State Act

Code of Comunidades of 1961

Art. 274 – Against the decision of the committee rejecting the guaranty offered, irrespective of its nature or quality, an appeal shall lie to the administrator of comunidades, who shall decide within the shortest possible period, as per the following procedure: a) The appeal shall be filed in a simple application, supported by all the documents of proof, addressed to the administrator of comunidades and presented, within three days from the auction, to the clerk of the comunidade, who shall issue the acknowledgement receipt, or in the administration office, from where it shall be forwarded to the clerk of the comunidade; b) The clerk, after recording the date and time when the appeal was received, shall forward the same to the administrator, within forty eight hours and without expense to the party, with the copy of the minutes of the auction, concerning the portion referred to in the auctioning of the lot and to the bond furnished by the appellant; c) The administrator, shall conduct the enquiry that he may find necessary and, decide the appeal setting out clearly his reasons, within forty eight hours after the receipt of the information requested, or ten days after the receipt of the appeal; d) The administrator on the same day of the decision of the appeal or on the next day, shall inform the clerk of the comunidade about his decision, for him to notify the managing committee, that shall comply with it immediately, and to the respective appellant.