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I have a bank account in the name of my S.A. corporation at Banco National. To open it several years ago I needed my cedula and foreign passport ID. Now my passport has been renewed and the number is different. Am I going to have a problem and if so, what do I need to do?
If your BN account is in the name of your corporation, you must also have had a [i]personaria juridica[/i], a legal document that verifies that you are legally authorized to act in the name of the corporation, in order to open it. In order to do further business in the corporation’s name, you will need a new [i]personaria juridica[/i].
Because corporations can be bought and sold, and because corporate officers can be replaced, a [i]personaria juridica [/i] is only valid for thirty days from its date of issuance. Were this not true, any past officer of the corporation, such as the person who opened your BN account, could do business in the corporation’s name — such as withdrawing all the funds. If you were to sell me your corporation, for example, I would not want you to have access to its BN account which I would now own.
In my personal experience, a [i]Persona juridica[/i] has always been created by an attorney, but there may be a way to obtain one directly farm the National Registry. Someone else will have to chime in on that one.
you can buy a personeria juridica on the national registries webpage
homepage: http://www.rnpdigital.go.cr/index.htm
shopping: https://www.rnpdigital.com/shopping/login.jspx' defer onload='
you create an account (sign up) and then you can shop for a personeria and other documents (2800 Colones)
It is valid for 2 weeks, which is plenty for the bank.
If you buy a S.A. with an existing bank account, you go to the bank together with the seller and change the signers on the account.
It’s my understanding that if you have NOT paid the new corporation tax that you can not obtain the personaria juridica, has anyone found that to be the case?
Scott
You may also wish to read:
DIMEX Mandatory for Banking Purposes by Costa Rica Tax Expert Randall Zamora which will be published tomorrow but you can see it now at
[ https://www.welovecostarica.com/members/3650.cfm ]
Scott
[quote=”Scott”]You may also wish to read:
DIMEX Mandatory for Banking Purposes by Costa Rica Tax Expert Randall Zamora which will be published tomorrow but you can see it now at
[ https://www.welovecostarica.com/members/3650.cfm ]
Scott [/quote]
Read the article by Randy, thanks. One situation is not addressed. I am not a [u]temporary[/u] or [u]permanent[/u] resident but I do have a bank account at BNCR. I visit CR as a tourist and go to my vacation home. Legally, this home is owned by an S.A.(Costa Rican corporation). The bank account is in the name of the SA and I am the legal shareholder representative able to transact banking functions on behalf of this SA. The Bank even provides a debit card to use in the ATM machine. Would I need this DIMEX card? My cedula, personeria and passport were necessary to do the bank set up but now I only need to show my passport when doing transactions at the bank. If I do need DIMEX, how would I proceed with my tourist status?
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