Overview
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Region | Africa |
| ISO 3166-1 | MZ / MOZ |
| Registry | CREL (Conservatória do Registo das Entidades Legais) |
| Last updated | 2026-05-04 |
Identifiers
Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Mozambique and submit them as strings on the application body.| API field | Local name | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
businessInfo.taxId | NUIT | AT (Autoridade Tributária) |
businessInfo.businessEntityId | Conservatória do Registo Comercial number | Conservatória do Registo Comercial (CRC) |
Sector regulators
BdM · ISSM
Legal structures
| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sociedade por Quotas | Lda | Multi-member quota company; the most widely used SME vehicle in Mozambique, with 2–30 members and joint liability limited to capital contributions. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Sociedade Unipessoal por Quotas | — | Single-member variant of the quota company; the entire share capital is held by one natural or legal person. Equivalent to a US single-member LLC (SMLLC). |
| Sociedade Anónima | SA | Share-capital company with transferable shares, a board of directors, and a supervisory body; used by larger enterprises and eligible for public listing. Equivalent to a US C-Corp. |
| Sociedade por Acções Simplificada | SAS | Simplified share company introduced by the 2022 Commercial Code; share-based with limited liability but restricted from stock-exchange listing; designed for startups and family enterprises. Equivalent to a US C-Corp (closely held). |
| Sociedade em Nome Colectivo de Responsabilidade Limitada | SNCL | Limited-liability general partnership introduced by the 2022 Commercial Code, replacing the former unlimited-liability SNC; partners’ liability is capped to the company’s assets. Closest US equivalent: LLP. |
| Empresário em Nome Individual | — | Sole trader registered as an individual; no separate legal personality, with full personal liability for business debts. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| Sucursal de Empresa Estrangeira | — | Branch of a foreign company operating in Mozambique; no separate legal personality, with the parent entity bearing full liability. Closest US equivalent: Branch/Rep Office. |
| Cooperativa | — | Member-owned cooperative governed by cooperative-specific legislation; common in agriculture and services sectors. Closest US equivalent: Cooperative. |
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 | Certidão do Registo Comercial |
| Constitutive Documents | Any one of: Escritura Pública · Estatutos Sociais |
| Tax Registration | Cartão NUIT |
| Operating Permit | Any one of: Alvará Comercial · DUAT |
| Ownership Records | Any one of: Escritura Pública · Estatutos Sociais |
| Governance Records | Any one of: Escritura de Constituição · Estatutos Sociais · Acta de Nomeação |
| Signing Authority | Acta da Reunião do Conselho |
| Address | Any one of: Contrato de Arrendamento · Recibo de Serviços · Extrato Bancário |
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 |
|---|---|
| Certidão do Registo Comercial | Legal Registration |
| Escritura Pública | Constitutive Documents, Ownership Records |
| Estatutos | Constitutive Documents, Ownership Records, Governance Records |
| Cartão NUIT (AT) | Tax Registration |
| Alvará Comercial | Operating Permit |
| DUAT | Operating Permit |
| Escritura de Constituição | Governance Records |
| Acta de Nomeação | Governance Records |
| Acta da Reunião do Conselho | Signing Authority |
| Contrato de Arrendamento | Address |
| Recibo de Serviços (≤90 dias) | Address |
| Extrato Bancário (≤90 dias) | Address |
| Sector-Specific License | BdM, ISSM |
Collection notes
- Ownership Records: A estrutura exige a Escritura Pública OU os Estatutos Sociais para prova de titularidade. Qualquer um dos dois documentos constitutivos satisfaz o requisito.
- Governance Records: Structure is (Escritura OR Estatutos) + Acta de Nomeação. Either constitutive document is accepted; the Acta de Nomeação is required when directors changed post-incorporation. For initial directors named in the constitutive document, the Acta may be omitted.
- 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 theirrole 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gerente | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Legal representative of Lda. |
| Administrador | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Board member in SA. |