A source-led starting point
This index brings together selected sources used in the Monaco guides. Some links lead to an individual law; others lead to an official collection, court or regulator. It is a research starting point, not an exhaustive or certified consolidation of every applicable rule.
Read the operative text with amendments, commencement, territorial application and authoritative language in view. A current website or search result does not itself establish that an older downloaded document remains the correct version.
Legislation, courts & regulators
CCAF — financial activity authorisation
CCAF and establishment permissions, with ACPR approval for credit institutions.
Open the legal source ↗Civil Code — official source collection record
Monegasque private-law code; use the current-version selector for live advice.
Open the legal source ↗Code of Civil Procedure
Local civil proceedings, execution and arbitration provisions.
Open the legal source ↗Commercial Code
Commercial activity and local insolvency and conciliation provisions.
Open the legal source ↗Directorate of Judicial Services — official directory
Official judicial institutions and court contacts.
Open the legal source ↗Government — residence-card declaration
Official residence administration and change-of-circumstances obligations.
Open the legal source ↗Law 1.058 on trade marks
Local trade mark protection and relevant international registration arrangements.
Open the legal source ↗Law 1.144 on economic and legal activities
Local declaration and authorisation framework for relevant economic activities.
Open the legal source ↗Law 1.235 on specified older residential premises
Special rental framework for qualifying premises built or completed before September 1947.
Open the legal source ↗Law 1.383 for a digital Principality
Electronic commerce and digital transactions; verify the current consolidated version.
Open the legal source ↗Law 1.565 on personal data protection
December 2024 domestic personal-data framework and supervisory provisions.
Open the legal source ↗Law 729 on employment contracts
Monegasque employment contracts and links to hiring and work-permit requirements.
Open the legal source ↗Legimonaco — official law collection
Official Monegasque legislation, codes and decisions with version history.
Open the legal source ↗Ordinance-Law 674 on planning, construction and roads
Monegasque planning and construction authorisation framework.
Open the legal source ↗Sovereign Ordinance 11.519 — municipal procurement
Municipal tendering rules; state procurement has a separate framework.
Open the legal source ↗Sovereign Ordinance 3.957 on business profits tax
Local business-profits tax legislation and treaty context.
Open the legal source ↗Sovereign Ordinance 9.533 — asset-freezing procedures
Amends Monaco's international-sanctions freezing procedures; current measures require separate checking.
Open the legal source ↗Using the sources
Identify the legal issue and relevant date, then check the current primary material and any procedural guidance. Record the version consulted and distinguish official text from translations or commentary.
Focused legal research
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