morada única digital
Published 5 November 2026, 23:09
morada única digital (single digital address)
A state electronic notification service: you have to sign up for it yourself, and after that letters from public bodies arrive in an electronic inbox instead of on paper. It was set up by Decreto-Lei n.º 93/2017.
Where you come across it. Notifications from the state, including for traffic offences.
This is the only lawful way to receive notice of a fine other than on paper. If you have not signed up, no email or text about a ‘fine’ can be genuine. And a notification here is treated as delivered on the fifth day after it appears in the system, whether you have opened it or not.
Official website: gov.pt