Susana Lastarria-Cornhiel, Grenville Barnes (1995):
Assessment of the Praedial Property Registration System in Peru

B. Superintendency of Registries

In October 1994, Law No. 26366 was passed creating an umbrella organization for all the registries known as the National Superintendency of Public Registries (Superintendencia Nacional de los Registros Públicos). The aim of this organization is to coordinate, standardize, and modernize all of the public registries (people, immovable property, minerals, etc.) in Peru and to establish policy for these offices.

The Directorate of the Superintendency consists of a superintendent (head) and representatives from the Council of Ministers and Ministry of Finance. The organization is based in the City of Lima but may establish decentralized offices elsewhere in the country. An advisory council is also part of the Superintendency, with representation from the following: Ministry of Transport, Communication, Housing and Construction; Ministry of Energy and Mines; Ministry of Agriculture; board of deans of the legal profession; and the professional society (colegio) of engineers. The Superintendency is autonomous, and the registries (both old and new) no longer fall under the Ministry of Justice or any other ministry, as they have in the past.