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Certified Haitian Articles of Incorporation Translation
Certified translation of the documents that constitute and evidence a Haitian company, with the corporate form, the registry references and the powers of the representatives reproduced exactly rather than mapped onto US equivalents that carry different law.
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The Ministry of Commerce, and a French code
A Haitian company is registered with the Ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie and its commercial registry, and Haitian company law rests on a nineteenth-century commercial code of French origin. The vocabulary of a Haitian deed is therefore older and more formal than a US reader expects, and that is period rather than error.
Haiti is not a member of OHADA, so Haitian corporate documents do not follow the uniform acts that govern much of francophone West Africa — a distinction worth making to anyone who assumes they do.
Société anonyme, and the patente
The société anonyme is the principal form, constituted by statutes executed before a notaire. Operating additionally requires a patente — the trading licence — renewed periodically, which is a separate document from the registration.
A foreign office asking for "the business licence" may mean the patente, and asking for "the articles" means the statutes. They are different pieces of paper.
French, Creole and the documents
Haiti has two official languages. Corporate and legal documents are overwhelmingly in French, while Haitian Creole appears on administrative material and correspondence. Both are translated, and they are genuinely different languages rather than registers of one.
A document may carry both, and where the French and Creole differ we translate each rather than assuming one is a copy of the other.
The NIF, and legalisation
The NIF is the taxpayer identification number from the DGI and appears alongside the registry details. Both are reproduced exactly.
Haiti is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, so a document for use in the United States is legalised through the ministry and the consulate rather than apostilled, and those stamps are translated with the rest. See our French and Haitian Creole pages.
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. Every seal, stamp, notarial recital and registry annotation is translated — a corporate document with its endorsements missing is not a complete document. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
Is Haiti an OHADA country?
No. Haitian company law rests on a commercial code of French origin, not on the OHADA uniform acts.
What is a patente?
The trading licence, renewed periodically. It is a separate document from the registration and from the statutes.
French or Creole?
Corporate documents are overwhelmingly French; Creole appears on administrative material. Both are translated.
Can I apostille a Haitian document?
No. Haiti is not a party to the Convention, so it is legalised through the ministry and consulate instead.
Ready to get started?
Upload the deed or the registry extract and receive the certified translation, typically within 24 hours.