REGISTRABILITY OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS EXECUTED ABROAD IN ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY OWNERSHIP (COMMENTARY ON THE RULING OF 19 JUNE 2012 OF THE CIVIL DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT).

Abstract

After a long judicial pilgrimage, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the access to the Spanish Property Registry of a sale of an immovable placed in Spain, concluded between a seller and a buyer, both German citizens non-resident in Spain, before a German notary. Thus, the Supreme Court declares the ability of a foreign public document to produce some extraterritorial effects by itself. Namely, the Supreme Court has recognized effects enough as translative title of ownership, registrable in the Spanish Property Registry. Although it suffers from some inaccuracies which will be analyzed in this study, the openness of this resolution should be highly appreciated.