Chapter I · Scope of the tax

Article 10 Date of completion of urban property

Artigo 10.º · Data da conclusão dos prédios urbanos

Código do Imposto Municipal sobre Imóveis · annex I to Decree-Law No. 287/2003 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. Urban property is presumed to have been completed or modified on the earliest of the following dates:

1 - Os prédios urbanos presumem-se concluídos ou modificados na mais antiga das seguintes datas:

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a) The date on which the municipal licence is granted, where one is required;

a) Em que for concedida licença camarária, quando exigível;

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b) The date given as the date of completion of the works in the return for registration in the property register;

b) Que a declaração de inscrição na matriz indique como data de conclusão das obras;

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c) The date on which any use begins, provided that it is not on a precarious basis;

c) Em que se verificar uma qualquer utilização, desde que a título não precário;

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d) The date on which normal use of the property for its intended purposes becomes possible.

d) Em que se tornar possível a sua normal utilização para os fins a que se destina.

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2. The head of the tax office for the area in which the property is located sets, by reasoned order (despacho), the date of completion or modification of the property in cases not covered by the preceding paragraph and in cases in which the presumptions set out in it should not apply, on the basis of the information available to them, in particular information provided by the tax administration departments or by the municipal council or arising from complaints by taxpayers.

2 - O chefe de finanças da área da situação dos prédios fixa, em despacho fundamentado, a data da conclusão ou modificação dos prédios, nos casos não previstos no número anterior e naqueles em que as presunções nele enunciadas não devam relevar, com base em elementos de que disponha, designadamente os fornecidos pelos serviços da administração fiscal, pela câmara municipal ou resultantes de reclamação dos sujeitos passivos.

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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.

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