Chapter IX · Organisation and maintenance of the property registers · Section II · Cadastral rural registers

Article 85 Cadastral basis of the property registers

Artigo 85.º · Base cadastral das matrizes

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

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The rural property registers are organised on the basis of the cadastral data taken from the national cadastral map supplied by the Portuguese Geographic Institute (Instituto Geográfico Português).

As matrizes rústicas são organizadas com base nos elementos do cadastro extraídos da carta cadastral do País, fornecida pelo Instituto Geográfico Português.

What we checked in this article

The cadastral basis of the rural property registers and the body supplying the national cadastral map are retained.

Own property in Portugal? Article 85 sets the yearly bill.

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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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