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Starting a companyUpdated 07.09.2026

What language must the charter be filed in?

Short answer

The state language. The founding documents are filed in Uzbek — how the company then operates is separate.

FiledFounding documents in the state language — the requirement is on the document that reaches the registrar (Registration Regulation, Para. 12 — lex.uz ↗)
Also filedOn a capital change or share transfer, again in the state language — the re-registration file repeats the requirement (Registration Regulation, Para. 21 — lex.uz ↗)
RecordedA foreign-language name is carried on the record — where the founding documents give one, the register holds it too (State Register Regulation, Para. 5 — lex.uz ↗)
BranchesA branch’s minutes and charter, likewise — both in the state language (Branch Regulation, Para. 7 — lex.uz ↗)
What the law provides

The regulation attaches the founding documents to the request in the state language, and repeats the requirement for the documents filed on a capital increase or a share transfer. That is a rule about the filed instrument, not about the company’s working life: nothing in the registration act tells a company which language to hold meetings, keep books or write contracts in. (Registration Regulation, Paras. 12, 21 — lex.uz ↗)

The register itself accommodates more than one language. Its content list records the full and short company name in the state language and, where the founding documents give a name in a foreign language, that name as well. A bilingual charter is therefore a drafting choice rather than something the procedure forbids — what the registrar receives has to be in Uzbek. (State Register Regulation, Para. 5 — lex.uz ↗)

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