Legal Framework

The Spanish legal system regulates private investigation through Law 5/2014 on Private Security.

Legal framework

Castellana Detectives , a legally authorized private investigation office, with National Private Security Registry (RNSP) number 10,243, ratifies its reports, at the client's request, before the competent Courts.

LAW 5/2014 ON PRIVATE SECURITY

Which regulates the activity of the Private Detective and grants him/her exclusivity to carry out private investigations and specifically to "obtain and provide information and evidence" (art. 48) in the economic, labor, commercial, financial and, in general, personal, family and/or social life fields.

CIVIL PROCEDURE LAW

Article 265 – “…Reports prepared by legally qualified private investigators (private detectives) on relevant facts that support their claims. If these facts are not recognized as true, witness testimony shall be taken.”

JURISPRUDENCE

The Supreme Court defines private detectives as privileged or documented witnesses, and adds in various rulings that they are "an instrument endowed with exclusivity for the effective control of the duties required of the worker." "The testimony given by private detectives is proven to be truthful; furthermore, it undeniably provides the precise and continuous dedication to the subject of the subsequent testimony to be given and the complementary graphic or audio accreditations that may accompany it." (STS 6-11-90). "The Administrative Litigation Division of the Supreme Court considers it legal for a public body to hire private detectives to investigate its public officials during working hours, since this does not violate the right to privacy" (STS 12-05-98).

At the request of the client, we ratify the reports we issue before the competent courts.