Constitution

International Agreements

Latvian annex act to SSSR 

Texts

Constitution 1922

Constitution 1994

Constitution 2005

Constitution 2013 

Religious Communities

National and International Agreements

Concordat between the Holy See and the Government of Lithuania

Additional Convention to the Concordat between HOLY SEE and Latvia in 1922

Agreement between the Holy See and the Republic of Latvia in 2000

Agreement between the Latvian Republic and the Latvian Old Believers’ Pomor Church 2007

Agreement with the United Methodist Church of Latvia in 2007 

Laws and decrees

Amendments to the Law regulating Religious Cults 1994

Law on Religious Organizations 1995 as amended in 2002

Amendments to the law on religious organizations 2002

Special Law on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Riga

Law on public benefit organizations 2004

Latvian Orthodox Church Act 2008

Law on Associations and Foundations 2003 updated 2014

Law on religious organizations as amended 2014

Riga Jewish religious Law in 2007

Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Law in 2008 

Case Law of the Constitutional Court, Legitimacy and Merit

Judgment Nr.A42673207 AA43-0250-11/14 about entry in the register of the religious denominations of the autonomous Orthodox Church of Latvia (Ecumenical Patriarchate) 2011

Judgment of the Supreme Court of Latvia, Case No. SKC – 79, February 8, 2006

Judgment on the Evangelical Lutheran Church “Diklu mācītāja ferma” A03410 – 2012/43

2018 Constitutional Court Ruling on the Law of Religious Faiths 

Statutes and Internal Rules

Statute of the Latvian bishops’ conference

Statute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 2008 

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

Executive Decree n.322/2001 – Constitution of the Church Council

Regulation of the Department of Religious Affairs no. 512/2004

Department of Religious Affairs Regulation no. 321/2000

Council of Ministers – n.590/2005 regulation for the issuance of visas to foreign ministers of religion

Constitution of the Supreme Council of Religious Affairs – Decision 1990

Council of Ministers Regulations n.1999 on procedures for religious organizations and non-governmental organizations (foundations). Issue or revoke of the authorization to receive humanitarian assignments

Procedures for religious organizations and non-governmental organizations to issue or revoke the authorization to receive humanitarian assignments

Regulation n. 71/2002 on procedures for religious organizations and the drafting of a report on their activities

Regulation of churches organization 2009

Ruling on the rejection of inclusion (registration) of a Church 2012 

Bodies And Church Properties

Confiscation, Restitution and Compensation of Properties of Religious Communities

Decision of the Supreme Council of Latvia on the restitution of expropriated property to religious organizations, 1992

Residential Tenancy Act 1993 amended in 2010

Law on the restitution of properties confiscated from religious organizations 1992

Amendments to the law on restitution of properties confiscated from religious organizations 2000

Amendments to the law on restitution of properties confiscated from religious organizations 2009

Law on the restitution of property confiscated from the churches, 1992 amended in 2009

Changes to the law of restitution of property to religious organizations (+ annex) 1994

Amendments to the Restitution Property Law of Religious Faiths’ 1994

Amendments to the Restitution Property Law regarding the seizure of Religious Faiths’ ownerships 1994

Communiqué of the Council of Jewish Community of Latvia on the restitution of property confiscated

Draft law in “support of the Latvian Jewish Community” 2006 – Unapproved

Law on denationalization of the buildings, 1991 amended in 2009

Property tax 1998 updated 2014 

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

Regulation regarding the drafting up of annual financial statements of Religious Faiths 2006 

Sustenance of the Clergy and Financing of Religious Communities

Laws and decrees

Amendments and additions to the Latvian SSR law of 2 March 1990 about local autonomies abstract

Conditions for the preparation of the annual accounts of religious organizations 2006 updated to 2013

Law on the preparation of the consolidated annual accounts 2006 amended in 2014

Law on Accounting consolidated version 2014 

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

Ministerial arrangement n. 928 on the cash flow 2006

Amendments to the Regulation n.252/2004 on the annual accounts

Regulation on the annual accounts of the churches n.252/2000 – Repealed

Government Regulation no. 57/2000 concerning the taxes and fees for Religious Confessions 

Individual and Collective Religious Freedom and Minorities

Religious Assistance

Chaplain service regulations 2002

Council of Ministers – n.134/2011 Regulation on the terms of chaplaincy services

Law on religious freedom 1995

Amendments to the law regulating Religious freedom 1996

Amendments to the law regulating Religious freedom 2002

Amendments to the law regulating Religious freedom 2008

Amendments to the law regulating Religious freedom 2009

Amendments to the law regulating Religious freedom 2014 

Cemeteries

Management regulations of the cemetery of Liepājas 2015

Binding standards of the Carnikava County Council about cemeteries 2011

Management regulations of the Riga 2000 cemetery

Council of Ministers Regulation no. 502/1998 determining the protection zone around cemeteries 

Emigration and labour

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

Regulation n.183/2003 for issuing visas to foreign ministers of religion 

Provisions of the Criminal Code

Codes

Criminal Code 1998 amended abstract

Criminal Code in force (english language)

Criminal Code in force (latvian language) 

Family

Regulations, Decisions, Provisions, Ordinances, Circulars

Regulation n.447/2001 on the organization of camps for children and method of operation 

Laws and decrees

Law that regulates the interruption of pregnancy 2003

Changes of the Council of Ministers to the regulation no. 590/2003 on the organizational provisions concerning the interruption of pregnancy