Chapter V · Publicity and proof of registration · Section I · Publicity

Article 73 Public nature of the register

Artigo 73.º · Carácter público do registo

Código do Registo Comercial · Decree-Law No. 403/86 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. Any person may request certificates of registration acts and of filed documents, and obtain oral or written information on the content of either.

1 - Qualquer pessoa pode pedir certidões dos actos de registo e dos documentos arquivados, bem como obter informações verbais ou escritas sobre o conteúdo de uns e outros.

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2. For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, only staff may consult the documentary and registration records, in accordance with the indications given by the interested parties.

2 - Para efeitos do disposto no número anterior, apenas os funcionários podem consultar os suportes documentais e de registo, de harmonia com as indicações dadas pelos interessados.

What we checked in this article

The right of any person to certificates and information and the rule that only staff may consult the records are retained.

Registering an act under Article 73?

We file registrations at the commercial registry for foreign-owned companies: incorporations, share transfers, manager changes, capital changes, branches, filing of accounts and closures. In English, fixed fees, with the registry fee shown separately.

Unofficial English translation prepared by BCA Portugal for reference. Only the Portuguese text published in the Diário da República has legal force. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the statute.

Applying the law

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A refused or provisional registration costs weeks. We prepare the documents the registrar expects, file them and follow the application until it is definitive.

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