> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://v2.docs.conduit.financial/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Colombia > How to collect KYB documents from business customers in Colombia (COL) when onboarding through the Conduit API. ## Overview | Field | Value | | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Region | Latin America | | ISO 3166-1 | CO / COL | | Registry | Local Chambers of Commerce → RUES (national registry) + DIAN (tax authority) | | Last updated | 2026-05-04 | ## Identifiers Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Colombia and submit them as strings on the application body. | API field | Local name | Issuer | | ------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------ | | `businessInfo.taxId` | **NIT** | DIAN | | `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **Matrícula Mercantil** | Cámara de Comercio | *Tax ID:* Tax identification number printed on the RUT (Registro Único Tributario). *Registration number:* Commercial registry number assigned by the local Chamber of Commerce. ## Sector regulators `SFC` · `Supersalud` · `Supersociedades` ## Legal structures | Local name | Abbreviation | Description | | ---------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada | S.A.S. | Flexible share-capital company; one or more shareholders; majority form since Law 1258/2008; no minimum capital required. Equivalent to a US C-Corp. | | Sociedad Anónima | S.A. | Share-capital company requiring at least five shareholders; mandatory board of directors and stricter statutory governance; used for larger or regulated enterprises. Equivalent to a US C-Corp. | | Sociedad Limitada | Ltda. | Quota-based closely-held company with 2–25 partners; quota transfers require unanimous approval; partner liability is limited to their contribution. Equivalent to a US LLC. | | Sociedad Colectiva | S. en C. Col. | General partnership in which all partners trade under a collective name and bear unlimited joint-and-several liability for company obligations. Equivalent to a US General Partnership. | | Sociedad en Comandita Simple | S. en C. | Limited partnership with at least one general partner bearing unlimited liability and one or more limited (comanditario) partners whose liability is capped at their contribution. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership. | | Sociedad en Comandita por Acciones | S.C.A. | Limited partnership in which the limited partners' stakes are represented by transferable shares while at least one general partner retains unlimited liability. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership. | | Empresa Unipersonal | E.U. | Single-owner limited-liability trading vehicle created by Law 222/1995; the sole owner segregates assets into a separate legal entity while limiting personal exposure. Equivalent to a US sole proprietorship operating as a single-member LLC. | | Persona Natural Comerciante | — | Individual trading in their own name, registered via Matrícula Mercantil at the local Chamber of Commerce; no separate legal entity and full personal liability for all business obligations. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. | | Cooperativa | — | Member-owned cooperative governed by Law 79/1988 and supervised by the Superintendencia de Economía Solidaria; surplus distributed in proportion to member participation. Equivalent to a US Cooperative. | | Sucursal de Sociedad Extranjera | — | Registered branch of a foreign company authorized to conduct permanent business in Colombia; the parent retains full liability for the branch's obligations. Equivalent to a US Branch/Representative Office. | ## How documents combine For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below. | Evidence area | Documents needed | | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Legal Registration | Cert. de Existencia y Rep. Legal | | Constitutive Documents | Estatutos Sociales | | Tax Registration | RUT | | Operating Permit | Renovación Cámara de Comercio | | Ownership Records | *Any one of:* Cert. de Existencia y Rep. Legal · Libro de Accionistas | | Governance Records | Cert. de Existencia y Rep. Legal | | Signing Authority | *All required:* Cert. de Existencia y Rep. Legal + Acta de Junta Directiva | | Address | *Any one of:* Contrato de Arrendamiento · Recibo de Servicios Públicos · Estado de Cuenta Bancario | | Good Standing | Cert. de Existencia y Rep. Legal | ## Documents to collect The physical documents you'll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil's Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed. | Document | Proves | | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Cert. de Existencia y Rep. Legal (CC)** | Legal Registration, Ownership Records, Governance Records, Signing Authority, Good Standing | | **Estatutos Sociales (Doc. Privado / Escritura)** | Constitutive Documents | | **RUT (DIAN)** | Tax Registration | | **Renovación Cámara de Comercio** | Operating Permit | | **Libro de Accionistas (S.A.)** | Ownership Records | | **Acta de Junta Directiva** | Signing Authority | | **Contrato de Arrendamiento** | Address | | **Recibo de Servicios Públicos (≤90 días)** | Address | | **Estado de Cuenta Bancario (≤90 días)** | Address | | **Sector-Specific License** | SFC, Supersalud, Supersociedades | ### Collection notes * **Ownership Records:** Real structure: Cert. Existencia y Rep. Legal (for SAS) OR Libro de Accionistas (for S.A.) — mutually exclusive by corporate type. The CERL also satisfies business\_registration, directors\_registry, and authorization\_to\_act because it embeds all three in a single Cámara de Comercio extract. * **Address:** Lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement; utility bill and bank statement must be dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks. * **Good Standing:** No separate good-standing certificate exists; the Certificado de Existencia y Representación Legal (CERL) issued by the Cámara de Comercio at date of request reflects current active status and subsumes this function ## Person roles When you submit a person on the application body, set their `role` to one of Conduit's canonical `BusinessPersonRole` values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role. | Local role | Canonical API role | Description | | ---------------------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Representante Legal | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Mandatory role. Person authorized to bind the company legally. Named in Certificado de Existencia with specific scope of powers. | | Representante Legal Suplente | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Backup legal representative. Common in Colombia. | | Junta Directiva Member | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Board member. Required in S.A., optional in S.A.S. | | Presidente | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Board chair or company president. | ## Notes * Three-tier capital structure: authorized, subscribed, and paid-in capital can all differ; the Certificado de Existencia reports all three.