Carbajales de Alba calls for the election of a titular and substitute justice of the peace

The City Council of Carbajales de Alba has opened the procedure to select the individuals who will hold the positions of titular and substitute justice of the peace in the municipality. The call was approved by mayoral resolution on November 6, 2026, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Zamora number 132, corresponding to Wednesday, November 11, 2026, with the official reference R-202602617 (page 13).

The call is part of the municipal file for the election of a titular and substitute justice of the peace, processed by the City Council following the mayoral resolution approving the guidelines. The text expressly refers to Regulation 3/1995 of the Justices of the Peace to establish the conditions for applicants and to the Organic Law of the Judiciary for causes of incapacity, incompatibility, and prohibition.

The announcement is inserted in section III, Local Administration, of the provincial gazette and bears the signature of the mayor, dated November 6, 2026, in Carbajales de Alba.

Four conditions to apply for the position

The announcement requires interested parties to comply with the following requirements, all of which refer to Regulation 3/1995 of the Justices of the Peace:

• Possess Spanish nationality.
• Be of legal age.
• Not be subject to any of the causes of incapacity provided for in Article 303 of the Organic Law of the Judiciary.
• Not be affected by the incompatibilities and prohibitions regulated in Articles 389 to 397 of the Organic Law of the Judiciary and in Article 14 of Regulation 3/1995.

The document does not detail any remuneration or specific functions of the position, which are referred to the general regulations on justices of the peace.

Ten-day deadline and two submission methods

The deadline for submitting applications is ten days starting from the day following the publication of the resolution in the Official Gazette of the Province of Zamora, that is, from November 12, 2026. The application form is provided at the City Council and is also available to interested parties on the municipal electronic office.

Applications can be submitted through two channels:

• At the entry registry of the City Council of Carbajales de Alba.
• Through any of the procedures provided for in Article 16.4 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations.

Replacement of justices of the peace in several municipalities of the province

The call in Carbajales de Alba is not an isolated event. In recent months, the provincial gazette has published equivalent procedures from other Zamora city councils, ranging from vacancy announcements to calls for applications and application forms.

Among the municipalities affected by replacements or open processes are Villalobos, which published its application model for the position of substitute justice of the peace; Pereruela, which announced the upcoming vacancy of the titular position, and Santa Croya de Tera, which communicated the end of the term of its titular justice of the peace. In several of these cases, the announcement is limited to confirming the vacancy and requesting the town council to elect a suitable person within three months.

The impact of the measure is immediate for the residents: the justice of the peace is the local judicial figure in municipalities without a court of first instance, and their absence forces residents to travel for procedures that would otherwise be resolved in the town itself. The call from Carbajales de Alba additionally covers two simultaneous positions—titular and substitute—which guarantees the continuity of the service during the term. The ten-day deadline is short, so anyone interested in the position must formalize their application at the municipal registry during the first two weeks of November.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Zamora, no. 132, November 11, 2026, section III. Local Administration, page 13 (official reference: R-202602617).