What this letter is
The Tablón Edictal Único (TEU) (single public notice board) is a supplement of the BOE (Official State Gazette) where any public body publishes notices when it hasn’t been able to notify you of something: you were out during both Correos delivery attempts, your address was wrong or they didn’t have it. Many people find out by googling their own name. Appearing there doesn’t mean you’ve done anything serious: it means you have a notification waiting and the deadline is already running.
How to read it: the key parts
| What you see on the letter | What it means |
|---|---|
| Órgano emisor (Agencia Tributaria, DGT, ayuntamiento, Seguridad Social…) (issuing body) | Who is trying to notify you |
| NIF / NIE and name (tax / foreigner ID number) | The addressee. Sometimes it is partly hidden |
| Procedimiento or acto (liquidación, apremio, sanción, requerimiento…) (procedure or act) | What kind of document is waiting for you (assessment, enforcement, fine, information request…) |
| Nº de expediente / referencia (file number / reference) | The code to ask for the notification |
| Lugar de comparecencia (place to come forward) | The office or online portal where you can pick it up |
| Plazo de comparecencia (deadline to come forward) | How long you have before it is treated as notified |
| Fecha de publicación (publication date) | The date of the BOE issue. Deadlines start the day after |
| CVE (código de verificación electrónica) (electronic verification code) | Lets you look up the notice once it is no longer freely accessible |
What deadline you have
It depends on who is notifying you. With the tax agency (Hacienda) the rule is clear: you have 15 calendar days to come forward, counted from the day after publication. If you don’t, the notification is treated as delivered on the day after the last day of that period.
Example: the notice is published on Monday 5 October 2026. The 15 days run from 6 to 20 October. If you don’t come forward, you are treated as notified on 21 October, and from the 22nd the deadlines in the letter itself start counting (to pay, appeal or reply).
In other procedures, the notice may already be the notification itself, or give you a different deadline. Check the notice.
What you can do
| Option | When it makes sense | What happens next |
|---|---|---|
| Come forward on the online portal | If you have Cl@ve or a digital certificate | You read the full document and the date is recorded |
| Come forward at the office shown | If you don’t have digital access | They hand you the notification in person |
| Call or book an appointment with the body | If the notice isn’t clear | They tell you which file it is and how to collect it |
| Update your address | If the problem was an old address | You stop it happening again |
| Do nothing | Never a good idea | You are treated as notified and the deadlines run without you knowing what it says |
What happens if you do nothing
The notification counts as delivered anyway. If it was a tax assessment, the voluntary payment period runs and, when it ends, the recargo (surcharge) and the providencia de apremio (enforcement notice) follow. If it was a fine, you may lose the early payment discount and the deadline to object. If it was an information request, they may decide without your documents. After that, your bank account or wages may be seized.
Common mistakes
- Thinking appearing in the BOE is a conviction. It is only notice of a pending notification.
- Counting the deadline from when you found it on Google instead of from the fecha de publicación (publication date).
- Not updating your domicilio fiscal (tax address) or your padrón (town hall registration) address after moving, which is the most common cause.
- Searching only by name: searching by NIF or NIE is more reliable.
- Waiting for another letter: the next one may already be an embargo (seizure).
How to respond, step by step
- Search boe.es, in the notifications section, for your NIF or NIE.
- Open the notice and write down the organismo (body), the expediente (file number), the lugar (place) and the plazo (deadline) to come forward.
- Log in to the body’s online portal or to DEHú with Cl@ve or a digital certificate; the notification is often there.
- If you don’t have digital access, go to the office shown with your ID document.
- Download or keep the document and write down the date you count as notified.
- Act on the letter: pay, object, send documents or appeal.
- Update your address with the body and sign up for the BOE alerts by tax ID.
Cartamiga tip: turn on the free BOE alert for your NIF. If it happens again, you’ll know the same day, not three weeks later.