senhorio
Published 8 November 2026, 20:40
The owner of a home, the landlord. In legislation and in your personal area on the tax portal they are more often called locador, so that is the word to look for in the portal's menu. The landlord reports the contract to the tax office and issues electronic receipts; for AIMA, they are often asked for a separate statement that the tenant lives in the home (declaração de alojamento, also known as declaração do senhorio).
Where you come across it. Signing the contract, monthly payments, gathering documents for a residence permit.
Senhorio, locador and proprietário are not necessarily the same person: a firm, an heir or a representative may be letting the home, in which case the name on the contract will not match the owner's name in the caderneta predial.
Official website: aima.gov.pt/pt/noticias/hklkjl