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Complete guide to the Justice of the Peace Court in Spain<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Welcome to the definitive guide to Justice of the Peace Courts in Spain. If you need a birth, marriage, or death certificate and live in a small municipality (generally with fewer than 7,000 inhabitants), it is very likely that there is no dedicated Civil Registry. Instead, the Justice of the Peace Court assumes all registry functions. Below, we explain what it is, what it does, how it works, and how to obtain certificates without travelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a Justice of the Peace Court?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Justice of the Peace Court is a single-person judicial body (led by a non-professional judge, usually a local resident) which, in addition to resolving minor civil and criminal conflicts, manages the Civil Registry in municipalities without their own office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Key functions of the Civil Registry at the Justice of the Peace Court<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n