Permanent Notarial Certidão: How to Check and Request It
Since June 1, 2022, notarial acts in Portugal have been archived electronically in a single database, run by the Ordem dos Notários. The certidão's access code means the original document doesn't need to be presented to any public or private entity during its validity period.
How to Check or Request It
Check with an access code
- Go to arquivo.notarios.pt
- Enter the access code you were given
- Check the notarial act online
Request a new certidão
- Contact the notary office where the act was drawn up
- Provide the book and pages where the document was recorded
- Receive the access code — valid for 1 year
Check / request: arquivo.notarios.pt — Ordem dos Notários
Ordem dos Notários information: notarios.pt
Not the Same Platform as the IRN
This is a common mix-up: the permanent notarial certidão is managed by the Ordem dos Notários, through its Electronic Archive. The permanent commercial, property, and vehicle certidões are managed by the Institute of Registries and Notary (IRN), through the Conservatória Virtual. These are different systems, from different bodies.
Frequently Asked Questions
It's electronic access to a notarial act (deed, power of attorney, will, and others) archived in the Ordem dos Notários system, through an access code valid for one year.
No. It's managed by the Ordem dos Notários, a different body from the IRN, which issues the permanent commercial, property, and vehicle certidões.
You need to provide, at minimum, the notary office where the document was drawn up and the book/pages where it was recorded.