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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Costa Rica and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: Same Cédula Jurídica is used as the registry number — issued at incorporation. Registration number: Same Cédula Jurídica is used as the registry number — issued at incorporation.

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Sector regulators

SUGEF · SUGEVAL · SUGESE · SUPEN

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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.

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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.

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Collection notes

  • Address: Lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: Costa Rica does not issue a separate Certificate of Good Standing. A Certificación de Personería Jurídica from the Registro Nacional (or issued by a notary public against the Registro) confirms the entity exists legally, identifies current representatives, and reflects current registered status. Accept a Personería Jurídica issued within 30 days; representatives must be current.

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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.

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Notes

  • Single identifier: Cédula Jurídica serves as both the registry number and the corporate tax ID — collect one certificate; both businessInfo.taxId and businessInfo.businessEntityId take the same value.
  • Resident agent requirement was eliminated by Ley 10,597, effective 2024-12-03.
  • Existing companies must register an official email address with Registro Nacional by 2026-06-04.