1. Summary
Registered stocks are recorded in the register of stockholders. The rights arising from a registered stock belong to the person entered in the register of stockholders as a stockholder. The register of stockholders consists of separate divisions, each division reflecting the complete and current composition of the stockholders. Amendments to a division must be made when stocks are transferred, information concerning a stockholder changes, there is an increase or reduction of the equity capital, or the company acquires its own stocks.
| Review period is 1–3 business days (excluding the day of submission)* | 
| Fees start from EUR 20.00 | 
| Submit documents via the e-service |
| * The statutory time limit for reviewing documents may be extended pursuant to Section 64(2) of the Administrative Procedure Law. | |||||
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| Documents in foreign languages, electronic document submission, etc. | General procedures: registration at a pre-selected time, pre-submission document verification, etc. |
| Explanations (beneficial owners, etc.) | Details and payments |
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Documents to be submitted:
- application form KR18;
- division of the register of stockholders (signatures must be certified – either with a secure e-signature for electronic submission or with notarisation for paper submission);
- a notarised copy of the certificate of inheritance (where the stocks have been acquired by way of inheritance);
- the document on the basis of which the stocks were acquired as a result of an auction or pursuant to a final and binding court judgment, or a notarised copy thereof;
- if the application is submitted by post, proof of payment of the state fee (receipt or copy, online banking payment confirmation, or payment details in free text).
A foreigner (foreign national) who has legal ties with Latvia, on the basis of which mutual rights and obligations in the field of commercial activity and taxation arise or have arisen, but who has not been assigned a personal identity number of the Republic of Latvia, must submit a questionnaire for the inclusion of data in the Register of Natural Persons (to be signed personally by the foreign national with a secure electronic signature if submitted electronically; if a secure electronic signature is not available, this document shall not be submitted).
Where two actions are carried out simultaneously (for example, an increase of the equity capital and a transfer of stocks), a separate division of the register of stockholders must be submitted for each of these changes.
Documents must be submitted to the Register of Enterprises within 3 days of signing the division of the register of stockholders.