438: Certificate class not accepted for delivery
What it means
FACe error 438 means the submission of the invoice was signed with a certificate of a class FACe does not accept for this.
The usual cause
The certificate used to sign the submission is of a type not admitted; the message names its class.
How to fix it
Sign the submission with an accepted certificate and send it again.
The code as published
La entrega de la factura ha sido firmada por un certificado de clase %clase_certificado%, esta clase no está admitida para firma de entrega de facturas Read the official document . Source: FACe, Códigos de Error, version 3.3 (octubre de 2017), published by Secretaría General de Administración Digital, Equipo FACe, read on 8 November 2026.
Other FACe codes
- 408 Invoice format incorrect
- 409 Managing body code not found or inactive
- 410 Processing unit code not found or inactive
- 411 Accounting office code not found or inactive
- 412 Unit codes do not belong together
- 413 Unit relation not active
- 414 Invoice number already exists
- 415 Invoice already exists
- 416 Wrong number of administrative centres
- 417 Administrative centre code missing
- 418 Payer, receiver or fiscal centre wrong
- 419 Only individual invoices accepted
- 420 Batches not accepted
- 421 Party type incorrect
- 422 Issuer type wrong for a third-party invoice
- 423 Individual's name missing
- 424 Company name missing
- 426 IBAN required for this payment method
- 427 Person type missing
- 428 Invoice signature incorrect
- 430 Invoice version not recognised
- 431 Date format error
- 432 Certificate class not accepted for signing
- 433 Too many attachments
- 434 Signing certificate incomplete
- 437 Extensions not accepted
- 439 Certificate not accepted for signing
- 440 Signature policy incorrect
- 441 Test units not allowed here
- 442 Certificate blocked or a test certificate
- 443 Corrective invoice format incorrect
- 444 Issuer and assignee identifiers match
- 445 Invoice number required
- 446 Line description required
- 447 Issuer's DNI incorrect