diff --git a/src/Exception/EmptySoapResponseException.php b/src/Exception/EmptySoapResponseException.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b9cd3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exception/EmptySoapResponseException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace NFePHP\Common\Exception;
+
+class EmptySoapResponseException extends SoapException
+{
+    public static function soapFault($message, $code)
+    {
+        return new static("Erro de comunicação "
+            . "via soap, $message", $code);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Exception/TimeoutException.php b/src/Exception/TimeoutException.php
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..41ca0c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exception/TimeoutException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace NFePHP\Common\Exception;
+
+class TimeoutException extends SoapException
+{
+    public static function timeoutFault($message, $code)
+    {
+        return new static("Erro de comunicação "
+            . "via soap, $message", $code);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Exception/UnexpectedHttpStatusException.php b/src/Exception/UnexpectedHttpStatusException.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27a6ebca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exception/UnexpectedHttpStatusException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace NFePHP\Common\Exception;
+
+class UnexpectedHttpStatusException extends SoapException
+{
+    public static function soapFault($message, $code)
+    {
+        return new static("Erro de comunicação "
+            . "via soap,  $message", $code);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Soap/SoapCurl.php b/src/Soap/SoapCurl.php
index dcfca67a..c2fb48be 100755
--- a/src/Soap/SoapCurl.php
+++ b/src/Soap/SoapCurl.php
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 use NFePHP\Common\Soap\SoapBase;
 use NFePHP\Common\Soap\SoapInterface;
 use NFePHP\Common\Exception\SoapException;
+use NFePHP\Common\Exception\TimeoutException;
+use NFePHP\Common\Exception\EmptySoapResponseException;
+use NFePHP\Common\Exception\UnexpectedHttpStatusException;
 use NFePHP\Common\Validator;
 use NFePHP\Common\Certificate;
 
@@ -45,6 +48,9 @@ public function __construct(Certificate $certificate = null)
      * @param \SoapHeader $soapheader
      * @return string
      * @throws \NFePHP\Common\Exception\SoapException
+     * @throws \NFePHP\Common\Exception\TimeoutException
+     * @throws \NFePHP\Common\Exception\EmptySoapResponseException
+     * @throws \NFePHP\Common\Exception\UnexpectedHttpStatusException
      */
     public function send(
         $url,
@@ -130,6 +136,12 @@ public function send(
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             throw SoapException::unableToLoadCurl($e->getMessage());
         }
+        if ($this->soaperror_code === CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT) {
+            throw TimeoutException::timeoutFault(
+                "Timeout na comunicação com a SEFAZ [$url]: {$this->soaperror}",
+                CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT
+            );
+        }
         if ($this->soaperror != '') {
             if ((int)$this->soaperror_code == 0) {
                 $this->soaperror_code = 7;
@@ -143,10 +155,10 @@ public function send(
             } elseif ((int) $httpcode == 500) {
                 $httpcode = 89;
             }
-            throw SoapException::soapFault($msg, $httpcode);
+            throw UnexpectedHttpStatusException::soapFault($msg, $httpcode);
         }
         if (empty($this->responseBody)) {
-            throw SoapException::soapFault('Retorno da SEFAZ VAZIO', 99);
+            throw EmptySoapResponseException::soapFault('Retorno da SEFAZ VAZIO', 99);
         }
         if (!Validator::isXML($this->responseBody)) {
             throw SoapException::soapFault('O retorno não é um XML ' . $this->responseBody, 99);