Legal Guides & Latest Articles

Finance

When Nobody Withholds: What a Foreign Company Owes on a Montenegrin Sale

Where the buyer is an individual, no one withholds. Article 29c puts the filing on the foreign seller — 30 days, through a tax representative.

Finance

The 15% Floor Meets a 9% Headline: What Montenegro's Top-Up Tax Actually Costs

Montenegro enacted a domestic top-up tax only. Article 20 sets a de minimis election and Article 33 penalties apply whether or not tax is due.

Crypto Investment

The Step Before the Purchase: What Happens When You Move Crypto to Your Own Wallet

Article 40f(8) makes the sending provider assess whether a self-hosted address above €1,000 is actually owned or controlled by the sender.

Technology

Montenegro Legislated a Digital Identity Wallet in 2026 — With Privacy Rules That Bite and Acceptance Rules That Do Not Yet

Article 16 bars the wallet provider from collecting usage data or combining it, while Article 30's acceptance duties wait for EU accession.

Criminal Law

Your Payment Can Be Stopped in Montenegro Without a Court, a Charge or a Hearing

Article 93 lets the financial intelligence unit order a bank to suspend a transaction and bar safe-deposit access for 72 hours, extendable to seven days.

Finance

Montenegro Does Not Buy a PEP Database. It Runs One — and Checking It Is Compulsory

Article 54 obliges firms to check the PEP Register before any business relationship, and Article 55 makes the PEP self-register within eight days.

Montenegro Corporate Law

A Capital Call in a Montenegrin d.o.o. Can Cost You the Share — by Operation of Law

Article 388 deems an unpaid member's share placed at the company's disposal and requires a public auction within one month of the deadline.

Legal Updates

Montenegro already shares DNA, fingerprint and vehicle data: what the bill in parliament actually adds

Legal Updates

Montenegro already shares DNA, fingerprint and vehicle data: what the bill in parliament actually adds

The bill in parliament does not start the sharing: the Agreement has bound Montenegro since 14 September 2020. The Protocol clarifies the EU-law link.

Investment

576 Yachts and 50 Owner States: What Montenegro's Own Yacht Register Actually Shows

The official register list of 12 August 2026 has 576 entries, 86.3% foreign-owned, with Serbia and Russia together holding more than half.

Inheritance Law

The Two Contracts That Empty a Montenegrin Estate Before It Exists

Articles 1065 and 1076 make the notary's warning a condition of validity — and Article 1068 turns a missing consent into a gift that heirs can reach.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

After a Death or a Serious Injury in Montenegro, the Default Award Is Not a Lump Sum

Article 195 makes compensation an annuity as a rule, not a lump sum — and Article 195(4) is the provision that converts it back into one.