> ## Documentation Index
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# Armenia

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

## Overview

| Field | Value |
| - | - |
| Region | Asia (West, South & Central) |
| ISO 3166-1 | AM / ARM |
| Registry | Agency for State Register of Legal Entities, MoJ |
| Last updated | 2026-05-06 |

## Identifiers

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

| API field | Local name | Issuer |
| - | - | - |
| `businessInfo.taxId` | **Հ.Վ.Հ.** | State Revenue Committee (SRC) |
| `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **Petakan grancman hamar (State Registration Number)** | Agency for State Register of Legal Entities, MoJ |

*Tax ID:* 8 digits; digit 8 is a check digit; also serves as VAT ID; issued automatically on company registration. Banks' TINs issued by CBA.

*Registration number:* Numeric identifier in the State Unified Register; shown on the State Registration Certificate and e-register.moj.am extract.

## Sector regulators

`CBA`

## Legal structures

| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Sahmanapack pataskhanatvotyamb ynkerotyun (Limited Liability Company) | SPE (ՍՊԸ) | Most common commercial form; capital divided into participatory quota shares; one or more founders; members' liability capped at their contribution. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Lracutsich pataskhanatvotyamb ynkerotyun (Supplementary Liability Company) | LPE (ԼՊԸ) | Quota-based company similar to an LLC but participants bear subsidiary personal liability for company obligations in a multiple of their contribution value. Closest US equivalent: LLC (with personal guaranty). |
| Phak bazhnetirakakan ynkerotyun (Closed Joint-Stock Company) | PBE (ՓԲԸ) | Shares issued to a closed circle of shareholders; transfer requires shareholder consent; board mandatory if more than 50 shareholders. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp (private). |
| Bats bazhnetirakakan ynkerotyun (Open Joint-Stock Company) | BBE (ԲԲԸ) | Shares freely transferable and publicly tradable; at least one-third independent board members required; CEO and Board Chair must be separate persons. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp (public). |
| Lriv ynkerotyaktsut'yun (Full/General Partnership) | — | Two or more partners who jointly conduct business and bear unlimited joint-and-several personal liability for partnership obligations. Equivalent to a US General Partnership (GP). |
| Havatagam ynkerotyaktsut'yun (Trust/Limited Partnership) | — | Comprises one or more general partners with unlimited liability and one or more limited (trust) partners whose liability is capped at their contribution. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership (LP). |
| Anhat dzernarkatar (Individual Entrepreneur) | ԱՁ | A natural person registered to conduct commercial activity; no separate legal entity; owner bears unlimited personal liability for all business obligations. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| Aratvutyun (Production Cooperative) | — | Member-owned cooperative in which profits are distributed in proportion to each member's contribution; each member holds one vote regardless of contribution size. Closest US equivalent: Cooperative. |
| Artakhin kaz'makerpuyt'yan masynazhiv / akanavor grasenyak (Branch / Representative Office of Foreign Entity) | — | Territorial division or representative presence of a foreign legal entity registered in Armenia; not a separate legal entity and cannot conduct independent commercial activity (representative office) or acts as an extension of the parent (branch). Closest US equivalent: 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 | *All required:* State Registration Certificate + e-register.moj.am extract |
| Constitutive Documents | Charter |
| Tax Registration | TIN Certificate |
| Ownership Records | *Any one of:* Participant Register · Share Register |
| Governance Records | *All required:* Charter + Director Appointment Decision |
| Signing Authority | Notarized Power of Attorney (Liazorагir) |
| Address | *Any one of:* Վարձակալության պայմանագիր · Կոմունալ վճարման անդորրագիր · Բանկային քաղվածք |
| Good Standing | e-register.moj.am extract |

## 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 |
| - | - |
| **State Registration Certificate** | Legal Registration |
| **e-register.moj.am extract** | Legal Registration, Good Standing |
| **Charter (Kanonadrutyun)** | Constitutive Documents, Governance Records |
| **TIN Certificate (SRC)** | Tax Registration |
| **Participant Register (LLC — Սահմանափակ Պատասխանատվությամբ Ընկերություն)** | Ownership Records |
| **Share Register (JSC — Բաժնետիրական Ընկերություն)** | Ownership Records |
| **Director Appointment Decision (e-register.moj.am extract)** | Governance Records |
| **Notarized Power of Attorney (Liazorагir)** | Signing Authority |
| **Վարձակալության պայմանագիր** | Address |
| **Կոմունալ վճարման անդորրագիր (վերջին 90 օրը)** | Address |
| **Բանկային քաղվածք (վերջին 90 օրը)** | Address |
| **Sector-Specific License** | CBA license |

**Not applicable in Armenia:** Operating Permit. Skip these areas — no local artifact exists.

### Collection notes

* **Legal Registration:** Extract is downloadable from e-register.moj.am and confirms current status and registered details.
* **Constitutive Documents:** Single constitutive document for LLC and JSC alike; filed with and stamped by MoJ on registration.
* **Tax Registration:** 8-digit TIN; also functions as VAT number; issued automatically at state registration.
* **Sector-Specific License:** Required for banks, credit organizations, insurance companies, payment service providers, investment funds, securities firms.
* **Ownership Records:** LLC participants (Մասնակիցներ) and their participation percentages are maintained in the entity's internal register. JSC shareholders are recorded in the Share Register maintained by a licensed registrar or the company itself.
* **Governance Records:** Current executive director(s) appear in state register extract; appointment resolution is the underlying instrument.
* **Signing Authority:** PoA must be notarized; electronic apostilles only since 2021-04-26 (MoJ).
* **Address:** Lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement (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. ASRLE issues no separate certificate of good standing; a freshly downloaded e-register.moj.am extract reflects current active/inactive company status and serves this purpose (subsumed-by-extract pattern)

## 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Tnoren / Gortsadir Tnoren (Director / Executive Director) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Day-to-day management authority; sole executive body for most LLCs. |
| Tnorenner'i Khorh / Varchutyun (Board of Directors / Supervisory Board) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Governance body; mandatory for JSCs with >50 shareholders; optional for LLC and smaller JSC. |
| Liazorагір Krogh (Power of Attorney Holder) | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Authorized by notarized PoA to legally bind the company externally. |

## Notes

* No general operating license exists. Armenia has no general municipal business-activity permit; the Operating Permit field is not applicable for non-regulated businesses — only sector-specific CBA licenses apply.
* Banks and financial institutions are registered by CBA, not MoJ. Their TINs are also issued by CBA; e-register.moj.am extracts will not show these entities — query the CBA register separately.
* Electronic apostille only since 2021-04-26. Armenia issues apostilles exclusively in electronic form via the Ministry of Justice; paper apostilles are no longer valid. Armenia is a Hague Apostille Convention party since 1994 (accession 1993-11-19, in force 1994-08-14).


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