Título VI. De la consumación de la expropiación

Having exhausted the foregoing procedures, the governor in charge of processing the record, with a hearing of the Public Prosecutor's Office, and upon prior payment or deposit of the compensation, shall order that the deed translative of ownership be executed and the property be registered (if it involves registrable property, in favor of the expropriating party, for which he shall set a term that shall not exceed five days, counted from the notice.

Upon expiration of the term indicated in the preceding article without the owner appearing to execute the corresponding deed translative of ownership, the governor shall do so in his default, appearing for such purpose before the Government Notary. A record of having paid or deposited the amount of compensation in the National Treasury or its agencies shall be transcribed in the body of the instrument.

When dealing with proceedings processed in the other departments of the Republic, the governor before whom it is substantiated shall forward it to the governor of the department of Guatemala, commissioning him for the execution of the respective deed.

When the expropriation is generic, the administrative authority shall proceed with each property to comply with the provisions of the preceding articles.

In any case, the expropriation must be legally proven in the respective file.