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Certified Cape Verdean Property Deed Translation

eVerbary translates your Cape Verdean property deed into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.

Deed, registry and tax record

Property in Cabo Verde is documented in several places. A sale is made by notarial deed (escritura); the legal situation, owners and charges are kept by the Conservatória do Registo Predial; and the tax record (matriz) is kept by the municipality (Câmara Municipal). Each issues its own certificate, and a buyer or heir may need more than one. We translate each document in full, with its registration numbers, descriptions of the land or building, and every stamp.

Since Decree-Law 12/2024, in areas where the land cadastre has been completed the key document is the property identification certificate (certidão de identificação predial, CIP). It combines the cadastre's physical data, the municipality's planning data and the Conservatória's legal data, has full probative force, and no notarial or registry act on a property in a cadastred area can be done without it unless it can be consulted electronically.

Informal ownership and inheritance

The same decree defines informal rights: property transferred during life or on death by verbal agreement or private writing, without a deed. Many family properties in Cabo Verde are held this way, so a file may contain private agreements, statements by witnesses, or a partition among heirs rather than a registered title. We translate each as what it is and do not call an informal document a deed.

For an estate in the US, the property document is often read with the owner's death certificate and a power of attorney given to a relative in Cabo Verde. Areas, boundaries and amounts in escudos are copied exactly as printed. If the property lies in an area where the cadastre is complete, ask for the CIP, since it brings the registry, cadastre and municipal data together in one certificate. See the general property deed page and our Portuguese page.

What USCIS requires

Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), a foreign-language document must be accompanied by a complete English translation and the translator's certification that it is accurate. Every seal, stamp and marginal note is part of the document, so every one is translated.

State agencies set their own rules — see government agencies — and what our certification states is on this page.

How it works

Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.

A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.

Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.

Certified vs. standard translation

A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.

A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.

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