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# Honduras

> How to collect KYB documents from business customers in Honduras (HND) when onboarding through the Conduit API.

## Overview

| Field        | Value              |
| ------------ | ------------------ |
| Region       | Latin America      |
| ISO 3166-1   | HN / HND           |
| Registry     | Registro Mercantil |
| Last updated | 2026-05-04         |

## Identifiers

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

| API field                       | Local name                         | Issuer                                     |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `businessInfo.taxId`            | **RTN**                            | SAR (Servicio de Administración de Rentas) |
| `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **Inscripción Registro Mercantil** | Registro Mercantil                         |

*Tax ID:* Registro Tributario Nacional for legal entities.

*Registration number:* Mercantile registry inscription number recorded at incorporation.

## Sector regulators

`CNBS` · `CONATEL`

## Legal structures

| Local name                           | Abbreviation    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ------------------------------------ | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Sociedad Anónima                     | S.A.            | Share-capital corporation with transferable shares and limited shareholder liability; the standard vehicle for medium-to-large operations and foreign subsidiaries. Equivalent to a US C-Corp.                            |
| Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada | S. de R.L.      | Quota-based limited-liability company whose members' liability is capped at their contributions; shares are not freely transferable. Equivalent to a US LLC.                                                              |
| Sociedad Colectiva                   | S.C.            | General partnership in which all partners trade under a collective name and bear unlimited joint-and-several liability for company debts. 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 silent (comanditario) partners liable only to the extent of their contribution. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership. |
| Sociedad en Comandita por Acciones   | S. en C. por A. | Hybrid limited partnership in which the silent partners' interests are represented by shares while at least one general partner retains unlimited liability. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership.                      |
| Comerciante Individual               | —               | Individual sole trader registered in the Registro Mercantil; no separate legal entity and the owner bears unlimited personal liability for business debts. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship.                        |
| Sociedad Cooperativa                 | —               | Member-owned cooperative organized for the collective benefit of its members under special cooperative law; not a share-capital company. Equivalent to a US Cooperative.                                                  |
| Sucursal de Empresa Extranjera       | —               | Registered branch of a foreign company operating in Honduras; not a separate legal entity—the parent company retains full liability. Equivalent to a US 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 Registro Mercantil                                                            |
| Constitutive Documents | *All required:* Escritura Pública + Estatutos                                             |
| Tax Registration       | Constancia RTN                                                                            |
| Operating Permit       | Permiso de Operación Municipal                                                            |
| Ownership Records      | *All required:* Escritura Pública + Libro de Accionistas                                  |
| Governance Records     | *All required:* Escritura Pública + Nombramiento de Junta Directiva                       |
| Signing Authority      | *All required:* Certificación de Nombramiento + Acta de Junta Directiva                   |
| 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 Registro Mercantil**                        | Legal Registration                                            |
| **Escritura Pública**                                     | Constitutive Documents, Ownership Records, Governance Records |
| **Estatutos**                                             | Constitutive Documents                                        |
| **Constancia RTN (SAR)**                                  | Tax Registration                                              |
| **Permiso de Operación Municipal**                        | Operating Permit                                              |
| **Libro de Accionistas**                                  | Ownership Records                                             |
| **Nombramiento de Junta Directiva**                       | Governance Records                                            |
| **Certificación de Nombramiento (legal rep / directors)** | Signing Authority                                             |
| **Acta de Junta Directiva**                               | Signing Authority                                             |
| **Contrato de Arrendamiento**                             | Address                                                       |
| **Recibo de Servicios (≤90 días)**                        | Address                                                       |
| **Estado de Cuenta Bancario (≤90 días)**                  | Address                                                       |
| **Sector-Specific License**                               | CNBS, CONATEL                                                 |

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

## 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). |

## Additional fields

Country-specific fields you'll need to collect during onboarding, beyond the document uploads.

| Field            | Applies to  | Reason                                                                                                    |
| ---------------- | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `marital_status` | shareholder | Honduras requires marital information for partners/shareholders due to community-property considerations. |

## Notes

* Marital information is required for partners/shareholders, similar to OHADA jurisdictions.