Submit a judicial letter to the Central Bank

Submit judicial documents to the Central Bank with requests for reports, application or lifting of precautionary measures, and requests for financial information.

Description

The Judicial Administrative Management is responsible for responding to judicial offices that are within the competence of the Central Bank at the request of individuals, courts, prosecutors’ offices, public defenders’ offices and national and provincial agencies, referring to:

Requests for information.
Notification of precautionary measures.
Requests for the lifting of precautionary measures.
Modification of legal or commercial situation.

Who is it for:

To individuals and legal entities that require to file a judicial document with the Central Bank.

How to do it

Complete all the required fields (marked with “*”) in the form.
Upon completion of the form, within 24 hours, you will receive a notification by email, (if the official letter was successfully registered), with the following data:

Cover name.
File number.
Date and time.

If you didn’t receive the notification:

Check your spam folder.
Write to consultaoficios@bcra.gob.ar. Indicate in the subject of the email the details of the official letter (electronic file number, judicial official number and name of the cover).

Response Time

10 business days from the date on which the official letter is successfully registered.
The term may vary as stipulated by the court in question.
After this period, if no response has been obtained, the status of the procedure can be consulted by writing to: consultaoficios@bcra.gob.ar.
Each administrative step will be notified to your email box until the procedure is completed.

Value of the procedure

10% of the tariff unit of measure (UMA), Law No. 27,423. With the exceptions provided for in Board of Directors Resolution No. 173/19.

Payment method:

Electronic transfer to account:

Bank: 030 – Central Bank of the Argentine Republic
CUIT: 30-50001138-2
Account number: 246000 – DEPOSITS JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
CBU: 0300000711000002460000
Alias: BCRAJUDICIALOF
Type of Account: Savings Bank
Currency: pesos

Requirements

For all official documents filed with the Central Bank:

Be addressed to the “Central Bank of the Argentine Republic – Judicial Administrative Management”.
Attach proof of payment.
Include the DNI or CUIT number of the person against whom the measures were taken or the request for reports is made.

Requirements according to the type of profession

Letters notifying precautionary measures

General seizure or inhibition of property, the lifting, measures or modification of the legal or commercial situation of a person:

Signature on all pages of the competent judge or judicial official, with the seal of the intervening court, according to the procedural codes of each jurisdiction and Law No. 22172.
Identification of the executed persons with name, surname and DNI or CUIT.
Amount of the caution in pesos, or equivalent amount in pesos if it is on foreign currency.
CBU for cases in which it is necessary to transfer the funds to an account determined by the officiating court.
Address and postal code of the place where the response notes should be addressed.

Letters to request reports

Signature of judicial officials or lawyers, sponsors or authorized persons (in the latter case, with a transcription of the court order ordering them, with the formalities indicated above).
It must clearly appear from the official letter that the officiant has ordered the lifting of bank secrecy (Art. 39 of Law No. 21,526) and the circularization to the financial system of his order.
Name, surname and DNI or CUIT of the requested person.
Precise identification of the object of the letter.
Address and postal code where the response notes should be addressed.
Transcript of the court order ordering the measure.
Signature of the presenting attorney with his/her respective clarification, or signature of an authorized judge or judicial official (in the latter case the transcription of the corresponding court order will not be necessary).

Information letters led by security forces:

Have a transcription of the judicial order requiring the measure, from which the lifting of bank secrecy must expressly arise, or attach a copy of the judicial resolution ordering the measure, if it is linked to a request for reports on passive operations or an obstacle to precautionary measures.

Additional information

Reasons for the rejection of an official letter:

If you do not meet all the requirements.
When it is not the competence of the Central Bank.

The most common reasons why an unprocessed official letter can be returned:

Request for information on deposit accounts. This information is only held by financial institutions.
Request for information on people’s addresses. The Central Bank does not have that information.
Request for information on banking products and their movements. the Central Bank does not have that information.
Request for registration of general inhibition of assets. the Central Bank does not have a record of precautionary measures.
Order to block precautionary measures with responsibility for the Central Bank in order to prevent the multiplicity of them. The Central Bank has no way of preventing the multiplication of embargoes.

What offices does the Central Bank respond with note?

The Central Bank responds by note only to queries made by judicial offices regarding matters within its own competence.

The Central Bank will not prepare a note in those judicial offices in which only the blocking of a precautionary measure is ordered, or information that is known only to the financial system is requested, since in these cases it is the authorized entities that will respond to the officiating court.

How are the answers sent to the officiating Courts?

The notes to be addressed to National and Federal Courts, Courts of the Province of Buenos Aires and Courts of the Province of Córdoba, the notes will be sent to them electronically.
Notes corresponding to official letters ordered by courts of other jurisdictions shall be sent by post.

What is the corresponding procedure to achieve the lifting of a precautionary measure notified through the Central Bank?

The seized party must request the lifting of the precautionary measures before the same Court that ordered them, without the intervention of the Central Bank in that instance. Once such lifting has been ordered, the measure must be communicated to the Central Bank so that it can be disseminated to the financial system through a new Communication “D”. As of this last dissemination, the activity of the Central Bank ceases, with financial institutions being solely responsible for complying with the notified court order.

What is the procedure corresponding to the blocking of precautionary measures ordered by the Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP), the Collection Agency of the Province of Buenos Aires (ARBA), the Ministry of Production and Labor of the Nation, the Government Administration of Public Revenues (AGIP), the Tax Administration of Mendoza (ATM), the Ministry of Finance of the Province of Córdoba and the Directorate of Revenue of the Province of Córdoba?

Taking into account the agreements that the AFIP entered into with the aforementioned agencies (see Communication A 6281 and Communication A 6286), judicial provisions will be communicated by them through the Judicial Offices System (SOJ) without the intervention of the Central Bank.

How do you prevent the precautionary measure of seizure ordered on funds belonging to insurance companies from generating a multiplier effect?

In addition to making a presentation as indicated in the case of multiple seizures, the Superintendence of Insurance of the Nation, resolved by Resolution 31773 of 06.03.2007: Article 1°) “At the option of the insurers, they may open a bank account in the BANCO DE LA NACIÓN ARGENTINA to exclusively attend to the seizures of funds ordered by competent courts in all jurisdictions. In such cases, the precautionary measures received by the CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC may be completed by the latter in the account of the BANCO DE LA NACIÓN ARGENTINA, provided that sufficient funds are available.”