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Brazil's Corregedoria Nacional de Justica authorises artificial intelligence for asset research, draft generation and identification of large debtors in judicial execution, while barring it from decisional acts, in Provimento 255 of 19 August 2026
The AI provisions are two articles inside a large consolidation about judicial execution policy, which is exactly why they are easy to miss. Article 86 permits AI for asset research, draft generation and identifying large debtors and economic groups. Article 85 draws the line at decisional acts.
Bottom line: A binding act of the Corregedoria Nacional de Justica, signed by the Corregedor Nacional de Justica. Its own date is 19 August 2026, it was published in DJe/CNJ n. 197/2026 on 20 August 2026, and its record status reads Vigente.
Who this affects: Article 1 paragraph 2 states the Consolidation applies to all organs of the Judiciary, observing the constitutional competences of the respective branches. In practice the operational duties fall on tribunals, local corregedorias, magistrates, court staff and the specialised Nucleos and Centrais.
When it takes effect: Article 119: the Consolidation enters into force 30 days after the date of its publication. Publication was 20 August 2026, which places entry into force around 19 September 2026. The act states the relative rule, not a calendar date.
What AI may be used for: Article 86: classification and prioritisation of cases, identification of old cases, of large debtors and of economic groups, support for asset research, analysis of procedural data, generation of drafts, support for conciliation, identification of judicial cooperation opportunities, and support for managing execution.
The limit: Article 85 paragraph 1: AI systems are to be used as instruments supporting jurisdictional activity, and substitution of human action in decisional acts is prohibited.
Primary sources: Atos normativos do CNJ, Provimento No 255 de 19/08/2026
- Instrument
- Provimento No 255 de 19/08/2026
- Authority
- Corregedoria Nacional de Justica. The text opens O CORREGEDOR NACIONAL DE JUSTICA, no uso de suas atribuicoes constitucionais e regimentais. The record field reads Origem: Corregedoria, so this is a Corregedoria instrument and not a plenary CNJ resolution
- Jurisdiction
- Brazil, federal, applying across the Judiciary
- Date of legal event
- 19 August 2026, from the record's Identificacao field, Provimento No 255 de 19/08/2026
- Publication
- DJe/CNJ n. 197/2026, de 20 de agosto de 2026, p. 51-70
- Entry into force
- Article 119: 30 days after publication, which places it around 19 September 2026
- Status
- Vigente
- Bindingness
- Binding normative act of the Corregedoria Nacional de Justica
- Scope
- Article 1 paragraph 2: applies to all organs of the Judiciary, observing the constitutional competences of the respective branches
- Subject matter
- Consolidacao Nacional da Execucao Efetiva, covering execution policy, governance, asset research, joinder of executions, consensual resolution, judicial sales, digital transformation, the Banco Nacional de Penhoras, innovation, training and monitoring. AI is one chapter, Livro VIII, Capitulo III
- AI authorisation
- Article 86, a non-exhaustive list introduced by entre outras finalidades
- AI limit
- Article 85 paragraph 1: vedada a substituicao da atuacao humana nos atos decisorios
- Existing framework cited
- Article 85 requires AI use in execution to observe CNJ regulation on governance, transparency, human supervision, security and data protection, especially Resolucao CNJ no 615 de 11 de marco de 2025
- Editorial Note
- Informational analysis for working professionals, not legal advice. Confirm how any rule applies to your situation with qualified counsel.
- Primary source
- https://atos.cnj.jus.br/files/original135146202608206a8706729cf4a.pdf
The two articles that matter, and what they actually permit
Article 86 is an authorisation, and it is broad. In the original: A inteligencia artificial podera ser utilizada, entre outras finalidades, para classificacao e priorizacao de processos, identificacao de processos antigos, de grandes devedores e de grupos economicos, apoio a pesquisa patrimonial, analise de dados processuais, geracao de minutas, apoio a conciliacao, identificacao de oportunidades de cooperacao judiciaria e apoio a gestao da execucao.
Note entre outras finalidades, among other purposes. The list is illustrative, not exhaustive. Two items on it are the ones practitioners should read twice: apoio a pesquisa patrimonial, support for asset research, and geracao de minutas, generation of drafts.
A point of precision, because it is easy to overstate. Article 86 permits identification of large debtors and economic groups as one purpose among several. It does not confine these AI uses to proceedings against named large debtors. The authorisation is general to execution.
Article 85 sets the frame. AI use in execution must observe CNJ regulation on governance, transparency, human supervision, security and data protection, especially Resolucao CNJ no 615 of 11 March 2025. Paragraph 1 then states the limit: AI systems are to be used as instruments supporting jurisdictional activity, with substitution of human action in decisional acts prohibited.
Read carefully, paragraph 1 bars replacement of the human in atos decisorios, decisional acts. It is not a bar on AI touching any work that leads to a decision. The line is drawn at the decisional act itself.
Why this arrives buried, and why that matters
Provimento 255 is not an AI instrument. It institutes the Consolidacao Nacional da Execucao Efetiva and covers execution policy, governance, asset research, joinder of executions, consensual resolution, judicial sales, digital transformation, the Banco Nacional de Penhoras, innovation, training and monitoring.
AI occupies one chapter of that, Livro VIII, Capitulo III. If you are tracking Brazilian AI regulation by watching for AI instruments, this will not surface. It surfaces if you are watching judicial execution policy.
That is the pattern worth noting beyond Brazil. Substantive authorisations for AI use in state functions increasingly arrive inside sectoral or procedural consolidations rather than in AI statutes, and they inherit the audience of the host instrument rather than the AI audience.
Where the boundary will actually be tested
Asset research is the interesting one. Article 16 II of the same consolidation permits the Nucleos to request patrimonial information from a range of sources, including cartorios. Layering AI support onto patrimonial research changes the scale at which a court can assemble a debtor profile.
Draft generation is the other. Geracao de minutas sits in the authorised list, and Article 85 paragraph 1 bars substitution only in decisional acts. Where a generated draft ends and a decisional act begins is not defined in the text, and that is the seam a challenge would probe.
For counsel appearing in Brazilian execution proceedings, the practical questions from 19 September are which of these tools a given tribunal has actually deployed, and what record exists of human authorship for anything that qualifies as an ato decisorio.
Provimento 255 is dated 19 August 2026, published 20 August in DJe/CNJ n. 197/2026, and takes effect 30 days after publication under Article 119, which puts it around 19 September 2026. It is an act of the Corregedoria Nacional de Justica, not a plenary CNJ resolution. Article 86 authorises AI across judicial execution, including support for asset research and generation of drafts, as a non-exhaustive list. Article 85 paragraph 1 prohibits substitution of human action specifically in decisional acts and routes everything else through existing CNJ regulation, notably Resolucao 615 of 11 March 2025. If you track Brazilian AI regulation by watching for AI instruments, note that this one arrived inside an execution-policy consolidation.
Source File
https://atos.cnj.jus.br/files/original135146202608206a8706729cf4a.pdf
Open the CNJ atos normativos site and locate Provimento No 255 de 19/08/2026. Confirm the Identificacao field reads Provimento No 255 de 19/08/2026, that Origem reads Corregedoria, and that Situacao reads Vigente. Confirm the Fonte field cites DJe/CNJ n. 197/2026, de 20 de agosto de 2026, p. 51-70, and note that this gazette citation is not the act's own date. Then read Articles 85 and 86 in the Texto Original and Article 119 for entry into force. One retrieval note: the site's search API returns 404 and its POST form returns a short Whoops response, but the detail route works and serves real text, so a failure there is not evidence the act does not exist.
Os sistemas de inteligência artificial serão utilizados como instrumentos de apoio à atividade jurisdicional, vedada a substituição da atuação humana nos atos decisórios. - Provimento No 255 de 19/08/2026, Artigo 85, parágrafo 1 (translated: artificial intelligence systems shall be used as instruments supporting jurisdictional activity, substitution of human action in decisional acts being prohibited)
FAQ
What is the date of Provimento 255?
Its own date is 19 August 2026, taken from the Identificacao field of the official record. It was published in DJe/CNJ n. 197/2026 on 20 August 2026. The gazette date is not the act's face date.
When does it take effect?
Article 119 provides that the Consolidation enters into force 30 days after the date of its publication. With publication on 20 August 2026 that places entry into force around 19 September 2026. The act states the relative rule rather than a calendar date.
Does it allow AI to decide cases?
No. Article 85 paragraph 1 provides that AI systems are used as instruments supporting jurisdictional activity and prohibits substitution of human action in decisional acts. It does not, on its face, bar AI from work that precedes a decision.
What can AI actually be used for?
Article 86 lists, among other purposes, classification and prioritisation of cases, identification of old cases and of large debtors and economic groups, support for asset research, analysis of procedural data, generation of drafts, support for conciliation, identification of judicial cooperation opportunities and support for managing execution. The list is expressly non-exhaustive.
Is this a CNJ resolution?
No. It is a Provimento of the Corregedoria Nacional de Justica, opening O CORREGEDOR NACIONAL DE JUSTICA and carrying the record field Origem: Corregedoria. It is not a plenary CNJ resolution, though Article 85 requires compliance with CNJ regulation including Resolucao 615 of 11 March 2025.
Who does it bind?
Article 1 paragraph 2 states that the Consolidation applies to all organs of the Judiciary, observing the constitutional competences of the respective branches. The operational duties fall principally on tribunals, local corregedorias, magistrates, court staff and the specialised Nucleos and Centrais.
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