1. Public entities, or entities performing public functions, that take part in acts relating to the creation, transfer or registration of, or disputes over, rights in property must require the production of a document proving the registration of the property in the property register (matriz) or, if it is unregistered, proving that the return for its registration has been submitted.
1 - As entidades públicas, ou que desempenhem funções públicas, que intervenham em actos relativos à constituição, transmissão, registo ou litígio de direitos sobre prédios, devem exigir a exibição de documento comprovativo da inscrição do prédio na matriz ou, sendo omisso, de que foi apresentada a declaração para inscrição.
2. Whenever compliance with the preceding paragraph proves impossible, express mention is made of that fact and of the reasons for the impossibility, and the fact must be reported to the tax office for the area where the properties are located.
2 - Sempre que o cumprimento do disposto no número anterior se mostre impossível, faz-se expressa menção do facto e das razões dessa impossibilidade, devendo comunicar-se tal facto ao serviço de finanças da área da situação dos prédios.
The entities bound, the acts covered, the proof required and the duty to report impossibility to the tax office are retained.
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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.