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# Mozambique

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

## 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) |

*Tax ID:* Número Único de Identificação Tributária — 9-digit tax ID.

*Registration number:* Commercial registry number issued by the 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 |
| Good Standing          | Certidão do Registo Comercial                                                  |

## 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, Good Standing                             |
| **Escritura Pública**             | Constitutive Documents, Ownership Records, Governance Records |
| **Estatutos**                     | Constitutive Documents, Ownership Records, Governance Records |
| **Cartão NUIT (AT)**              | Tax Registration                                              |
| **Alvará Comercial**              | Operating Permit                                              |
| **DUAT**                          | Operating Permit                                              |
| **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.
* **Good Standing:** No standalone good-standing certificate is issued; a recently dated copy of the listed document evidences current standing. Mozambique's Conservatória do Registo das Entidades Legais (CREL) does not issue a separate Certificate of Good Standing; a Certidão do Registo Comercial dated ≤30 days (collected under business\_registration) reflects current legal status, share capital and directors and serves the same compliance function.

## 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                  |
| ------------- | ---------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| Gerente       | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Legal representative of Lda. |
| Administrador | `CONTROLLING_PERSON`   | Board member in SA.          |