The registrar may refuse to extend an attachment if the annotation has already expired
09 Jul 202672 views
Who is affected:
Homeowners' associations, creditors with annotated attachments and their lawyers and legal representatives
Summary
The General Directorate confirms that an attachment annotation expires automatically after 4 years if not extended in time. The registrar may reject it even if there is a subsequent court order.
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The resolution confirms the consolidated doctrine on automatic expiration ('ipso iure') of preventive attachment annotations upon completion of 4 years without prior extension. The registrar of Cazalla de la Sierra correctly denied the extension because the court order arrived at the registry when the annotation had al…
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