{"summary":"CPCV (contrato-promessa de compra e venda, promissory contract): The CPCV is the agreement by which the parties commit to sign the purchase of a property later. Where it concerns a building or unit already built, under construction or to be built, it must be a document signed by the parties, with the signatures witnessed in person and the building licence certified. Money paid by the promissory buyer is presumed to be a deposit («sinal»). Law: CC, art. 410.º, n.os 1 a 3; CC, art. 441.º; CC, art. 442.º, n.º 2; CIMT, art. 2.º, n.º 2, al. a). Page: https://flatin.pt/en/glossary/cpcv/","key":"cpcv","name":"CPCV (contrato-promessa de compra e venda, promissory contract)","pt_name":"Contrato-promessa de compra e venda","en_name":"Promissory purchase and sale agreement","abbreviation":"CPCV","url":"https://flatin.pt/en/glossary/cpcv/","language":"en","language_requested":"en","definition":"The CPCV is the agreement by which the parties commit to sign the purchase of a property later. Where it concerns a building or unit already built, under construction or to be built, it must be a document signed by the parties, with the signatures witnessed in person and the building licence certified. Money paid by the promissory buyer is presumed to be a deposit («sinal»).","in_practice":["The deposit rules are what give the contract its weight: if the party who paid defaults, the other may keep the money; if the party who received it defaults, they may have to pay back double. That is why the size of the deposit is argued as carefully as the price.","There is a tax effect that catches buyers out: if the property is handed over — keys given, house already in use — before the deed, the IMT Code treats the promise as a transfer and the tax can fall due earlier, except on the purchase of an own permanent home."],"questions":[],"legal_refs":[{"label":"CC, art. 410.º, n.os 1 a 3","code":"CC","article":"art. 410.º, n.os 1 a 3","official_text":"https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/decreto-lei/1966-34509075-66198475","official_title":"Código Civil, artigo 410.º — Regime aplicável","checked_on":"2026-09-24"},{"label":"CC, art. 441.º","code":"CC","article":"art. 441.º","official_text":"https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/decreto-lei/1966-34509075-49805175","official_title":"Código Civil, artigo 441.º — Contrato-promessa de compra e venda","checked_on":"2026-09-24"},{"label":"CC, art. 442.º, n.º 2","code":"CC","article":"art. 442.º, n.º 2","official_text":"https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/decreto-lei/1966-34509075-59065106","official_title":"Código Civil, artigo 442.º — Sinal","checked_on":"2026-09-24"},{"label":"CIMT, art. 2.º, n.º 2, al. a)","code":"CIMT","article":"art. 2.º, n.º 2, al. a)","official_text":"https://info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt/pt/informacao_fiscal/codigos_tributarios/cimt/Pages/cimt2.aspx","official_title":"Código do IMT, artigo 2.º — Incidência objectiva e territorial","checked_on":"2026-09-24"}],"see_also":[{"key":"escritura-publica","name":"Escritura pública (public deed)","pt_name":"Escritura pública","en_name":"Public deed","abbreviation":null,"url":"https://flatin.pt/en/glossary/escritura-publica/"},{"key":"certidao-permanente","name":"Certidão permanente (online land registry certificate)","pt_name":"Certidão permanente do registo predial","en_name":"Online land registry certificate","abbreviation":null,"url":"https://flatin.pt/en/glossary/certidao-permanente/"},{"key":"imt","name":"IMT (municipal property transfer tax)","pt_name":"Imposto Municipal sobre as Transmissões Onerosas de Imóveis","en_name":"Municipal property transfer tax","abbreviation":"IMT","url":"https://flatin.pt/en/glossary/imt/"}],"updated_on":"2026-09-24","checked_on":"2026-09-24","sources":[{"title":"Código Civil, artigo 410.º — Regime aplicável","url":"https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/decreto-lei/1966-34509075-66198475","checked_on":"2026-09-24"},{"title":"Código Civil, artigo 441.º — Contrato-promessa de compra e venda","url":"https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/decreto-lei/1966-34509075-49805175","checked_on":"2026-09-24"},{"title":"Código Civil, artigo 442.º — Sinal","url":"https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/decreto-lei/1966-34509075-59065106","checked_on":"2026-09-24"},{"title":"Código do IMT, artigo 2.º — Incidência objectiva e territorial","url":"https://info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt/pt/informacao_fiscal/codigos_tributarios/cimt/Pages/cimt2.aspx","checked_on":"2026-09-24"}],"attribution":{"provided_by":"flatin.pt","page":"https://flatin.pt/en/glossary/cpcv/","reuse":"free to quote and reuse with a link to https://flatin.pt/; a link to the page itself is recommended","terms":"https://flatin.pt/en/legal/terms/"}}