The Court Administration of the Republic of Latvia is a direct administrative authority under the authority of the Minister of Justice.
The aim of the activities of the Court Administration is to provide support for the effective work and development of district (city) courts and regional courts (hereinafter - courts), to provide support for the work and development of other institutions in the field of justice, as well as to provide state-provided legal aid (hereinafter - legal aid) and compensation to victims in the cases and procedures established by laws and regulations.
The administration has the following functions:
- To organise and ensure the administrative work of the courts, as well as to organise and ensure the administrative work of the institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Justice, in accordance with the procedure and to the extent established in the internal normative acts in the field of administrative activities of the institutions;
- To ensure the operation and development of the national information systems under the responsibility or custody of the Judicial Administration and the operation of the Register of Judicial Experts;
- Ensuring the administrative work of the Judicial Council of Experts and the bodies of self-government of judges;
- Manage funds earmarked for legal aid;
- Manage funds earmarked for State compensation to victims and provide information support to victims of crime.
In order to ensure the performance of its functions, the administration perform the following tasks within its competence:
- Perform the tasks established by the Law "Par tiesu varu";
- Maintain and improve the Court Information System, the State Unified Computerised Land Register, the Register of Execution Cases, the Electronic Insolvency Accounting System, the State Register of Secured Legal Assistance and the State Compensation Register;
- Ensure that the services of the State information systems under the control or possession of the administration are accessible to the public;
- Develop and implement projects for the development of the judicial system and the State information systems under the responsibility or holding of the administration;
- May delegate the planning and provision of training for judges and court staff;
- Provide support to the courts for communication with the public and implement information activities;
- Keep records of the state fees payable for the activities carried out by the court;
- Keep records of the state fees payable for the submission of an enforcement document to a sworn bailiff for execution;
- In the cases specified in the Annex to these Regulations, give an opinion on the repayment, refund or diversion of funds;
- Provide the courts with the services necessary for their work;
- In cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, ensure the analysis and planning of the courts' activities;
- Prepare and submit to the Ministry of Justice reports, proposals and recommendations on the situation in the courts, as well as on the financing from the State budget required for the implementation of measures envisaged in regulatory enactments and policy planning documents and for the performance of the tasks of the institution;
- Maintain the Register of Judicial Experts;
- Ensure the administrative work of the Judicial Conference;
- Ensure auctions for the sale, lease or rent of property of a public person (including property transferred to the possession or holding of an institution or a capital company), as well as auctions for the sale, lease or rent of property of legal entities governed by private law in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the activities to be carried out on the electronic auction site;
- Disburse the funds earmarked for legal aid;
- Conclude legal assistance contracts with persons who may be legal assistance providers under the Law on State Provided Legal Assistance and assign them to provide legal assistance;
- Pay State compensation to victims;
- Ensure the operation of the 116006 "Helpline for Victims of Crime" by concluding a delegation agreement and exercising functional supervision;
- In the cases and according to the procedures established by the regulatory enactments, ensure the recovery of state budget funds paid for legal aid and state compensation;
- Carry out other tasks laid down in external normative acts.