Municipal Court of Puerto Rico

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court of first instance lower court trial court

The Municipal Court of Puerto Rico is a lower-level trial court that handles minor criminal offenses, traffic violations, and other preliminary judicial matters within Puerto Rico’s court system.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Municipal Courts of Puerto Rico 1
municipal courts of Puerto Rico 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of first instance ⓘ
lower court ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
above Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico ⓘ
appliesLaw Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the United States

laws of Puerto Rico ⓘ
canIssue protective orders ⓘ
summons ⓘ
traffic citations ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
governedBy Organic Act of the Judiciary of Puerto Rico ⓘ
surface form: Judiciary Act of Puerto Rico
handles arrest warrant applications ⓘ
bail determinations ⓘ
initial appearances in criminal cases ⓘ
minor criminal offenses ⓘ
preliminary judicial matters ⓘ
probable cause determinations ⓘ
search warrant applications ⓘ
traffic violations ⓘ
hears bench trials in minor cases ⓘ
jurisdiction Puerto Rico ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
level lower-level trial court ⓘ
locatedIn municipalities of Puerto Rico ⓘ
partOf Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico ⓘ
surface form: Court System of Puerto Rico

Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ
surface form: Puerto Rico Court of Appeals

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ⓘ
typeOfCases infractions ⓘ
misdemeanors ⓘ
municipal ordinance violations ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Article V – The Judicial Branch → establishes → Municipal Court of Puerto Rico ⓘ
this entity surface form: municipal courts of Puerto Rico
Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico → hasDivision → Municipal Court of Puerto Rico ⓘ
Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico → hasPart → Municipal Court of Puerto Rico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Municipal Courts of Puerto Rico