SBS Resolution No. 3012-2025: Amending the Instructions for Sending the Operations Register (RO) of the OCP LA/FT Regarding Notaries' National Operations Under Resolution SBS No. 01754-2024 Concerning Wills

Los Laureles No. 214 - Lima 27 - Peru Tel.: (511)6309000 Lima, August 27, 2025¹

SBS RESOLUTION NO. 03012-2025
The Superintendent of Banking, Insurance and Private Pension Fund Administrators

CONSIDERING:
That, by means of SBS Resolution No. 01754-2024, the Standard for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing applicable to notaries nationwide and to the Centralized Body for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing - OCP LA/FT, in their capacity as obligated subjects to report to UIF-Peru, was approved; regulating in article 26, paragraph 26.6, the operations subject to the Operations Register (RO), among them, public deed wills (testator deceased), closed wills (testator deceased), as well as the operations established in paragraph 26.6 that are recorded in private documents (drafts), which have not been formalized into public instruments and whose date of entry into the notarial office is equal to or greater than two years old, as indicated in paragraph 26.8 of the aforementioned article 26;

That, by means of SBS Resolution No. 01139-2025, the Instructions for sending the RO of the OCP LA/FT regarding notaries' national operations (RO Instruction) under the scope of SBS Resolution No. 01754-2024 were approved; providing that the OCP LA/FT will send to UIF-Peru in October 2025 the RO for September 2025, and similarly for subsequent periods, maintaining notaries' obligation to register and send the RO to UIF-Peru under the current format's structure and periodicity, until the August 2025 period, which must be sent in September 2025;

That, since it is the function of the OCP LA/FT to integrate all notaries in Peru into a centralized management regarding money laundering and terrorist financing (LA/FT) prevention and to establish timely communication and coordination allowing all notaries nationwide to implement the necessary technical aspects in their respective information systems to adequately fulfill sending the required information for the OCP LA/FT RO, it is necessary to extend by one year the deadline for notaries to maintain their obligation to register and send the RO to UIF-Peru under the current format's structure and periodicity;

That, according to Legislative Decree No. 1049 – Notariat Legislative Decree and pursuant to paragraph 13.4 of article 13 of Supreme Decree No. 020-2017-JUS, Regulations for Law No. 27693, which authorizes the Superintendent of Banking, Insurance and Private Pension Fund Administrators to establish exceptions regarding any aspect of the money laundering and terrorist financing prevention system, based on the particular characteristics of obligated subjects reporting to UIF-Peru; such as notaries, it is necessary to modify the definition of the Centralized Information Base – BCI of the Standard for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing applicable to notaries nationwide and to the OCP LA/FT approved by SBS Resolution No. 01754-2024; to clarify that private documents (drafts) not elevated to public deeds will not be subject to information sending by notaries to the OCP LA/FT nor by the latter to UIF-Peru through the RO;

That, on the other hand, it is necessary to make clarifications regarding operations related to public deed wills and closed wills, in order to indicate that they will be subject to the RO after the testator's death and upon receipt by the notary of the interested party's request for its expansion or opening;

That, by means of Supreme Decree No. 007-2025-JUS, the Regulations for Law No. 27693 were adapted, incorporating the faculty of national administrative freezing of funds or assets for extortion crimes, as provided in article 3-B of Law No. 27693; therefore, it is necessary to modify the relevant articles of SBS Resolution No. 01754-2024;

That, by means of SBS Resolution No. 02868-2025, the Standard on functions and positions held by politically exposed persons (PEP) in money laundering and terrorist financing prevention approved by SBS Resolution No. 4349-2016 was modified, clarifying -among other aspects- the definition of PEP;

That, in this context, it is necessary to modify the Standard for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing applicable to notaries nationwide and to the OCP LA/FT, approved by SBS Resolution No. 01754-2024, in order to adapt it to the current regulatory framework, as well as SBS Resolution No. 01139-2025 which approved the RO Instruction to establish the deadline by which notaries will maintain their obligation to register and send the RO to UIF-Peru;

Having obtained the approval of the Adjunct Superintendencies of Regulation and Legal Affairs and UIF-Peru; and, In exercise of the powers conferred by Law No. 29038 and the General Law of the Financial System and Insurance System and Organic Law of the Superintendency of Banking and Insurance - Law No. 26702 and its modifying regulations, in accordance with Law No. 27693 and its modifying and regulatory provisions, and according to the exception of the Thirty-Second Final and Complementary Provision of said Law No. 26702;

RESOLVES:
Article One.- Modify the Instructions for sending the Operations Register (RO) of the OCP LA/FT regarding notaries' national operations (RO Instruction) under the scope of SBS Resolution No. 01754-2024 concerning wills and private documents (drafts) not formalized into public instruments; approved by article 1 of SBS Resolution No. 1139-2025; which will be published on the SBS FTP on the date of publication of this standard in the Official Gazette El Peruano.

Article Two.- Modify articles 3 and paragraphs 3 and 4 of article 6, of SBS Resolution No. 1139-2025, according to the following texts:
“Article 3.- The electronic sending of the Operations Register (RO) of the OCP LA/FT to UIF-Peru is carried out no later than the last calendar day of the month following the month in which the operation was performed before the notary, as established in article 36, paragraph 36.4 of the Regulations for Law No. 27693, approved by Supreme Decree No. 020-2017-JUS, through the Portal for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing - PLAFT Portal (https://plaft.sbs.gob.pe/). The OCP LA/FT sends to UIF-Peru in October 2026 the Operations Register (RO) for September 2026, and similarly for subsequent periods. Notaries maintain the obligation to register and send the Operations Register (RO) to UIF-Peru under the current format's structure and periodicity, until the August 2026 period, which must be sent in September 2026.” “Article 6.- This resolution enters into force as provided below:
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3. Article 1, as well as article 26 of the Standard for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing applicable to notaries nationwide and to the OCP LA/FT, approved by SBS Resolution No. 01754-2024, enter into force on September 1, 2026.
4. On October 1, 2026, the provisions contained in Chapter II of Title II of the Special Standards for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, applicable to notaries, approved by SBS Resolution No. 5709-2012, are repealed.”

Article Three.- Modify paragraphs 1 and 21 of article 2; letter g of paragraph 8.1 of article 8; paragraph 7 of article 13; and paragraphs 139 and 140 of paragraph 26.6 of article 26 of the Standard for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing applicable to notaries nationwide and to the OCP LA/FT, approved by SBS Resolution No. 01754-2024, according to the following texts:
“Article 2.- Definitions and abbreviations
For the application of this standard, the obligated subject considers the following definitions and abbreviations:

1. Centralized Information Base or BCI: Database owned by the Lima Notaries College, managed by the OCP LA/FT, which centrally receives, collects, organizes, stores, classifies and conserves in an integral and secure manner the information of each notary nationwide, registered by them in their respective information systems (according to their computer firms) regarding operations related to: i) legal acts formalized before them, recorded in notarial protocol public instruments, regardless of whether the signing process has concluded or not, and, ii) extra-protocolal notarial public instruments that according to current regulations the notary must conserve. It constitutes an interoperable information platform originating from various notarial management systems throughout Peru, which connect via web services, guaranteeing integrity, confidentiality and reliability.
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2. Politically exposed persons (PEP): definition provided in article 2 of the Standard on functions and positions held by politically exposed persons (PEP) in money laundering and terrorist financing prevention, approved by SBS Resolution No. 4349-2016, and its modifying regulations.
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