April 28, 2024 0 Comments

1.      Entering the data on pledge into the register of movable property encumbered with pledge: cases and types of movable property

 

The register of movable property encumbered with pledge (further – the Register) includes the data on movable property in the event of encumbrance with pledge.

 

The Register is formed pursuant to the Law On Encumbrance of Movable Property, № 667-VQ of May 2, 2017 (further – the Law) and the Decree On Approval of Procedure for Maintaining the State Register of Encumbrance of Movable Property and The Amount of Fee for Use the State Register of Encumbrance of Movable Property, No. 1901 of March 29, 2018.

 

You can learn more about the Register and data therein on the official website https://mpcr.e-cbar.az/home.

 

The Law does not require private pledge holders to enter data on the pledge of movable property into the Register, for example, data on the pledgee, the pledger, the subject of the pledge, the pledge agreement, etc. Therefore, this is the right of private pledge holder to enter such data into the Register. However, the disclosure of the pledge of movable property in the Register for types of state and municipal encumbrances is compulsory (Article 5.1).

 

The Register contains the data on the pledge of movable property: motor vehicles, office and household appliances, furniture, except for items that are the subject of pledge, items withdrawn from circulation, claims inextricably linked to the identity of the creditor, in particular claims for alimony, compensation for damage caused to life or health, and others rights, the assignment of which to another person is prohibited by law (the Civil Code, Article 276.1).  Information on other restrictions, third party rights, such as: the right of retention, the right of redemption of leased property, etc.  is not subject to entry into the Register.

 

2. The effects of failure to enter (non-disclosure to third parties) data in the Register?

 

Failure to enter the true and complete data into the Register does not affect the entry into force or validity of the Pledge Agreement. Moreover, the data is entered into the Register after the right of pledge arises. So, we can conclude that the emergence of a pledge right (a lien) has nothing to do with entry of data into the Register.  However, considering that one and the same movable property may be the subject of several encumbrances (the Law, Articles 3.2, 6.1), the pledge holder who has not entered the required data into the Register loses the advantage in relation to other pledge holders who have entered the relevant data into the Register (The Law On Encumbrance of Movable Property, Article 6.1.1, Article 5.3).

 

The loss of the advantage means that the pledge holders who have failed to enter data into the Register shall be entitled to meet their claims for account of the subject of pledge only upon the satisfaction of the claims of other pledge holders who have entered true and complete data into the Register. You should also be noted that the effects also occur for pledge holders who have entered into the Register:

 

— data that fails to correspond to the requirements (the Law on Encumbrance of Movable Property, Article 20.7) (except for clerical errors);

 

— false data (the Law On Encumbrance of Movable Property, Article 20.6).

 

Searching for data in the Register, issuing an Extract from the Register, fee for using the Register

 

The search for data in the Register on the debtor or the person who creates encumbrance is carried out in connection with a state or municipal body, as well as a legal entity based on its taxpayer identification number, in connection with a foreign legal entity based on the full name in Latin letters, in connection with an individual based on his taxpayer identification number, in connection with a foreign citizen on based on the series and number of his passport, the unique registration number of the notification related to the encumbrance, available in the Register (The Law On Encumbrance of Movable Property, Article 26.1.)

 

No fee is charged for the search in the Register and for the issue of data to the person conducting search on request through the Register, as well as by the means of a report on the search results in the electronic form (The Law On Encumbrance of Movable Property, Article 26.2.).

 

A fee is charged for entry into the register of the notice of encumbrance, entry into the register of the notice of changes to encumbrance, as well as for providing the person searching for data in the Register upon his request with an approved report on the search results in hard copy  (Decree On the Approval of Procedure for Maintaining the State Register of Encumbrance of Movable Property and The Amount of Fee for Use the State Register of Encumbrance of Movable Property, Article 12):

 

1.    Fee for entry into the register of the notice of encumbrance – AZN 2.00

2.    Fee for entry into the register of the notice of changes to encumbrance – AZN 1.00

3.   Fee for issue of Approved report on the search results in hard copy– AZN 1.00