Salas Municipales

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Salas Municipales are local-level judicial courts in Puerto Rico that handle minor civil and criminal matters within the commonwealth’s judicial system.

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Label Occurrences
Salas Municipales canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial body ⓘ
local court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Municipal Courts of Puerto Rico ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decisionAppealableTo Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico ⓘ
governedBy laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ⓘ
handles minor civil matters ⓘ
minor criminal matters ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver certain traffic infractions ⓘ
local ordinance violations ⓘ
misdemeanor offenses ⓘ
small claims civil cases ⓘ
hears preliminary matters in some criminal cases ⓘ
jurisdiction Puerto Rico ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem civil law tradition ⓘ
mixed civil–common law system of Puerto Rico ⓘ
level local ⓘ
locatedIn municipalities of Puerto Rico ⓘ
operatedBy Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth of Puerto Rico court system ⓘ
Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico ⓘ
primaryFunction adjudication of low-level disputes ⓘ
initial processing of minor criminal offenses ⓘ
scope limited jurisdiction ⓘ
serves local communities in Puerto Rico ⓘ
subordinateTo Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico ⓘ
General Court of Justice of Puerto Rico ⓘ
typeOf trial court of limited jurisdiction ⓘ

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Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico → hasComponent → Salas Municipales ⓘ