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Certified Uruguayan Property Deed Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record the ownership of land and buildings in Uruguay, including the registry annotations and endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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The padrón, and the departmental registry
Uruguayan property is identified by its padrón number within a department and, in Montevideo, by the padrón plus the unit, and title is inscribed in the Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble of the department.
The padrón is the cadastral identifier and is the number everything else hangs off — the tax account, the survey, the registry entry. We reproduce it with the department.
The certificate the escribano obtains
Before a transfer the escribano obtains an información registral covering ownership and charges, and, in a succession, a certificado de resultancias de autos summarising the probate file.
That succession certificate is the document that proves who the heirs are, and it is what a US reader actually needs for an inherited property. We translate it with the deed.
The thirty-year study, and prescription
Uruguayan practice traces title for thirty years, because that is the long prescription period, and the escribano certifies the chain.
So a single deed answers less than a US reader assumes, and the title study is the substantive document. We translate the chain the file holds.
The cédula, and the units
Parties are identified by cédula de identidad with a check digit after a hyphen, and a company by RUT.
Rural areas are stated in hectáreas and cuadras. See our Spanish page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, and every seal, stamp and registry endorsement is translated with the text. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
What is the padrón?
The cadastral number for the property. Everything else hangs off it.
What proves who the heirs are?
The certificado de resultancias de autos, a summary of the probate file.
Why is the title traced thirty years?
That is the long prescription period, and the escribano certifies the chain over it.
Is the registry national?
Inscription is at the departmental registry. The padrón identifies the property within the department.
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