Courts of First Instance of Peru


The Courts of First Instance are the third hierarchic level organized in the judiciary of Peru.
Each province has a Court of First Instance. Courts of First Instance are subdivided according to their specialty.
The specialties that the courts are divided into are the following;
Courts that receive cases from more than one of these categories are called Mixed Courts.
Trials that originate in Courts of Peace, can be re-tried in these courts. Likewise, trials originating in these courts may be re-tried in Superior Courts.