Chapter XIII · Supervision

Article 126 Changes to plot maps

Artigo 126.º · Alteração de mapas parcelares

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

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Central government services, local authorities and public service concessionaires must notify the tax office for the area in which the properties are located, quarterly, of all facts in which they have been involved and which entail changes to plot maps.

Os serviços da administração central, as autarquias locais e os concessionários de serviços públicos devem comunicar ao serviço de finanças da área da situação dos prédios, trimestralmente, todos os factos em que tenham tido intervenção e que importem alterações de mapas parcelares.

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The bodies required to report and the quarterly frequency of reporting 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.

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