Institute of Registries and Notary

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Institute of Registries and Notary
Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado
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Government agency overview
Formed1945 (1945)
Jurisdiction Government of Portugal
Headquarters Campus de Justiça, Lisbon
38°46′24″N9°05′45″W / 38.773446081°N 9.095905011°W / 38.773446081; -9.095905011
Parent Government agency Ministry of Justice
Website irn.justica.gov.pt

Institute of Registries and Notary (Portuguese : Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado) is a public organization subordinated to the Ministry of Justice, and is dealing with civil registration and registration of entities and vehicles.

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History

The organization passed through number of iterations and reforms. In 1945 the General Directorate of Registries and Notaries was created (Portuguese : Direção Geral dos Registos e do Notariado). [1] to oversee On December 22, 1945, the General Directorate of Registries and Notaries was created within the Ministry of Justice, to oversee civil, property, commercial and automobile registration services and notary services. [2] In 1950 the Central Register of Wills (Portuguese : o Registo Central de Testamentos) was created. In 1959 The General Directorate of Registries and Notaries (Portuguese : Direção Geral dos Registos e do Notariado) now had responsibility for classifying registry offices and organizing the territory. In 1986 New Commercial Registry Code establishes the total autonomy of the commercial registry in relation to the land registry. On 1 May 2007 the organization received its current name and form. In December 2022 workers of the IRN struck for allegedly bad working conditions. [3] In June 2023 the Portuguese government published the Recovery and Resilience Plan, according to which the IRN would receive substantial investments in the upcoming years hiring additional staff and investing in new IT systems. [4] In September that year, the workers' labour union again criticized the government for the lack of resources, which led to long queues. [5]

Operations and duties

The Institute of Registries and Notary is responsible for various operations related to civil registry, including the issuance of birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates and the processing of citizenship requests. The IRN has office in each Portuguese province, and in the cities of Lisbon, Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia and Setubal there are eleven, four, two and two conservatories respectively. In small and medium-sized municipalities, conservatories also accumulate other functions besides the civil registry, such as land registration (Portuguese : registo predial), commercial (legal entities, Portuguese : registo comercial) and vehicles (Portuguese : registo de automóveis). In Lisbon, the Central Registry Office (Portuguese : Conservatória dos Registos Centrais) is located, it was created in 1949 and is responsible for registrations involving Portuguese citizens abroad and for the management of any procedure that concerns Portuguese citizenship. Following the liquidation of the Foreigners and Borders Service, some of the latter's responsibilities were transferred to the IRN, including the granting and issuance of the Portuguese passport, as well as managing renewals of residence permits. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Historia" (PDF). Institute of Registries and Notary. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  2. ↑ "A nossa história" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  3. ↑ "Trabalhadores do Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado em greve a 5 de janeiro" (in Portuguese). dn.pt. 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  4. ↑ "Serviços do registo vão ser reforçados com mais de 300 funcionários em 2023" (in Portuguese). portugal.gov.pt. 2023-06-21. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  5. ↑ "Sindicato dos Registos e Notariado responsabiliza Governo por longas esperas nos serviços" (in Portuguese). dnoticias.pt. 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  6. ↑ "SEF Replaced by AIMA Starting 29th October". lvpadvogados.com. 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
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