caderneta predial

Published 3 November 2026, 17:05

caderneta predial urbana / caderneta predial rústica

An extract from the tax record of a property: the address, floor areas, artigo matricial number, the VPT tax valuation (from which IMI is calculated) and who the tax office has recorded as the owner. The owner can download it free of charge from their Portal das Finanças account in a couple of minutes. Urbana and rústica do not mean “town” and “country”: rústica is land for farming or forestry, and urbana is everything else, including a house in the countryside and a building plot. A mixed property (prédio misto) has both parts.

Where you come across it. Buying and renting a home, the list of documents for a visa and a letter of invitation, checking the IMI you have been charged, connecting utility meters.

This is a tax office document, not a property register one. Its information on owners may be incomplete or out of date: ownership and charges on the property are shown by the certidão permanente do registo predial from the conservatória.

Official website: portaldasfinancas.gov.pt

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