Overview
Identifiers
Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Hungary and submit them as strings on the application body.
Tax ID: 11-digit format: XXXXXXXX-Y-ZZ (8-digit base code, VAT code, regional code). VAT number = “HU” + first 8 digits (e.g. HU12345678). Issued upon incorporation via Cégbíróság.
Registration number: Format: XX-XX-XXXXXX (court code – entity-type code – 6-digit serial, e.g. 01-09-123456). Shown on every Cégkivonat.
Sector regulators
MNB
Legal structures
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.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.
Not applicable in Hungary: Ownership Records, Governance Records. Skip these areas — no local artifact exists.
Collection notes
- Legal Registration: Official extract from Cégjegyzék via e-cegjegyzek.hu; confirms Cégjegyzékszám, legal form, registered seat, incorporation date. Free public access.
- Constitutive Documents: Must be countersigned by an attorney or notarized. Hungarian company law distinguishes the founding document by entity type: Alapító okirat for single-member Kft., Társasági szerződés for multi-member Kft., Bt., and Kkt., and Alapszabály for Zrt. and Nyrt.
- Tax Registration: Issued by NAV confirming adószám and tax compliance. Adószám: 11-digit (XXXXXXXX-Y-ZZ); EU VAT = HU + first 8 digits.
- Operating Permit: General business/trade permit issued by local government (önkormányzat) for premises-based activities. Not required for all business types; some activities only require notification (bejelentés).
- Sector-Specific License: MNB license covering banking, payment services, investment firms, insurance, and VASPs. Required when the customer operates in a regulated sector.
- Signing Authority: Aláírási címpéldány: notary-certified; certifies signatory identity and authority. Aláírásminta: attorney-countersigned, prepared only during registration/amendment. Meghatalmazás: general (max 5 years) or special POA. Cégvezető authority may appear directly on Cégkivonat.
- 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.
- Good Standing: Hungary is a subsumed-by-extract jurisdiction. The Hiteles cégkivonat issued by the Céginformációs Szolgálat (Ministry of Justice) carries a certified timestamp confirming current active status and serves as the CoGS equivalent. Obtain from e-cegjegyzek.hu. The free tárolt cégkivonat is updated weekly and is not a substitute for the certified version.
Person roles
When you submit a person on the application body, set theirrole to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.
Notes
- Act V of 2006 (Ctv.) remains operative through 2026-12-31 — Hungary enacted Acts LIX and LX of 2025 on the registration and termination procedures of legal entities, which take effect 2027-01-01 and will replace Ctv. on that date. Until then, Ctv. section numbers remain valid; from 2027-01-01, references to Ctv. cite superseded law and should be remapped to Acts LIX/LX of 2025.
- Kft. shareholders (tagok) are public in the Cégjegyzék, but Zrt. shareholders are held in a private share register (részvénykönyv) not publicly filed — for Zrt., the shareholder register must be obtained directly from the company.
- Insurance sector statute update — Act LX of 2003 on Insurance Institutions was replaced by Act LXXXVIII of 2014 on the Business of Insurance, with substantive provisions in force from 2016-01-01; any reference to “Bit. Act LX of 2003” is citing superseded law.