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Legal System
- Civil Law (Spanish and French)
Statutes and Regulaitons
- Available at Costa Rican Judicial Information System (El Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica).
- Database created as a part of the legal information modernization program of the administration of justice (Administración de Justicia), funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It contains codes, executive orders, international treaties, regulations and other rules of general application.
- Also available at the National Printing Office website (Imprenta Nacional).
- Official Print Compilation: Leyes de Costa Rica anotadas.
- e.g. Civil Code: El Código Civil - Ley Nº 30 del 19 de abril de 1885