there is a governing body called
INCI, all estate agencies in Portugal must be registered with INCI, if they are not registered and have a valid AMI number then they are
not legal. you should only use proper legal INCI agencies, much safer.
this is the link to INCI.
Consulta
you can check out an agent on the INCI website to see if they are legal and registered, watch out as there are a lot of people out there on the web pretending to be estate agents.
By clicking on an individual agent's name you can find out the validity dates of their AMI Nš and insurance cover.
give it a try with our
AMI number 7856
just put the number in where it says
No Licenca then hit the button that says
pesquisar
then click on the Estate Agents name or AMI number to see details of them, if you are checking someone out and they are not listed, then they are not a proper INCI licensed agent, also check that the license, insurance dates are still valid.
you can also check details by putting in the company name or look under the town you are interested in, under
councelho this will bring up all the agents listed.try putting in
Tomar for our estate agency
chavetejo
give it a try, you will find there are a lot of illegal agents out there that wont come up on the inci site.