The notary requests all the necessary registrations even when she has not formalized the act.

The registration intends to advertise the buildings, the societies, the social participations, the cars, the ships and the aircrafts judicial situation.

There are some acts, like the mortgage or the society constitution that are subjected to a constitutive registration.

In Portugal, registration is in general merely declarative (just a request for an eventual opposition from a third part and not the validity of the contract between the parts), but compulsory.

Registration presupposes that the right belongs to the one holding it and under those established conditions.

Land Registry

We deal with all the land registries requests.

The delay to request for a land registry is two months from the execution of the deed, or fees registration might be paid in double.

Commercial registry

We deal with all the commercial registries requests.

Most acts related to societies can be titled by a minutes and registered on-line.

The notary writes the acts and requests their registration on-line. Those interested can take the minutes book to the notary’s office to make an authenticated copy or they can send by mail or telecopy to the notary’s office a copy of the minutes to be certified.

Societies can be constituted on-line by choosing a pre-approved name or a firm with the partners’ names combined and all the process will be concluded in 24 hours.

The delay to request for a land registry is two months from the execution of the deed, or registration fees might be paid in double.

In some cases, the transcription registry is refused if the entity does not accomplish the annual compulsory account registration.

Car registry

We deal with the following car registration requests:

• Acquisition by purchase and sale, donation, share by death or divorce, with or without property reservation, with or without financial location;
• Position transmission in a leasing contract;
• Property reservation and leasing extinction;
• Mortgage;
• Mortgage and pawn cancel;
• 2nd number plate registration;
• Name and denomination change;
• Address or headquarters change.

The delay to request for car registration acts is 60 days from the contract date or registration fees might be paid in double.