Notice (edital)
The notice is the official announcement of the sale, with the property, the values, the deadlines and the conditions — the reference document for any judicial auction.
What it is, why it matters when bidding, and a worked example.
Published on Citius and posted as the law requires, the notice identifies the case and the court, describes the assets (the "verbas"), states the base value and the value to be advertised, sets the sale format, the date and how bids are submitted, and names whoever is running the process. A single notice can contain several verbas — several distinct properties sold within one case.
For a buyer the notice is the starting point, not the finish line. It says what is being sold and on what formal terms, but rarely describes the state of repair, the actual occupancy or the surviving charges in the detail required. Those answers live in the registry certificate, the tax record and the questions put to whoever runs the sale.
It is worth reading the whole notice rather than the summary on whichever portal surfaced it. The decisive information — a lease mentioned in passing, a verba that is an inheritance share rather than a property, a non-standard payment condition — is frequently in a paragraph no summary reproduces.
Example
A notice advertises two verbas from the same inventory case: verba 7, an urban building with a €174,000 base value, and verba 8, a plot at €5,000. Only the full text reveals that verba 8 adjoins the building and that buying them separately leaves the plot landlocked — information that changes the bidding strategy.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I find judicial sale notices?
On the Citius portal, in the consultation of asset sale announcements, where judicial case notices are published. Electronic sales also appear on the platforms of enforcement agents and auction houses.
Does the notice list the property's encumbrances?
It should list those that survive, but the detail varies widely. The registry certificate remains the complete source and should be read alongside it.
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