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# El Salvador

> How to collect KYB documents from business customers in El Salvador (SLV) when onboarding through the Conduit API.

## Overview

| Field        | Value                              |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------- |
| Region       | Latin America                      |
| ISO 3166-1   | SV / SLV                           |
| Registry     | CNR (Centro Nacional de Registros) |
| Last updated | 2026-05-04                         |

## Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in El Salvador and submit them as strings on the application body.

| API field                       | Local name               | Issuer                             |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------------------------------- |
| `businessInfo.taxId`            | **NIT**                  | Ministerio de Hacienda             |
| `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **Matrícula de Empresa** | Centro Nacional de Registros (CNR) |

*Tax ID:* Número de Identificación Tributaria for legal entities.

*Registration number:* Company registration number issued by the CNR.

## Sector regulators

`SSF` · `SIGET`

## Legal structures

| Local name                           | Abbreviation | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------------------ | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Sociedad Anónima                     | S.A.         | Fixed-capital joint-stock company with shares freely transferable; requires at least two shareholders and registration at the CNR. Equivalent to a US C-Corp.                                                                            |
| Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable | S.A. de C.V. | Variable-capital joint-stock company allowing easier capital adjustments without full deed amendment; most common corporate form in El Salvador. Equivalent to a US C-Corp.                                                              |
| Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada   | S.A.S.       | Simplified share-capital company introduced by 2024 Código de Comercio reform; can be formed by a single shareholder with as little as US\$1 using a CNR-provided form without a notarial deed. Equivalent to a US C-Corp.               |
| Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada | S. de R.L.   | Quota-based limited-liability company capped at 25 partners; partners' liability is limited to their contributions and quotas are not freely transferable without partner consent. Equivalent to a US LLC.                               |
| Sociedad en Nombre Colectivo         | S.N.C.       | General partnership in which all partners trade under a collective firm name and bear unlimited, joint, and personal liability for the entity's obligations. Equivalent to a US GP.                                                      |
| Sociedad en Comandita Simple         | S. en C.S.   | Limited partnership with one or more general partners bearing unlimited liability and one or more limited partners whose liability is capped at their contribution; no transferable shares. Equivalent to a US LP.                       |
| Comerciante Individual               | —            | A natural person who engages in trade or commerce in their own name; registered with the CNR as an individual merchant but carries unlimited personal liability with no legal-entity separation. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| Cooperativa                          | —            | Member-owned cooperative governed by the Ley General de Asociaciones Cooperativas; formed for mutual economic benefit with democratic governance and surplus distributed among members. Closest US equivalent: Cooperative.              |
| Sucursal de Sociedad Extranjera      | —            | Registered branch of a foreign company operating in El Salvador; the parent retains full liability and must register with the CNR's Registro de Comercio. Closest US equivalent: Branch/Rep 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     | Inscripción CNR                                                                           |
| Constitutive Documents | *All required:* Escritura Pública + Estatutos                                             |
| Tax Registration       | Tarjeta NIT                                                                               |
| Operating Permit       | Licencia de Funcionamiento                                                                |
| Ownership Records      | *All required:* Escritura Pública + Libro de Accionistas                                  |
| Governance Records     | *All required:* Escritura Pública + Credencial de Junta Directiva                         |
| Signing Authority      | *All required:* Credencial Rep. Legal + Punto de Acta                                     |
| Address                | *Any one of:* Contrato de Arrendamiento · Recibo de Servicios · Estado de Cuenta Bancario |

## 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                                                        |
| --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Inscripción CNR**                                 | Legal Registration                                            |
| **Escritura Pública**                               | Constitutive Documents, Ownership Records, Governance Records |
| **Estatutos**                                       | Constitutive Documents                                        |
| **Tarjeta NIT**                                     | Tax Registration                                              |
| **Licencia de Funcionamiento (alcaldía municipal)** | Operating Permit                                              |
| **Libro de Accionistas**                            | Ownership Records                                             |
| **Credencial de Junta Directiva**                   | Governance Records                                            |
| **Credencial Rep. Legal**                           | Signing Authority                                             |
| **Punto de Acta**                                   | Signing Authority                                             |
| **Contrato de Arrendamiento**                       | Address                                                       |
| **Recibo de Servicios (≤90 días)**                  | Address                                                       |
| **Estado de Cuenta Bancario (≤90 días)**            | Address                                                       |
| **Sector-Specific License**                         | SSF, SIGET                                                    |

**Not applicable in El Salvador:** Good Standing. Skip these areas — no local artifact exists.

### Collection notes

* **Address:** Conduit universal policy: 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.

## 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                                |
| ------------------- | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Presidente          | `CONTROLLING_PERSON`   | Board president.                           |
| Director / Vocal    | `CONTROLLING_PERSON`   | Board member.                              |
| Representante Legal | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Legal representative.                      |
| Administrador Único | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Sole administrator (alternative to board). |