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Certified Brazilian Lease Agreement Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record a tenancy in Brazil, including the registry annotations and endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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Four statutory guarantees, and only one at a time
The Lei do Inquilinato allows exactly four forms of guarantee — fiador (a personal guarantor, usually a property owner), caução (a deposit capped at three months' rent), seguro-fiança (a guarantee insurance policy) and título de capitalização (a capitalisation bond) — and the landlord may require only one.
A lease demanding both a fiador and a deposit is unlawful on its face. That is a fact about the document a US reader would never guess, and we translate the guarantee clause precisely rather than summarising it as "security".
Caução is capped and is not the US deposit
The caução is capped at three months' rent and, where in cash, must be deposited in a savings account in the names of both parties, with the interest belonging to the tenant.
So a Brazilian deposit is a jointly held, interest-bearing sum rather than money the landlord holds. In a financial disclosure that is an asset, and the translation should let the reader see it.
Registration, and effect against third parties
A Brazilian lease is valid between the parties without registration, but registering it at the Cartório de Títulos e Documentos — or, with a right-of-first-refusal clause, at the property registry — gives it effect against third parties and protects the tenant if the property is sold.
A registered lease carries the cartório's stamp and entry number, and that endorsement is what makes it more than a private contract. We translate it.
Thirty months, and what changes at that line
A residential lease of thirty months or more in writing ends automatically at term and the landlord may recover the property without cause. Below thirty months the tenancy continues and repossession requires a statutory ground.
That threshold decides the tenant's security and it is a number in the term clause. We reproduce the term exactly and do not round it. See our Portuguese page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, and every seal, stamp and registry endorsement is translated with the text. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
My lease has a fiador and a deposit.
That is unlawful. Brazilian law allows four guarantee forms and the landlord may require only one.
How much can the deposit be?
Three months' rent, held in a joint savings account with the interest belonging to the tenant.
Does the lease need registering?
Not for validity between the parties, but registration at the Cartório de Títulos e Documentos gives it effect against third parties.
Why does the term say thirty months?
At thirty months or more the lease ends automatically at term. Below it, repossession needs a statutory ground.
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