Honduras pilots central beneficial-owner register through 16 November

Pilot before full implementation

The CNBS is testing the register with legal persons and legal structures from 29 October to 16 November and offers personalised assistance to participants. Its earlier implementation announcement says the pilot is intended to validate processes, optimise procedures and identify improvements before full implementation.^[1][2]

Law and regulation are in place

Decree 127-2026 was published in La Gaceta No. 37,184 on 3 July. CNBS approved the implementing regulation through Resolution GEE No. 617/18-09-2026 on 18 September; the official circular index dates Circular CNBS No. 010/2026 to 25 September. The legal framework therefore predates the pilot, but the reviewed material does not identify the pilot as the register's operational launch.^[3][4][5]

Covered persons and ownership test

The law covers domestic and foreign legal persons and legal structures operating in Honduras, including commercial companies registered or incorporated in the Mercantile Registry, structures with or without legal personality, and public entities in which the state holds less than 100%, subject to statutory exclusions. It identifies individuals holding at least 25% directly or indirectly, and individuals exercising effective control, as beneficial owners.^[4][5]

Filing periods depend on operational launch

Article 18 gives covered entities four months from the date the register enters into operation to submit the initial declaration. It does not say the pilot's 29 October start triggers that period. New entities created after the initial maximum period must register by the following month. Article 19 requires an annual update by 30 May and an update within the first ten working days of the following month when beneficial-owner information changes.^[5]

Prepare data without inventing a deadline

Companies should use the pilot period to map direct and indirect ownership, effective control and supporting records, and confirm the declaration format with the CNBS. They should not calculate the four-month deadline from 29 October without an official operational-launch notice. Reopen the timetable when CNBS announces that launch, a general filing calendar or participant duties for the pilot.^[1][2][4][5]