know justice
Knowledge of its organization and operation allows us to exercise our rights before the courts with greater security.
What is the Administration of Justice?
The Administration of Justice consists of the jurisdictional function of judging and executing what has been judged and is the responsibility of the Judiciary. It is made up of a group of people and institutions, whose mission is to ensure that citizens see their fundamental right to obtain effective judicial protection satisfied.
What is the Public Prosecutor's Office?
El Fiscal is that public authority in charge of the exercise of the action of justice in criminal proceedings, also intervening in other types of judicial procedures in defense of legality and public interest.
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The Public Prosecutor's Office is integrated with functional autonomy and with its own legal personality in the Judiciary. It exercises its mission through its own bodies, in accordance with the principles of Unit of Action and Hierarchical Dependence and subject to those of Legality and Impartiality.
El Statute of the Public Prosecutor is set to the Law 50/1981, of December 30, regulating the Organic Statute of the Public Prosecutor's Office. Through the modification of said rule by the Law 24/2007, of October 9, its structure was reinforced following criteria of specialization and reorganization in terms of its geographical location.
Structure of the Public Prosecutor's Office in the Community of Madrid
In the Community of Madrid, the Public Prosecutor's Office is divided into: Superior Prosecutor's Office, Provincial Prosecutor's Office, Area Prosecutor's Offices and Territorial Sections of the Prosecutor's Office.
PROSECUTORS
Superior Prosecutor's Office of the Community of Madrid
Headquarters: Madrid
Judicial Districts: Community of Madrid
Provincial Prosecutor's Office
Headquarters: Madrid
Judicial Districts: Madrid
Alcalá de Henares Area Prosecutor's Office
Headquarters: Alcalá de Henares
Judicial Parties:
- Alcalá de Henares
- Arganda del Rey
- Coslada
- Torrejón de Ardoz
Getafe-Leganés Area Prosecutor's Office
Headquarters: Getafe
Judicial Parties:
- Aranjuez
- Getafe
- Leganés
- Parla
- Valdemoro
Mostoles Area Prosecutor's Office
Headquarters: Mostoles
Judicial Parties:
- Alcorcón
- Fuenlabrada
- Móstoles
- Navalcarnero
Territorial Section of Alcobendas
Headquarters: Madrid
Judicial Parties:
- Alcobendas
- Colmenar Viejo
- Torrelaguna
Territorial Section of Collado-Villalba
Headquarters: Madrid
Judicial Parties:
- Collado-Villalba
- San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Territorial Section of Majadahonda
Headquarters: Madrid
Judicial Parties:
- Majadahonda
- Pozuelo de Alarcón
Frequently Asked Questions
What mission does the Constitution entrust to the Public Prosecutor?
Promote the action of justice in defense of legality, the rights of citizens and the public interest protected by law.
What functions does the Superior Prosecutor of the Community of Madrid have?
- Assumes the institutional representation of the Prosecutor in the territorial scope of the Community of Madrid.
- It is in charge of the effective direction of the Public Ministry.
- Submits and, where appropriate, presents the Annual Report to the Legislative Assembly of the Community of Madrid.
- He chairs the Board of Chief Prosecutors in the Community of Madrid.
Who runs the Provincial Prosecutor's Office?
The Chief Prosecutor of the Provincial Prosecutor's Office who is hierarchically subordinate to the Superior Prosecutor of the Community of Madrid.
What are the Area Prosecutors?
They are autonomous and differentiated bodies of the Provincial Prosecutor's Office, led by a Chief Prosecutor who is hierarchically subordinate to the Provincial Prosecutor.
In the Community of Madrid there are three Area Prosecutor's Offices, each covering several judicial districts.
What are the Territorial Sections?
With them, the presence of the Prosecutor is ensured in places that do not meet the requirements to establish an Area Prosecutor's Office but that, due to various circumstances, require a permanent presence of the Prosecutor.
They are directed by a Dean and integrated into the Provincial Prosecutor's Office for organizational and hierarchical purposes.
In the Community of Madrid there are 3 Territorial Sections of the Provincial Prosecutor's Office, each covering several judicial districts.
In addition to the members of the fiscal career, in the fiscal organs, what other personnel provides services?
Official and labor personnel at the service of the Administration of Justice, under the functional dependency of the respective Chief Prosecutors.
Can complaints be filed with the Public Prosecutor?
The Prosecutor can receive complaints and send them to the judicial authority, or order their file when he does not find grounds to exercise any action.
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Regulations and Jurisprudence
Regulation
Royal Decree 600/2002, of July 1, on the transfer of functions and services from the State Administration to the Community of Madrid in terms of provision of material and economic means for the operation of the Administration of Justice
Royal Decree 1429/2002, of December 27, on the transfer of functions and services from the State Administration to the Community of Madrid in terms of the provision of personal and material means at the service of the Administration of Justice
Royal Decree 2181 / 2004, of November 12, on the expansion of patrimonial means assigned to the services transferred to the Community of Madrid by Royal Decree 600/2002, of July 1, on the provision of material and economic means at the service of the Administration of Justice
Royal Decree 1012 / 2013, of December 20, on the expansion of the personal and financial means assigned to the services transferred to the Community of Madrid by Royal Decree 1429/2002, of December 27, on the provision of personal and material means at the service of the Justice administration
50 / 1981 of the Organic Statute of the Public Prosecutor
24 / 2007 which modifies Law 50/1981 regulating the Organic Statute of the Public Prosecutor's Office.
Organic Law 6 / 1985 of July 1 of the Judiciary
Royal Decree 658 / 2001 Approval of the General Statute of the Legal Profession
39 / 2015 of the common administrative procedure
40 / 2015 Legal Regime of the Public Sector
18 / 2011, of July 5, regulating the use of information and communication technologies in the Administration of Justice
59 / 2003, of December 19, electronic signature
11 / 2007, of June 22, of electronic access of citizens to Public Services
Royal Decree 1671 / 2009, of November 6, which partially develops Law 11/2007, of June 22, on electronic access of citizens to public services
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence is the set of sentences issued by the Courts and Tribunals, and the specific doctrine or criteria that they establish.
As established in article 560.1.10 of the Organic Law of the Judiciary, the General Council of the Judiciary is responsible for “the official publication of the judgments and other resolutions determined by the Supreme Court and the rest of the judicial bodies”. This work is carried out specifically through the Center for Judicial Documentation (CENDOJ), which is the technical body of the Council that deals with the official publication of jurisprudence, as well as other powers in the field of documentation and services knowledge management.