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Remote and electronic voting by owners in Portugal

Short answer

Yes. Whenever the building's administration decides, or the majority of owners asks, the owners' assembly is held by remote means of communication, preferably videoconference. If an owner has justified reasons for not being able to take part remotely and has told the administration, the administration must provide the necessary means, or the assembly cannot be held remotely.

What the law says

Original wording of the law (Portuguese). The summary and the notes around it are ours.

Sempre que a administração do condomínio assim o determine ou a maioria dos condóminos o requeira, a assembleia de condóminos tem lugar por meios de comunicação à distância, preferencialmente por videoconferência.
Provision: Decreto-Lei n.º 268/94, art. 1.º-A, n.os 1 e 2 · Official text

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Also relevant

Caso algum dos condóminos não tenha, fundamentadamente, condições para participar na assembleia de condóminos por meios de comunicação à distância e tenha transmitido essa impossibilidade à administração do condomínio, compete a esta assegurar-lhe os meios necessários, sob pena de a assembleia não poder ter lugar através daqueles meios.
Provision: Decreto-Lei n.º 268/94, art. 1.º-A, n.º 2 · Official text

What this means in practice

The remote meeting still follows the rules on notice and minutes. The law does not regulate online voting outside a meeting, written resolutions, hybrid meetings, a particular platform, recording or identity checks, so none of those should be assumed. The provision was added by the 2022 reform and applies from April 2022.

General information, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer in Portugal before relying on it, and read your building's own documents: they can change how a rule applies.

Where Unitify fits

Unitify records votes and keeps the result. It does not run video meetings of its own and does not by itself satisfy an identification or signature rule of your law. Whether a vote taken this way counts depends on the law above and on your own rules.

How this works in Unitify

Questions and answers

Can owners vote remotely or electronically in Portugal?
Yes. Whenever the building's administration decides, or the majority of owners asks, the owners' assembly is held by remote means of communication, preferably videoconference. If an owner has justified reasons for not being able to take part remotely and has told the administration, the administration must provide the necessary means, or the assembly cannot be held remotely.
Where does this come from, and when was it checked?
The quotation is from Decreto-Lei n.º 268/94, art. 1.º-A, n.os 1 e 2, at the official source linked on this page. It was last checked against that source on October 8, 2026.
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