Magistrate Courts of Israel

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The Magistrate Courts of Israel are the country’s lowest-level trial courts, handling most civil and criminal cases as well as various administrative and local matters.

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Magistrates’ Courts of Israel 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court system
trial court
appealsTo District Courts of Israel NERFINISHED
canUseLanguage Arabic
country Israel
decides arrest warrants
interim injunctions
pre-trial detention
search warrants
temporary restraining orders
governedBy Courts Law [Consolidated Version], 5744-1984 NERFINISHED
handles administrative matters
civil cases
criminal cases
local matters
minor criminal offenses
most civil disputes up to a statutory monetary limit
small claims cases
traffic offenses
hasSeatIn Acre NERFINISHED
Ashkelon NERFINISHED
Beersheba NERFINISHED
Eilat NERFINISHED
Hadera NERFINISHED
Haifa NERFINISHED
Jerusalem NERFINISHED
Kfar Saba NERFINISHED
Nazareth NERFINISHED
Petah Tikva NERFINISHED
Rishon LeZion NERFINISHED
Tel Aviv NERFINISHED
Tiberias NERFINISHED
hasType family court
juvenile court
regular magistrate court
small claims court
traffic court
judgesAppointedBy Judicial Selection Committee of Israel NERFINISHED
judicialBranchOf Judiciary of Israel NERFINISHED
jurisdiction State of Israel NERFINISHED
languageOfProceedings Hebrew
legalSystem civil law influenced system with common law elements
levelInHierarchy lowest-level trial court in Israel
overseenBy President of the Magistrate Court NERFINISHED
partOf court system of Israel
subjectTo Israeli law

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Basic Law: The Judiciary appliesTo Magistrate Courts of Israel
this entity surface form: Magistrates’ Courts of Israel
Judiciary of Israel hasCourt Magistrate Courts of Israel