Browse our full library of legal guides, state law breakdowns, and practical legal information.
14005 articles
Browse by Category →
A plain-English map of the Spanish legal system for expats and residents: where the law is written (the BOE and the codes), which court decides what, how a citation like art. 56 ET is built, and why the region you live in changes your inheritance tax.
How to file a denuncia under LECrim arts. 259 to 269: the duty to report, who is exempt, the written and verbal forms, the telematic limits, and when a querella is required instead.
How Spain's juicio rápido works under LECrim art. 795: which offences qualify, the police diligencias of art. 796, and the one-third sentence reduction of art. 801 for a conformidad.
How dismissal and severance work in Spain: the three kinds of despido, what improcedente and objetivo pay (33 vs 20 días), the 20-day deadline to challenge it, and where the Juzgado de lo Social fits. Anchored to the Estatuto de los Trabajadores.
How drone footage of people is regulated in Spain: the 2024 change in the aviation rule, where to find current operational limits, and the RGPD duties that apply when a drone captures identifiable people.
How to renounce an inheritance in Spain: the notarial deed requirement, why it is irrevocable and unconditional, the 9-day and 30-day clocks, who takes the share, and the tax difference from renouncing in favour of someone.
How defamation works in Spain: the criminal offences of calumnia and injuria, the querella and conciliación procedure, and the civil honor action under LO 1/1982. Anchored to the BOE.
Spain's regime for perros potencialmente peligrosos: the municipal licence under Ley 50/1999, the breed list and 120,000 euro insurance in RD 287/2002, penalties, and how the 2023 animal-welfare law fits alongside it.
How Spain's criminal-record system works: what creates antecedentes penales, the certificate employers ask for, the cancellation clocks of art. 136 CP, and the records people confuse.
Everyday legal questions in Spain that don't fit neatly under bigger topics: the dangerous-dog licence regime, where camera and drone rules live, and carrying a knife.
Cuánto sueldo se puede embargar en España: el SMI inembargable, la escala del 30/50/60/75/90 % del art. 607 LEC y la reducción por cargas familiares.
Las reglas de visitas del art. 94 CC: cómo fija el juez tiempo, modo y lugar, y el veto de la Ley 8/2021 por proceso penal o prisión.