Judicial Deposits and Appropriations Accounts

Royal Decree 467/2006, of 21 April, which regulates judicial deposits and appropriations in cash, of bills or securities.

Royal Decree 1273/2011, of 16 September, amending Royal Decree 467/2006, of 21 April, regulating judicial deposits and appropriations in cash, of bills or securities.

ORDER JUS/1623/2007, of 4 April, approving the models of deposit forms, payment orders and transfer orders

Royal Decree 948/2015, of 23 October, regulating the Asset Recovery and Management Office

The judicial deposits and appropriations accounts are those in which judicial deposits and appropriations are constituted, within the scope of judicial processes. They are in the name of the judiciary.

A judicial deposit is that deposit made in the Judicial Deposits and Appropriations Accounts (CDCJ) in compliance with a judicial resolution.
A judicial deposit is established in the following cases:

• Compliance with guarantees, bonds, sureties or other procedural requirements.
• Seizure of money or readily realisable securities by the State Security Forces and Bodies.
• Deposit as a result of seizures of goods and the practice of judicial proceedings

A judicial appropriation is that deposit made in voluntary or forced execution of titles that carry with them execution, or that are made for the purpose of release by the obligated party to the payment of an amount, or in other legally established cases.

• Citizens who, as part of a judicial procedure, have to pay a bond to avoid prison or ensure certain types of responsibilities, make deposits to be able to appeal judicial decisions or pay fines imposed by the judicial authorities.
• Any citizen who, although not a party to a judicial process, wants to perform certain acts with procedural relevance, such as participating in a judicial auction, for example.
• The employer, in the event of unfair dismissal, when opting for compensation instead of readmitting the dismissed worker, in order to make the compensation available to the latter.
• Those people who owe an amount to another, in the face of the latter's refusal to receive payment.
• Those persons or entities that receive an attachment or, where appropriate, payment order and subsequently made available by order of a judicial body.

In general, any person who receives a judicial communication to make a certain amount available to the judicial body.

Judicial deposits and appropriations are made by deposit in a "Deposits and Appropriations Account" of a judicial body, currently opened at Banco Santander. The following may be performed:

• In person at the offices of Banco Santander (counter or ATMs)
• Electronically by bank transfer

The deposit must be accompanied by a form ("Deposit Receipt”) that can be requested at the office or in the courthouse. This form must include the name of the judicial body or, where appropriate, the Common Procedural Service that orders the deposit and, at least, the following details: name or business name of the person making the deposit and of the person on behalf of the person making the deposit, Tax Identification Number and address of the payer, amount of the transaction shown in letters and figures, payment description, date of the operation and complete code of the file account on which it is carried out.
The 16 digits corresponding to the Procedure will necessarily be provided by the judicial body; if it considers it so, it can be given the completed "Income Certificate" form. In the absence thereof, the Banco Santander office may collaborate in obtaining such completed Receipt.
You must carefully keep the copy of the deposit receipt duly stamped and certified by the bank since it is the only proof of deposit that will be given and must be presented in the event of error or discrepancy.

In the branches or ATMs of Banco Santander. In branches, in addition to the EURO (EUR), the following currencies convertible to the Euro are admitted: Australian Dollar (AUD), Canadian Dollar (CAD), Swiss Franc (CHF), Danish Krone (DKK), Pound Sterling (GBP), Japanese Yen (JPY), Norwegian Krone (NOK), Swedish Krona (SEK) , US Dollar (USD), New Zealand Dollar (NZD) and Moroccan Dirhams (MAD).
At ATMs, you can only deposit in banknotes and limited to amounts less than €1,000.

You can make the deposit by bank cheque in the name of the Court or Tribunal that has ordered the deposit, or in the name of Banco Santander. 

Remember that the check must be nominative and Spanish, made in EUROS, issued by banks established in Spain and participants of the National Compensation System.

Bearer cheques, current account cheques or cheques ISSUED ABROAD (whatever their currency of issue) will not be accepted even if they are EU countries. 

 You can make the deposit by bank transfer from a current account opened in any bank other than Banco Santander. Follow the steps below:

• Issue it to the 20-digit bank account (CCC) IBAN ES55 0049 3569 9200 0500 1274. SWIFT Code: BSCHESMM (necessary for transfers from abroad).
• In the PAYER field, indicate the name or company name and tax ID (NIF) of the natural or legal person obliged to make the deposit.
• In the BENEFICIARY field, identify the Court or Tribunal that orders the deposit.
• In the TRANSFER OBSERVATIONS OR DESCRIPTION field, first indicate the 16 digits that correspond to the Procedure (file account). 

VERY IMPORTANT: The correct format for entering the 16 digits, is the following XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX or XXXX-XXXX-XX-XXXX-XX separated from the rest of the information by spaces.   

Example 1 (VALID):
9996000005023498 (rent May-03 C/Carmen 3-4º-1ª) Beatriz Camposanto Beltrán
9996-0000-05-0234-98 (rent May-03 C/Carmen 3-4º-1ª) Beatriz Camposanto Beltrán

Example 2 (INVALID):
9996000005023498(rent May-03 C/Carmen 3-4º-1ª) Beatriz Camposanto Beltrán
9996-0000-05-Proc.0234-98 (rent May-03 C/Carmen 3-4º-1ª) Beatriz Camposanto Beltrán

If you are a client of Banco Santander you can make the transfer from your account, using your [Online Banking] and enter the 16 digits corresponding to the Procedure to which you make the deposit, as well as its reference.

For large companies and insurers, it is recommended to contact the bank to follow a procedure that facilitates mass transfers (inspired by Notebook N34 of the AEB (Spanish Banking Association)).

Yes, a third party can make a deposit on behalf of the person obliged to do so, through any of the channels established for this purpose. 

The order for reimbursement of amounts in favour of the beneficiary of the same corresponds to the judicial body, which will inform you of the time when it can be made effective. To speed up collection, it is recommended to provide the judicial body with the certificate of ownership, in the name of the beneficiary of the amount, of the bank account in which the transfer payment order is issued.

Yes, they have an expiration of 3 months. In the event that it has expired, you must contact the judicial body to request a new order.

The transactions of deposit and collection of amounts performed by the citizen who attend she branches of Banco Santander in person will be dealt with during the complete opening hours of the branch.

Deposit transactions carried out at ATMs can be performed without a time limit, 7 days a week, just like electronic operations.