Category: Records and procedures
Matrícula inmobiliaria (real-estate registry number)
A unique number assigned by the Dirección General de los Registros Públicos to each property, identifying the parcel and consolidating its legal history.
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The matrícula inmobiliaria is the Paraguayan equivalent of a parcel ID / real-estate registry folio. Under this number, all transactions affecting a property are recorded: ownership, mortgages, liens, usufructs, easements, transfers. Before buying, the first thing a lawyer requests is the "informe de matrícula" — a certificate from the Dirección General de los Registros Públicos listing all current encumbrances. Without a clean matrícula, the transaction is paused or renegotiated. Essential to review before signing the boleto.
Example
The matrícula report on a Luque lot shows a judicial lien recorded over a debt of the seller. The buyer suspends the deal until the lien is lifted — without that report, they would have bought a property that could not be registered in their name.
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Public deed (escritura pública)
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Cadastral account (cuenta corriente catastral)
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Usucapión (adverse possession)
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