Boudewijn Bouckaert describes the public registry or “Title System”, as a “(…) legal institution based on written evidence of the legal status of assets that are systematically recorded”. (Bouckaert, 2010). In legal systems where the registry system it’s used for the transfer of properties, the efficiency of the economic order of said jurisdiction will depend in great measure of the coherency of the registry system with the definition and content of the property rights in the market. Could be a mistake to establish a recording system as a condition to transfer property rights? What determines the need of the registry from a juridical theory of property perspective? This article will reflect about these themes from the perspective of the Colombian legal system.