Companies Must Designate an Email Address for Receiving Notifications

Through Law 10597, published in Annex 195 to La Gaceta on December 3, various regulations are amended to establish the possibility for business entities to validly receive notifications via email.

New companies established from this point forward must include, in their articles of incorporation, specifically in the clause regarding the corporate domicile, a valid email address to receive notifications. The option of appointing resident agents has been entirely eliminated.

For companies currently in existence, the National Registry will implement a system within a maximum period of six months that will allow them to report, free of charge, an email address for receiving notifications.

Below are the amended regulations:

COMMERCIAL CODE

Article 18, Section 10: Corporate Domicile
The domicile of the company must be a current and accurate address within the national territory where notifications can validly be delivered. Additionally, an email address must be provided through an account that ensures receipt of notifications, for administrative and judicial authorities to use for notifications.

JUDICIAL NOTIFICATIONS LAW

Article 20: Notifications to Legal Entities
Legal entities, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be notified through their representative, personally at their residence, or at their actual domicile. Notifications may also be sent to the contractual domicile, the corporate domicile, the registered actual domicile, or, in the case of business entities, to the email address listed in the Commercial Registry. The electronic account must be properly registered and kept up-to-date for receiving notifications from administrative and judicial authorities. Failure to provide such an address will necessarily result in automatic notifications being applied.

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