Legal tip 296. Are you a Civil Rebel in Spain?
Monday, June 14, 2010 @ 12:17 PM
Article 157 of the Civil Procedure Act provides that the Ministry of Justice has a Rebel Civil Registration System which is designed to avoid unnecessary reiterations by Courts when trying to find the unknown address of a defendant.
Ultimately, the aim pursued by the registration of the defendant in the Central Registry of Civil Rebels is to record through the necessary entry, that investigations to find the address of the defendant have been fruitless and therefore that the Court can service the lawsuit to this directly through Edicts.
The Registry is not just useful to the Courts, or to the claimer whio wants o service a lawsuit to the defendaznt, to save time and effort, but also to any citizen, who may at any time address it to know if he is registered and if any procedure is being developed against him/her.
Have a good week!
Jesús Castro and Maria L de Castro
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