Stamp duty in Brazil

Privately owned offices called Cartorios provide notorial types of services as well as registers of real estate deeds and recognizing signatures on many types of documents. These cartorios charge amounts according to the legislation in force which vary from a few cents for simple certified copies to thousands of Reais (R$) for real property deeds. Included in the fees charged for real property transfers by these cartorios are transfer taxes which vary from two to four percent of the declared value. Cartorios also register births, marriages and deaths. Expatriate assignees will almost certainly require the services of a cartorio.