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Prescription Interruption Filing Colombia (Interrupción de Prescripción)

Solicitud de Interrupción de Prescripción Colombia

Requerimiento extrajudicial o demanda para interrumpir la prescripción de una obligación civil o comercial conforme al Código Civil colombiano y el Código de Comercio

REQUERIMIENTO EXTRAJUDICIAL PARA INTERRUPCIÓN DE PRESCRIPCIÓN

Código Civil colombiano, Artículos 2535–2545

Código de Comercio — Disposiciones aplicables

[Ciudad], [Fecha]

Señor(a)

[Nombre Deudor]

C.C./NIT: [Documento Deudor]

[Dirección Deudor]

REQUERIMIENTO EXTRAJUDICIAL

[Nombre Acreedor], identificado/a con [Cédula/NIT Acreedor], domiciliado/a en [Dirección Acreedor], en calidad de acreedor/a de la obligación que se describe, se dirige a usted con el fin de INTERRUMPIR EL TÉRMINO DE PRESCRIPCIÓN conforme a los artículos 2539 y 2540 del Código Civil colombiano.

I. DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA OBLIGACIÓN

Tipo de obligación: [Tipo de Obligación]

Valor: [Valor]

Fecha de exigibilidad: [Fecha Origen]

Término de prescripción aplicable: [Término de Prescripción]

[Descripción]

II. FUNDAMENTOS DE DERECHO

Artículo 2539 del Código Civil: la prescripción se interrumpe naturalmente por el hecho de reconocer el deudor la obligación, ya expresa, ya tácitamente. Artículo 2540: la prescripción también se interrupta civilmente por la demanda judicial. El presente requerimiento extrajudicial, debidamente notificado o enviado por medio probatorio (correo certificado, acta notarial o correo electrónico con acuse), produce la interrupción civil conforme a la jurisprudencia de la Corte Suprema de Justicia y el artículo 94 del Código General del Proceso (Ley 1564 de 2012).

III. REQUERIMIENTO

Por medio del presente escrito, REQUIERO a usted el pago de la obligación de [Tipo de Obligación] por valor de [Valor], exigible desde [Fecha Origen], dentro de los treinta (30) días hábiles siguientes a la recepción de esta comunicación. El presente requerimiento interrumpe el término de prescripción que venía corriendo desde dicha fecha.

En caso de no obtener respuesta o pago, me reservo el derecho de iniciar las acciones judiciales pertinentes ante el juez competente.

Atentamente,

Firma: _________________________

[Nombre Acreedor]

C.C./NIT: [Cédula/NIT Acreedor]

Dirección: [Dirección Acreedor]

Creditor (Acreedor)

________________

Signature

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What Is a Prescription Interruption Filing Colombia (Interrupción de Prescripción)?

The Prescription Interruption Filing Colombia (Solicitud de Interrupción de Prescripción) is the procedural legal act through which the holder of a subjective right — creditor, owner, successor, insured, or any person with a legitimate interest — interrupts the computation of the extinctive prescription term running against them, preventing the corresponding action from becoming time-barred and preventing the debtor, possessor, or other obligated party from successfully raising the prescription exception before a Colombian court.

The extinctive prescription regime in Colombia is found primarily in Articles 2512 through 2545 of the Colombian Civil Code — adopted by Ley 57 de 1887 with subsequent amendments — and in Articles 1081 through 1082 of the Colombian Código de Comercio (Decreto 410 de 1971) for commercial prescriptions. Article 2512 of the Civil Code defines extinctive prescription as the mode of extinguishing the actions and rights of others through non-exercise of those actions and rights during a certain period of time.

Prescription periods in Colombia vary significantly by action type. Article 2536 of the Civil Code — amended by Article 8 of Ley 791 de 2002 — establishes the general prescription period for ordinary civil actions at ten (10) years. Special shorter periods exist: the executive action (for titles such as notarized promissory notes and final judgments) prescribes in five (5) years; the cambial action (for bills of exchange, cheques, and promissory notes) prescribes in three (3) years under Article 882 of the Código de Comercio; the insurance action prescribes in two (2) years (ordinary) or five (5) years (extraordinary) under Article 1081 of the Código de Comercio; the labor action prescribes in three (3) years under Article 151 of the Código Procesal del Trabajo.

The CGP (Ley 1564 de 2012) regulates in Article 94 the civil interruption of prescription through filing of a complaint: from the moment the complaint is presented before the competent court, the prescription term is civilly interrupted — even if the admissory order has not yet been served on the defendant. The Sala de Casación Civil of the Corte Suprema de Justicia confirmed in Sentencia SC-12436 de 2017 that interruption operates retroactively to the date of complaint presentation.

When Do You Need a Prescription Interruption Filing Colombia (Interrupción de Prescripción)?

The Prescription Interruption Filing Colombia is essential in the following scenarios: actions with an expiry deadline approaching — when the right holder notices the prescription period for their action is about to expire and is not yet ready to file a full complaint, a preliminary filing under CGP Article 94 interrupts the term; collection of monetary obligations with an executive title — when the five-year executive action period is about to expire under Article 2536 of the Civil Code; tort liability actions for property damage, construction defects, contamination, or medical liability when the ten-year period approaches without settlement; insurance actions with the short two-year ordinary period under Article 1081 of the Código de Comercio; estate and inheritance petition actions when heirs have been excluded; and easement and property rights that may be extinguished by ten years of non-use under Article 935 of the Civil Code.

What to Include in Your Prescription Interruption Filing Colombia (Interrupción de Prescripción)

The Prescription Interruption Filing Colombia — whether by judicial complaint or formal extrajudicial notice — must contain: identification of the right holder and the obligated party; precise identification of the right or action threatened by prescription with the applicable substantive norm and prescription period norm; calculation of the prescription period with the critical expiry date (dies a quo and dies ad quem); choice of interruption method — civil interruption through court filing (CGP Art. 94), natural interruption through written debt acknowledgment by the debtor (Civil Code Art. 2539), or extrajudicial notice by notarial act; consequences of any subsequent procedural failure on the interrupted period under CGP Article 95; and express petition to the judge that the complaint presentation date be noted in the admissory order for prescription interruption purposes. forms-legal.com provides this Colombia prescription interruption model updated to the current Civil Code and CGP for 2025.

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