Subsoil Type of Legal Artefact Archives

Legislative Decree 134-1990, Law of Municipalities. Published in the Official Gazzette No. 26, 292. The law establishes, among other things, the obligation of municipal councils to consult with local communities and the use of the consultative assembly (cabildo abierto).

Municipal Code, Decree No. 274, dated 31 January 1986, published in the Official Gazette No. 23, Volume 290 on 5 February 1986

Law on Regional Planning and Territorial Development, Decree No. 644, dated 11 March 2011, published in the Official Gazette No. 143, Volume 392, on 29 July 2011

Draft of General Water Law, presented to the Legislative Assembly on 22 March 2012 at the Initiative of the President through the Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN)

Investment Law, Decree No. 732, dated 14 October 1999, published in the Official Gazette No. 210, Volume 345,on 11 November 1999.

Law on the Prohibition of Metallic Mining, Decree No. 639, dated 29 March 2017, published in the Official Gazette No. 66, Volume 415, on 4 April 2017

Environmental Law, Decree No. 233, dated 2 March 1998, published in the Official Gazette No. 79, Volume 339, on 4 May 1998.

Mining Law, as amended, Legislative Decree No. 475, dated 11 July 2001, published in the Official Gazette No. 144, Volume 352, on 31 July 2001.

Mining Law, Decree No. 544, dated 14 December 1995, published in the Official Gazette No. 16, Volume 330, on 24 January 1996

Law on the Sovereign Security of the Republic of Nicaragua (No. 919), approved on 2 December 2015, published in the Gazette No. 241 on 18 December 2018