Justices of the peace

Justices of the peace in the Russian Federation are judges of general jurisdiction of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and are part of the unified judicial system of the Russian Federation

Justices of the peace and members of their families are subject to the guarantees of the independence of judges, their inviolability, as well as material security and social protection established by law

Competence
FIRST INSTANCE:
criminal cases involving offenses that provide for punishment of not more than 3 years of imprisonment
cases related to execution of court orders
disputes on divorce – If there are no disagreements about the children
property disputes with an amount of claims under 50 000 RUB and other disputes of a property nature
other cases that arise in the field of family legal relations, with the exceptions provided by law
cases involving the establishment of the procedure for the use of certain property
cases relating to administrative offenses referred to their competence
cases on newly discovered circumstances

Court sites
The activities of justices of the peace are carried out within the judicial district in the court sites
Judicial sites are created at the rate of population: on one site from 15 to 23 thousand people