RUN says pending files do not imply delay, though it admits difficulties in meeting deadlines

Lourdes González, the senior manager of Paraguay's Unified National Registry (RUN), has asserted that pending applications are not indicative of administrative delays, as they are recently submitted and still within legal processing times. However, she acknowledged that the agency faces challenges in consistently meeting its deadlines.

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Pending does not mean delayed.

González explained that documents submitted recently, such as on June 29, are not processed immediately. "It's not that the RUN doesn't have the capacity to respond. The issue is that a document was submitted, for example, on June 29. That document is not processed on the same day or the next day," she stated. She noted that deeds have a legal processing period of up to 30 business days, while certificates and reports have a deadline of up to 15 business days.

She argued that comparing incoming documents with issued ones within the same two-week period can lead to misinterpretations. Documents issued during a specific fortnight often correspond to applications submitted weeks earlier. "Pending does not mean delayed," González emphasized, explaining that applications from the latter half of June were not necessarily expected to be processed by early July.

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It's not that the RUN doesn't have the capacity to respond. The issue is that a document was submitted, for example, on June 29. That document is not processed on the same day or the next day.

The RUN was established in January 2026 by merging the Directorate General of Public Records, the National Cadastre Service, and the Surveying and Geodesy Department. González also requested that the agency's performance be evaluated considering the initial difficulties in unifying these disparate registration processes. "The process will still take a very long time due to the shortcomings we have," she admitted.

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The process will still take a very long time due to the shortcomings we have.