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The Civil Status Registry is a public institution through which the State guarantees the registration of facts and acts related to the civil status of people. They are subordinated to the Provincial Offices of Justice of local organs of People's Power in their respective territories.
It provides the following services:
To register newborns in maternal hospitals before the mother is discharged; presentation is required:
Identity card of the parents and that the address of the mother corresponds with the province where the birth occurs. If this last condition is not met, the registration will be made later in the Civil Registry of the locality where the mother resides.
Issue certificates based on the entries in any of the registry offices located in the national territory and the refusals resulting from them. They are classified in:
Extract.
Literals (exceptionally issued).
To issue certifications of Legal Capacity of Cubans residing in the national territory to formalize marriage with foreigners. It is a personal procedure.
It is requested in the place where the inscription is made or where the promoter resides.
Files of registry errors or omissions in the place where the registration works or where the promoter resides. The interested parties must present before the Registry
Identity card, Application letter, Certification where the error is stated and Probative documents that justify their claim.
Expedients of change, addition, modification or suppression of names and/or surnames. The promoter will contribute:
Identity card, Application letter, Birth certificate, Marriage certificate, Birth certificates for children, Criminal record certificate, Sworn statement before a notary public and Probative documents.
Notes: In order to authorize the change, addition, modification or suppression of names and/or surnames, it will be required that the person proves to be socially known by the names or surnames requested, or when those that conform to words with characteristics uncommon to the generality of those used socially, or that facts, objects, animals or things are identified with them.
If the change, addition, modification or suppression of names and/or surnames is to a minor, both parents must give their authorization.
Record of late birth registration. The promoter will present:
Identity card, Application letter, Negative certificate of birth, Sworn statement before a notary public,
Probative documents and medical expert's report certifying your approximate age.
Record of registration of marriage out of term. The promoter will present:
Identity card, Written application, Authorized copy of the document by which the act was formalized and any other document or proof admitted in right and negative certification of marriage.
Expedient of inscription of death out of term. The promoter will present:
Identity card, application letter, medical certificate of death if it exists, certificate of the place where the body was buried or cremated, statement of two witnesses who have seen or found the body or witnessed the death, negative death certificate and any documentary evidence admitted in law.
Affidavit for registration. It will be requested the presentation of the identity card of the applicant and of the witnesses, according to their case.
Recognition of filiation from parents to children.
It will be presented:
Identity card of the mother and father, Affidavit of both parents before the registrar or notary. In the case of Cubans residing abroad or foreigners, they must accredit the notarized deed of recognition and the document issued by the Directorate of Immigration and Aliens, accrediting the dates of entry and exit of such persons from the country.
Formalization of marriage. The bride and groom will contribute to the registrar:
Identity card, document accrediting marital status, in the case of a certified medical woman if 300 days have not elapsed after the dissolution of the marriage bond, Special Power if it is a proxy, parental authorization in the case of minors, before a Notary or Registrar.

Service hours: Monday to Thursday from 8:00AM to 5:30 PM
Friday from: 8:00 to 4:30 PM
Place of application: Municipal Directions of Justice of each territory
Resolution No 251 of 1 December 2015 of the Minister of Justice Establishes the following terms for the operation and provision of the services of the Civil Status Registries:
1. Registration:
a) Birth to 2 days
b) marriage and death 1 day
c) marginal notes up to 3 days
2. Notifications to registries and courts:
a) Resolutions issued up to 3 days
b) Marginal notes completed up to 5 days
3. Files of:
a) Correction of error, omission or addition up to 5 days
b) Change, modification, deletion of names or surnames has up to 5 days
c) Late registration up to 5 days
d) Registration of religious marriage up to 5 days
(e) Reconstruction or re-registration of seats for up to 5 days
4. Formalization of marriage: up to 5 days or according to agreement of the parties.
5. Other events:
(a) Refusal of recognition of filiation for up to 2 days
(b) Refusal of the name on the model registration application for up to 2 days
c) Refusal of registration requests for up to 2 days
d) Take statements up to 2 days
6. Issuance of Civil Status Registry certifications:
a) If the entry is from the registry itself and is in the SIREC up to 2 days
(b) If the entry is from the register itself for up to 5 days
c) If the seat is from another registry of the province or outside this and has connection up to 7 days If the seat is from another registry of the province or outside this and has no connection up to 15 days If the seat is from another registry of the province or outside this and has no connection up to 15 days
The terms set forth herein are counted in days

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The Compensation Fund is an official institution created by the Social Defense Code since April 4, 1936, and its mission is to make effective the Civil Responsibilities to Natural Persons.
Among its functions are:
- to receive and review copies of judgments on civil liability.
- To send requirements to the debtors in arears so that they present themselves to indefy their debit.
- Receive notifications of compensation to creditors, collect and issue a proof of payment.
- Deliver checks to compensate creditors which are issued by the Central Bank.
- Reconcile with penitentiaries for inmates who owe civil liability.
In our territory the Provincial Office for the management of collections and payments is located at the Provincial Direction of Justice, Calle Máximo Gómez # 23, Pinar del Río.
Obligations of Debtors
Without the need for prior requirements all debtors who know their responsibility must come to our office within 30 working days after firmness otherwise has a surcharge of 10% of the amount of debt according to Article 11 / La 1250/1954. In case of pensions do not have this surcharge is the fixed fee provided by the court.
Obligations of Creditors
Victims have 90 working days from the Notification made by the sanctioning court to claim compensation, otherwise they lose the right. If they renounce the collection or fail to request it within the established term, this does not mean that the sanctioned person is released from paying the amount of civil liability to the Compensation Fund.
In the case of payment by creditors, it will be made when the debtor settles his debt, discounting 20% of the debt set by the court, reflected in Article 7 of the aforementioned

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The Land Registry fulfills the fundamental objective of registering real estate, providing it with protection and legal security. In addition, the registry makes its entries known through the means of publicity established by law. The registered rights are presumed to be true and valid. The inscriptions will always be requested in the Registry of the Property of the municipality where the property is located.
TO REGISTER YOUR HOME MUST PROVIDE:
1. Title of updated property that must contain:
- Nature of the property (Urban or Rural).
- Location.
- Description (Type of property and parts that compose it).
- Measures and boundaries; occupied area and total area.
- Legal value or price.
- Nature of Law.
- Titular(s) with their complete generals.
- Transmitter of the right with its complete generals.
- Official or authority that issued the title.
2. Identity document of the one who requests the inscription or the representation in the cases that correspond.
3. Proof of Tax Payment, if applicable.
THE APPLICATION MAY BE SUBMITTED BY:
The person acquiring the right, the person transmitting the right, the legal or voluntary representative of the aforementioned persons or any person with a legitimate interest in ensuring the right to register.
DOCUMENT TAXES (Resolution 370/11 of the MFP)
For Certifications: $10.00 Stamps
For Negative Certifications: Stamps
$5.00
For Simple Informational Notes: Stamps$5.00
Terms of registration: 15 working days from the filing of the application. The term can be extended to 30 working days more, exceptionally if they are required to request other documents out of the registry, to verify the validity of the title.
Registration is charged according to the legal value or price of the property.
The registrar will advise in each case what !.

Schedule of the service: Monday to Thursday from 8:00AM to 5:30 PM
Friday from: 8:00 to 4:30 PM
Address: Avenida Rafael Ferro No 454, Reparto Victoria de Girón. (UEB No 4 ECOA 1)

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What is a criminal review?
It is a special and exceptional procedure, the nature of which is conceived as a means of contesting final judgments and orders for dismissal issued by the popular courts of any instance and territory provided that:
- A custodial sentence has been imposed, whatever the measure.
- A fine or accessory section, particularly severe or benign, has been imposed.
- The accused has been unduly acquitted.
Who can write to request the special review procedure and before whom to promote?
Taking into account the grounds for criminal review, they may request it:
- The sanctioned one without any representation.
- The relative of the sanctioned person.
- The victim of the facts.
- Those mentioned above by means of legal representation.
- The prosecutor.
- Others who have affinity with the sanctioned or the victim.
Who promotes?
- The Minister of Justice.
- The President of the People's Supreme Court.
- The General Attorney of the Republic.
Requirements that must be contained in the written request for it to be filed
- The data identifying the cause to be reviewed, including therefore the name and surname of the applicant, name of the sanctioned, number and year of the case, crime, court sanctioned, imposed sanction, address of the sanctioned (where the sanction is being served) and specifically determined and understandable nonconformities.
- When the applicant is the person of a lawyer, the lawyer must present in his or her brief, in addition to the above, the cause that he or she considers to protect the right of his or her principal and the arguments on which the defence is based.
Other information of interest:
- The term to respond to the promoter is 90 calendar days.
Requests for review of cases that correspond to the Military Courts do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Directorates of Justice, only the request is transferred to the corresponding instance.

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