The newly increased fines retroactively went into effect starting 1 January 2025.
Algeria’s tax authority (NTA) issued a circular on 29 October 2025 announcing higher fines for failing to comply with registration duty requirements, effective from 1 January 2025.
The circular communicates modifications introduced by Articles 33 and 34 of the 2025 Finance Law to specific articles of the Code of Registration, which pertain to financial penalties for failing to meet obligations.
Key changes include expanding liability to judicial officers, such as bailiffs, and allowing the use of certified copies instead of original documents for registration formalities. This change covers civil, extrajudicial, and notarial acts, aiming to streamline procedures and reduce the risk of tampering with original documents.
Furthermore, the circular significantly increases the monetary penalties for various infractions, such as failing to mention registration references or provide complete quittances on legal documents.
Details of the increased fines are outlined below:
| Nature of the Infraction | Former Fine (In force on 31 December 2024) | New Fine (Applicable starting 1 January 2025) |
| Failure to mention the references of the registration during the drafting of an act or pursuant to or in consequence of an act, which is subject to the registration formality. | DZD 500 | DZD 100,000 |
| Failure to mention literally and entirely the quittance (receipt) within the copies of public, civil, or judicial acts is obligatorily subject to registration. | DZD 500 | DZD 10,000 |
| Failure to textually reproduce the mentions of the registration of the initial lease acts within acts concerning sub-lease (sous bail), subrogation, cession, or retrocession of the lease of movable and immovable property. | DZD 500 | DZD 10,000 |
