Investment project (art. 24(e)): say USD 1,200,000 [assumption] over three years for fencing, water, housing for staff and forestry, financed by a capital contribution from the parent, with mainly Argentine staff. In pesos: USD 1,200,000 × 1,563.90 = ARS 1,876,680,000.
4. Decision by the VGI (JGM Res. 65/2026, Annex II, item 4); default 60 working days once complete (Law 19.549).
5. Deed within one year (art. 39); notary report in 30 days (art. 38); UIF monthly report because the price, ARS 4,691,700,000, is likely to exceed 700 SMVM (art. 28(a)(iv)) (unconfirmed).
6. After the deed (art. 26): the shareholders' irrevocable commitment to contribute ARS 1,876,680,000 (USD 1,200,000) as capital; a progress report every six months, so six reports over the three year project; staff lists with migration status; inspections. No new prior consent request until these are met (art. 27).

7. Exit or restructuring. A later sale of control of Andes Pastoral SA (for example the Canadian parent selling to a fund) needs prior consent (art. 8), and any change in shareholding must be reported within 60 days.

8. Placeholder notary fee on Farm B: ARS 4,691,700,000 × 2% = ARS 93,834,000 (USD 60,000); VAT 21% = ARS 19,705,140 (USD 12,600); total ARS 113,539,140 (USD 72,600) (unconfirmed). Chubut stamp tax not computed (unconfirmed).

9. Timeline: document gathering in Canada and Argentina about 2 months [assumption]; TAD filing and requests about 1 month [assumption]; decision about 3 months (60 working days); deed and registration about 1 month [assumption]. About 6 to 8 months in total (unconfirmed).

Before and after at a glance.

Cost to do it (Example 2, Farm B): government fee none found (unconfirmed); capital USD 3,000,000 land plus USD 1,200,000 project (assumptions); about ARS 113.5 million (USD 72,600) placeholder notary cost plus stamp tax, registry, translations and corporate registration; 6 to 8 months.

Practical traps

1. "The Rural Land Law is gone, so foreigners can buy anything." Not in the border zone. The repeal removed the caps and the outright ban in Law 26.737, art. 10(2), but DL 15.385 art. 4 still requires prior consent, and for foreign companies only the exception route is available (Res. 166/2009, art. 11).
2. Argentine company, foreign shareholders. Incorporating a local SA does not make it Argentine for these purposes if foreigners hold the majority, control the votes, or the company is controlled or linked over 25% under LGS art. 33 (art. 7). Form 4 asks whether the company is a subsidiary and the country of origin of the capital.
3. Share deals are caught. Buying control of a company that owns zone land needs prior consent (art. 8). Due diligence in M&A should list all zone properties of the target and build the consent into the conditions precedent.
4. Leases are caught. DL 15.385, art. 4 covers leases and any delivery of possession or tenure. A foreign tenant farmer, a foreign company leasing land for a wind farm, or a foreign resident renting long term may need consent.
5. Split towns. If the zone line cuts through a municipal area, the whole area is inside (Decree 253/2018, Annex I, VII).
6. "Urban" is a defined term. Art. 13 requires blocks, streets, utility networks and residential use. A rural plot inside the municipal boundary may not qualify for the 5,000 m² exemption.
7. Non profit use. The art. 16 exemption requires that the use not involve a profit purpose. A holiday home later let commercially may not fit. Be truthful on Form 6: falsehood makes the deed absolutely null.
8. Annex B is missing from the public text. The Infoleg version of Res. 166/2009 prints only the heading of the list of exempt towns. Ask the DNATF or the notary for the list in force (unconfirmed).
9. One year validity. Consent lapses automatically after one year (art. 39). Long negotiations, subdivisions or survey delays can kill a consent. Plan the deed date.
10. Only registered notaries can file. A notary not registered under Res. 422/2011 cannot start the TAD file. Res. 422/2011 also bars notaries with pending obligations from earlier files.
11. Ongoing obligations. Approval by exception imposes six monthly reports, staff lists, capital commitments and inspections (art. 26). Failure blocks any future request (art. 27). Budget for compliance.
12. Silence is a no. If the authority does not decide within the period, silence counts as denial (Law 19.549, art. 10(a)). Long stop dates in purchase contracts should allow for this.
13. Neighbouring country buyers. Decree 32.530/1948, art. 1 still tells officials to exclude foreigners from the country bordering the land requested. Res. 166/2009 does not repeat it, but Chilean, Bolivian, Paraguayan, Brazilian or Uruguayan buyers near their own border should expect closer scrutiny (unconfirmed).
14. Registries refuse deeds without consent. Decree 32.530/1948, art. 7 orders registries to refuse registration and report to the Commission.
15. Old title in the chain. A farm bought by a foreigner between 2012 and 2023 without the Rural Land Registry certificate, or a zone property bought without prior consent, carries a nullity risk under Law 26.737, art. 7 or Res. 166/2009, art. 39 (unconfirmed). Check the deed for both references.
16. Old addresses. Official pages still give a mininterior email and the former Interior Ministry entry desk. Files are decided by the VGI under JGM Res. 65/2026.
17. Maritime strip. Coastal land in Río Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz may be in the maritime zone (Annex I, B.VI) even far from any land border.
18. AML scrutiny. For notaries, high volume operations on border zone property are an express red flag (UIF Res. 242/2023, art. 25) and sales above 700 SMVM are reported monthly (art. 28(a)(iv)). Prepare source of funds documents early.

Recent changes

• 28 March 2018. Decree 253/2018 redraws the Border Security Zone and approves the official maps; Decree 887/1994 repealed.
• 30 November 2023. UIF Res. 242/2023: border zone property sales above 700 SMVM reported monthly by notaries; border zone red flag.
• 21 December 2023. DNU 70/2023, art. 154 repeals the Rural Land Law 26.737 in full.
• 8 July 2024. Law 27.742 replaces Law 19.549 arts. 1 and 10: 60 working day default period to decide; negative silence by default; positive silence for regulated authorisations once regulated.
• 7 October 2024. Decree 883/2024, art. 7: any person carrying passengers or cargo within the Border Security Zones is excluded from the regime, and DL 15.385 does not apply to those transport activities. This narrows the Commission's art. 9 remit over transport; it does not touch land transfers or leases.
• 15 April 2025. Defence Res. 347/2025 launches a military deployment in the North and Northeast Border Security Zone (15 April to 15 December 2025). Not a land rule, but it confirms the zone is an active security priority.
• 5 June 2025. UIF Res. 78/2025 raises the cash property sale threshold to 750 SMVM; the border zone threshold stays at 700 SMVM.
• 27 January 2026. Interior Res. 2/2026 sets new internal delegations (revoked in July).
• 3 July 2026. DNU 571/2026 abolishes the Ministry of the Interior and creates the Vice Chief of Cabinet for the Interior.
• 20 July 2026. JGM Res. 65/2026 delegates prior consent decisions under DL 15.385, art. 4 to the VGI (Annex II, item 4) and revokes Res. 2/2026.
• 24 August and 1 October 2026. JGM Res. 70/2026 and 78/2026 amend Annexes I and III of Res. 65/2026; Annex II (border consent) unchanged.

Pending changes

• A new directive. Res. 166/2009 still names the Ministry of the Interior and the Interior Secretariat. A new or updated directive from the VGI would be logical after DNU 571/2026 (unconfirmed).
• Reform of DL 15.385. Decree 27/2017 recites that the regime applies "until legislative reforms are made that update" DL 15.385 and ordered the Commission to propose, within 180 days, a review of the zone and an update of Decree 9329/1963 (art. 4). The zone was updated by Decree 253/2018; no update of Decree 9329/1963 or of the decree law was found (unconfirmed).
• Status of DNU 70/2023, art. 154. No congressional resolution or court ruling found in the source files (unconfirmed).
• Positive silence. The regulation of Law 19.549, art. 10(b) and its possible application to the ordinary route (unconfirmed).
• Exclusion of urban centres. No resolution under Decree 253/2018, art. 5 found (unconfirmed).
• Fees and service standards. No published fee or maximum processing time for prior consent (unconfirmed).
• Provincial rules. Provinces may have their own rules on public land sales to foreigners, water bodies or forests; none is in the source files (unconfirmed).

FAQ

1. Can a foreigner buy property in Bariloche? Yes, but Bariloche appears inside the Border Security Zone on the official Río Negro map (Decree 253/2018, art. 4) (unconfirmed). A foreign individual can buy an urban plot of up to 5,000 m² for non profit use with a Form 6 sworn statement and no prior consent (Res. 166/2009, art. 16), unless the town is on the Annex B exempt list, in which case no consent is needed at all (art. 14). Larger plots or commercial uses need prior consent by way of exception (art. 18).

2. Was the Rural Land Law repealed or only modified? Repealed in full. DNU 70/2023, art. 154 reads "Derógase la Ley N° 26.737", and Infoleg records the law as abrogated. The repeal was made by decree of necessity and urgency; the sources show no congressional rejection and no restoring norm, but the judicial status could not be verified (unconfirmed).

3. Does the repeal mean foreign companies no longer need permission to buy farms near the border? No. Border zone prior consent under DL 15.385, art. 4 survives. Foreign legal persons, including Argentine companies with foreign majority or control, can only obtain it by exception with an investment project (Res. 166/2009, arts. 7, 11 and 24).

4. Who grants the prior consent now that the Ministry of the Interior no longer exists? The head of the Vice Chief of Cabinet for the Interior, under delegation by JGM Res. 65/2026, Annex II, item 4. The file is run by the National Directorate of Technical Border Affairs and filed online on TAD as "Solicitud de Previa Conformidad".

5. How long does it take? The directive sets no deadline. The default under Law 19.549, art. 1(g)(viii) is 60 working days once the file is complete, and silence counts as denial (art. 10(a)). Add the time to gather apostilled and translated documents. The worked examples assume 5 to 8 months to deed (unconfirmed).

6. How much does it cost? No government fee appears in the source files (unconfirmed). Costs are notary certifications, apostilles, translations, criminal record certificates and, on the exception route, the cost of carrying out the investment project and reporting on it every six months.

7. I am a foreign resident with ten years in Argentina. Do I need consent to buy a farm in the zone? You still file, but on the ordinary basis: you must prove 10 years of uninterrupted residence with a National Migration Directorate document (Res. 166/2009, arts. 9 and 10). Without it, the exception route applies.

8. My company is Argentine but owned by a foreign parent. Is it treated as Argentine? No. Under art. 7, a locally incorporated company is a foreign legal person if foreigners own the majority of shares or votes, or if it is controlled by or linked more than 25% to a foreign company under LGS art. 33.

9. Do I need consent to lease land in the zone? Yes, if the lease hands over possession or tenure: DL 15.385, art. 4 covers leases, rentals and any real or personal right with delivery of possession. Rights of use and habitation for tourism are exempt (Res. 166/2009, art. 32).

10. We are buying shares in a company that owns an estancia in Neuquén. Does the border regime apply? Yes, if the shares give control: prior consent is needed for transfers of shares sufficient to give control of a company owning zone property, and for mergers, spin offs and transformations (art. 8). Later changes must be reported within 60 days.

11. How long is a consent valid? One year from grant for private land, two years for public land. After that it lapses automatically and a deed signed with it is treated as unauthorised (arts. 39 and 40). A second request within a year of approval can use the abbreviated procedure with Forms 1, 3 and 7 (art. 29).

12. What happens if a deed is signed without consent? The registry must refuse to register it and report to the Commission (Decree 32.530/1948, art. 7). Sworn statement forms warn that falsehood makes deeds absolutely null. Officials who breach the regime face criminal liability (DL 15.385, art. 11).

13. Are mining and energy projects affected? Probably, for land and land rights in the zone, and the Commission's remit expressly covers concessions and permits for energy sources and industries of defence interest (DL 15.385, art. 9). How mining easements are handled is not documented in the sources (unconfirmed). See Energy and mining.

14. Does the notary report my purchase to the UIF? For border zone property sales above 700 SMVM, yes, in the monthly systematic report (UIF Res. 242/2023, art. 28(a)(iv)). This is not an accusation; it is a routine report.

Primary sources

• Decree Law 15.385/1944, record and updated text
• Decree Law 15.385/1944, norms that modify or complement it
• Decree 883/2024
• Decree 253/2018, record and text
• Decree 253/2018, Annex I
• Decree 253/2018, Annex II
• Decree 253/2018, Río Negro map
• Decree 253/2018, linked norms
• Ministry of Interior Res. 166/2009, record and updated text
• Res. 166/2009, modifying norms
• Ministry of Interior Res. 434/2010
• DNU 571/2026
• JGM Res. 65/2026, updated text and Annex II
• JGM Res. 65/2026, modifying norms
• Defence Res. 347/2025
• Solicitud de Previa Conformidad
• Forms page
• Form 1
• Form 2
• Form 3
• Form 4
• Form 5
• Form 6
• Form 7
• Form 8
• Notaries' TAD manual
• Registered notaries list
• DNATF page
• TAD procedure link (not downloaded, domain outside the project's allowed list)
• Law 26.737, record, text and updated text
• DNU 70/2023, record and text
• DNU 70/2023, modifying norms
• Law 26.122

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