Applications, for which in laws and regulations other procedure of reviewing* has not been stated, have been accepted and reviewed in accordance with Law on Applications.
According to Law on Applications, applications have been accepted in writing, orally or in electronic form.
Applications ir writing may be submitted:
- to an employee of the Court during Reception hours of the Court;
- by placing them in the postbox for applications of individuals in the lobby of the Court ;
- by sending by mail.
Application in oral form may be told to an employee of the Court during Reception hours of the Court. If submitter believes it to be necessary, application expressed in oral form in presence of individual has been written and copy of it has been issued to submitter.
Reception hours of the Court are mentioned in the home page of the Court www.at.gov.lv in section „For visitors” and near information stand in the hall of the Court.
Application in written form may be sent to the e-mail address of the Court at@at.gov.lv:
- signing application with secure electronic signature;
- sending an application as ordinary electronic letter.
Layout of application
The application must be signed and dated, except for if it was sent in electronic forma s ordinary electronic letter.
In order to review an application and give an answer to it, it is necessary to provide following data in the application:
- for individual – first name, surname and address;
- for legal person – title and legal address.
In order to ascertain unclear questions, which are necessary for giving a qualitative answer, it is recommended to specify in the application also personal phone number or contact phone number, e-mail address and other information that person believes to be important in solving his question.
If application has been submitted with Appendices, then in application itself it must be mentioned, which documents or their copies have been enclosed and number of pages of these enclosed documents or their copies.
Reviewing of application submitted in writing
The Court gives an answer on the merits not later than in one month from the moment of acceptance of the application.
Application has been left unreviewed, if:
· in application there has not been specified a submitter and address, to which an answer should be sent;
· its content is open offensive and provocative;
· it is impossible to read or understand the text of the application objectively;
· the answer to an application had been given earlier and its content in relation with legal and actual circumstances mentioned in previous application on the merits had not been changed.
If the application is not signed, the Court sends it back to submitter, indicating this imperfection.
If the application is related to other institution, the Court, not later than in seven work days after receipt of the application, sends it to appropriate institution and informs the submitter about it.
If for solution of the request, complaint or question mentioned in the application, another procedure is stated according to law (for example, in legal proceedings), then Court, not later than in seven work days after receipt of application informs the submitter about it.
If the content of application doesn’t require an answer on its merits, then Court, not later than in seven work days informs the submitter about receipt of the application.
Application signed with secure electronic signature, has been reviewed as the application submitted in writing..
Application accepted in electronic form, that has not been signed with secure electronic signature, рhas been reviewed according to procedure stated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
* Applications on request of information have been reviewed according to Law on Transparency of Information.
Applications related to legal proceedings, have been submitted according to procedure stated in procedure laws.
