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# Brazil

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

## Overview

| Field | Value |
| - | - |
| Region | Latin America |
| ISO 3166-1 | BR / BRA |
| Registry | State-level Juntas Comerciais (Boards of Trade) + Receita Federal (federal tax) |
| Last updated | 2026-05-04 |

## Identifiers

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

| API field | Local name | Issuer |
| - | - | - |
| `businessInfo.taxId` | **CNPJ** | Receita Federal |
| `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **NIRE** | Junta Comercial (state-level) |

*Tax ID:* 14-digit national tax ID printed on the Cartão CNPJ.

*Registration number:* 11-digit commercial registry number assigned at incorporation.

## Sector regulators

`BCB` · `CVM` · `SUSEP` · `ANS` · `ANVISA`

## Legal structures

| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Sociedade Anônima | S.A. | Share-capital corporation governed by Lei 6.404/1976; can be publicly or privately held. Board of directors mandatory for publicly held S.A.s. Equivalent to a US C-Corp. |
| Sociedade em Comandita por Ações | S.C.A. | Share-capital entity in which at least one managing partner (comanditado) bears unlimited liability while shareholders (comanditários) are liable only to the extent of their shares. Closest US equivalent: Limited Partnership (LP). |
| Sociedade Limitada | LTDA | Quota-based limited liability company; 2+ members (sócios) since Lei 13.874/2019 expanded single-member access via SLU. No minimum capital. The most common business vehicle in Brazil. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Sociedade Limitada Unipessoal | SLU | Single-member variant of the Sociedade Limitada, introduced by Lei 13.874/2019 (Art. 7); replaces the defunct EIRELI. No minimum capital. Equivalent to a US single-member LLC (SMLLC). |
| Sociedade em Nome Coletivo | SNC | General partnership in which all partners must be natural persons and bear unlimited joint and several liability for the company's obligations. Equivalent to a US General Partnership (GP). |
| Sociedade em Comandita Simples | SCS | Limited partnership with at least one general partner (comanditado) bearing unlimited liability and one or more limited partners (comanditários) liable only for their capital contribution. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership (LP). |
| Empresário Individual | EI | Registered sole trader (natural person); no separate legal personality and unlimited personal liability for business debts. Registered with the Junta Comercial. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| Microempreendedor Individual | MEI | Micro-entrepreneur regime for self-employed individuals with annual revenue up to R\$81k (indexed); simplified federal registration via Portal do Empreendedor, issues a CNPJ. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship (DBA). |
| Sociedade Simples | SS | Civil-law professional partnership for intellectual or liberal activities (law, medicine, architecture); registered with the Cartório de Registro Civil de Pessoas Jurídicas, not the Junta Comercial. Partners may be jointly liable depending on the articles. Closest US equivalent: General Partnership (GP) used for professional firms. |
| Sociedade em Conta de Participação | SCP | Undisclosed (silent) partnership with no legal personality; the ostensible partner (sócio ostensivo) acts publicly while silent partners (sócios participantes) contribute capital. Must register for a CNPJ but is not filed with the Junta Comercial. Closest US equivalent: a contractual Joint Venture or Silent Partnership. |
| Sociedade Cooperativa | — | Member-owned cooperative governed by Lei 5.764/1971 and Arts. 1.093–1.096 of the Civil Code; democratic governance (one member, one vote) and no profit-maximisation purpose. Equivalent to a US 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 | *All required:* Cartão CNPJ + Junta Comercial Reg. |
| Constitutive Documents | *Any one of:* Contrato Social · Estatuto Social |
| Tax Registration | Cartão CNPJ |
| Operating Permit | Alvará de Funcionamento |
| Ownership Records | *Any one of:* Quadro Societário · Contrato Social · Livro de Ações |
| Governance Records | *Any one of:* Contrato Social · Ata de Eleição |
| Signing Authority | *Any one of:* Ata de Assembleia · Procuração |
| Address | *Any one of:* Contrato de Locação · Comprovante de Endereço · Extrato Bancário |
| Good Standing | Certidão Simplificada |

## 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 |
| - | - |
| **Cartão CNPJ** | Legal Registration, Tax Registration |
| **Junta Comercial Reg. (NIRE)** | Legal Registration |
| **Contrato Social (LTDA)** | Constitutive Documents, Ownership Records, Governance Records |
| **Estatuto Social (S.A.)** | Constitutive Documents |
| **Alvará de Funcionamento (municipal)** | Operating Permit |
| **Quadro Societário** | Ownership Records |
| **Livro de Ações (S.A.)** | Ownership Records |
| **Ata de Eleição (S.A.)** | Governance Records |
| **Ata de Assembleia / Reunião de Sócios** | Signing Authority |
| **Procuração** | Signing Authority |
| **Contrato de Locação** | Address |
| **Comprovante de Endereço (≤90 dias)** | Address |
| **Extrato Bancário (≤90 dias)** | Address |
| **Certidão Simplificada (Junta Comercial)** | Good Standing |
| **Sector-Specific License** | BCB (financial), CVM (securities), SUSEP (insurance), ANS, ANVISA |

### Collection notes

* **Signing Authority:** 'Ata de Assembleia / Reunião' is one artifact with two title variants (Assembleia = S.A., Reunião = LTDA) — not two separate documents. The Ata is always required; Procuração is additionally required only when the acting representative is not a registered statutory officer. For classification, either artifact alone is sufficient to satisfy the slot.
* **Address:** 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:** Issued by the state Junta Comercial where the entity is registered. Reports situação cadastral (active, extinct, cancelled, bankrupt, transferred). Distinct from the Cartão CNPJ (tax/business registration). No statutory expiry but banks and counterparties typically require issuance within 30–90 days.

## 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Sócio-Administrador | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Partner who also manages the LTDA. Must be identified in Contrato Social. |
| Administrador | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Non-partner manager of LTDA, if appointed. |
| Diretor | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Officer of S.A. appointed by board. |
| Conselheiro | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Member of Conselho de Administração in S.A. |
| Presidente | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Board chair or company president. |
| Procurador | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Holds power of attorney (procuração) to act on behalf of the company. |

## Notes

* Proof of operating address must be a utility bill or lease no older than 3 months.


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