Authorisation to register at a home on the padrón (Spain)
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Registering on the padrón, Spain's municipal register of residents, is free at your town hall, in person or on its electronic office, with its own form (hoja padronal); you do not need DocMuse for it. This Spanish document, in Spanish, is only the authorisation many town halls ask for when the person registering has no contract in their name: it is signed by someone already registered at the home who holds a right over it or, if nobody is registered, by the home's holder, and names each person authorised. Hand it in at the town hall with the form and the copies it asks for.
- Made for use in Spain
- Last updated October 20, 2026
Published byDocMuse
When to use this document
- Someone is moving into your flat in Spain and the town hall wants your written permission for them to register.
- You rent out a room and your lodger needs to register on the padrón at the address.
- Your partner or a relative is moving in with you and has no contract in their own name.
- You want to sign the padrón authorisation so that another person can register at your home.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Town hall you write to
- Declarant
- Declarant's DNI or NIE (Spanish identity number)
- Declarant's home address
- Right of the person authorising over the home
- Whether the person authorising is on the padrón at this home
- Address of the property
- People authorised (full name and identity document)
- City
- Date
Common questions
- Who signs the authorisation to register at a home in Spain?
- If people are already registered at the home, the town hall asks for the written authorisation of an adult registered there who holds a right over the home: ownership, a lease or another (the padrón technical instructions of 17 February 2020). If nobody is registered and the person registering has no contract, it asks for the holder of the home's authorisation, with their title. Each person authorised must be identified: a general authorisation is not accepted.
- Is this authorisation needed if the person registering has a lease in their own name?
- No. Someone with a contract or deed in their own name hands it in with the hoja padronal and needs nobody's authorisation. The padrón records where each person really lives: everyone living in Spain must register in the municipality where they usually live (article 15 of Spanish Law 7/1985). Without a contract or an authorisation, the town hall can check by other means that the person lives there. Registration does not decide who has a right over the home.
- Where is the padrón authorisation handed in, and are there free models?
- It is handed in at the town hall with the hoja padronal, in person or on its electronic office where allowed, with a copy of the identity document and of the title of the person authorising. Many Spanish town halls publish their own free authorisation model, or include it in the hoja padronal itself: if yours does, you can use that. In regions with a co-official language, the town hall must also accept it in that language.
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
- Sign it yourself with a qualified electronic signature. If you already hold a QES — Evrotrust, B-Trust, StampIT, ZealiD or any qualified provider on the EU Trusted List, on a card, a USB token, in a mobile app or in the cloud — our signing guide explains step by step how to sign this exact file without invalidating it. Step-by-step help, and a way to check it worked
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