Chapter VII · Coordination and valuation bodies · Section I · Rural property · Subsection II · Valuers

Article 57 Powers

Artigo 57.º · Competências

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. Valuers are responsible for carrying out the plot distribution and distribution recording operations in cadastral and non-cadastral general valuations.

1 - Compete aos peritos avaliadores realizar as operações de distribuição parcelar e registo de distribuição nas avaliações gerais de base cadastral e não cadastral.

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2. Whenever a valuer, owing to the absence or insufficiency of data in the tables, encounters difficulties in distributing and recording plots, the valuer must report the matter to the JAM without suspending the work.

2 - Sempre que o perito avaliador, por inexistência ou insuficiência de elementos dos quadros, encontre dificuldades na distribuição e registo das parcelas deve, sem suspender os trabalhos, comunicar o facto à JAM.

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The valuers’ allocation and recording tasks in cadastral and non-cadastral general valuations and the duty to report difficulties to the JAM without suspending the work 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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