A missing document is only a finding if the law required it in the first place. The date the building went up, or was last altered, decides which papers should exist.
Buildings predating the RGEU are exempt from the use-permit requirement, but only if nobody has altered them since. Any later works pull the building back into the licensing regime, which makes this the claim to test rather than accept in older Lisbon and Porto stock.
Decreto-Lei n.º 38382, de 7 de agosto de 1951 (RGEU)The document that anchors legality of use. It confirms the building may be occupied for its stated purpose. It is not the same instrument as the título urbanístico, which speaks to whether the construction was authorised in the first place.
RGEU · RJUEThe build specification sheet: materials, systems, the parties responsible. Since 1 January 2024 it no longer changes hands at the deed, so the buyer requests it from the Câmara Municipal themselves.
Decreto-Lei n.º 68/2004 · Decreto-Lei n.º 10/2024Certificates run 10 years for housing and for commercial and service buildings, 8 years for large commercial and service buildings. Selling or letting without a valid one carries €250 to €3,740 for individuals and €2,500 to €44,890 for companies.
SCE · Decreto-Lei n.º 101-D/2020, Art. 35.º n.º 1 · ADENEA mandatory deed document unless the buyer expressly waives it, and waiving it means inheriting the seller's arrears. The assembleia minutes tell a condition report more: approved but unstarted works on the roof or façade become the new owner's bill.
Código Civil, Art. 1424.º-AEvery transmission contract must carry one of three seller declarations: the title is presented, it is held but not produced, or there is none. Omitting the declaration makes the act voidable. A declaration is not a verification.
Decreto-Lei n.º 108/2026, de 29 de maio, in force 3 August 2026Gas installations executed before 21 August 2018 need a first periodic inspection by 26 August 2028 or on reaching 20 years, whichever comes first. An installation turning 20 in 2027 is already late by the 2028 headline. Fines reach €3,500 for individuals, with DGEG notification and supply cut-off after three months.