The Nullity of the Sale on Seized Property. A True Case of Illicit Object? Analysis of Judgment CSJ-SC041 of 2022

The sanction in the event of a sale of seized property is a controversial issue. In Judgment SC041- 2022, the Supreme Court of Justice, reiterates the thesis according to which the contract of sale on seized property would be vitiated by absolute nullity (num. 3rd of art. 1521 of the Civil Code), but affirms the possibility that the parties have, in order to avoid nullity, to submit to a modality the obligation to transfer, thus mitigating the rigor of the sanction. However, the Court's position raises questions; the first one, about the relevance of extending the nullity to the contract of sale; the second one, regarding the justification of absolute nullity as a sanction in the case of alienation of the seized assets.