Guide · Dominican Republic
How to search the National Hearing Schedule
By NUC, by party name, by document or by legal representative: a public, account-free lookup of the hearings set across the country.
Open the National Hearing ScheduleThe hearing schedule, not the case's docket history
The Rol Nacional de Audiencias (rolnacionalaudiencias.poderjudicial.gob.do) is the Dominican Judiciary’s public schedule: it publishes set hearings, in person and virtual, with their date, time, court, courtroom, format and status. It answers with no account.
It takes four search criteria: the case NUC, the name of one of the parties, their document number, or the legal representative’s name.
It's a different system from the NUC case and proceeding search — this site's sister guide: one schedules hearings, the other shows a case's docket history.
How to search for a hearing
All four criteria run on the same form; which one to use depends on the data you have.
NUC, name or document
By NUC
The unique case number identifies the hearing with no ambiguity, same as in the case and proceeding search.
By the party's name
Useful when the NUC isn't on hand; it can return several hearings if the name is common.
By document number
One party’s document: the most precise criterion when there is no NUC.
A fourth criterion — the legal representative's name — is useful to follow a whole law firm's agenda rather than a single case.
How to check the schedule
These are the steps of the public hearing search.
Open the National Hearing Schedule
It is a public lookup of the Judiciary, with no account and no payment.
Choose the search criterion
NUC, the party's name, document number, or the legal representative's name.
Type the data and search
The system replies with the scheduled hearings that match the criterion, in-person and virtual.
Confirm the courtroom and the format
Every result states whether the hearing is in-person or virtual, with the courtroom and the date.
The hearing schedule, checked for you
Custodio checks the National Hearing Schedule for every case in your caseload and flags as soon as a new hearing is scheduled. With each one, the AI updates the matter status; it drafts the reply when you ask.
Create your free accountWhat the search returns
Each result is a hearing, not a full case file.
- The date and time of every hearing scheduled.
- The court and courtroom hearing it, with the courtroom’s address.
- The subject area, the matter and the parties with their role.
- The format — in-person or virtual — with the link when applicable.
- The hearing’s status.
What the National Hearing Schedule doesn't do
Before assuming there's nothing new, these limits are worth knowing.
- It only shows scheduled hearings: it does not carry the case's docket history — that's what the NUC case and proceeding search is for.
- It depends on each court loading its schedule on time: a hearing just set can take a while to show up.
- Parties come as text, with their role: the schedule shows neither the case file’s content nor its documents.
- It does not compute deadlines or send a reminder: it's a lookup, not a subscription.
Remembering to check the schedule of every case every day is exactly the work that can be automated.
Frequently asked questions about the National Hearing Schedule
Does the National Hearing Schedule cost anything?
No. It is a public lookup of the Judiciary: it answers with no account and no payment.
How do I know if a hearing is virtual?
The result states each hearing’s format — in person or virtual — with the link when it is virtual, together with the courtroom and the date.
Does it cover hearings from the whole country?
It covers whatever each court loads into the system. The Judiciary presents it as national, but keeping it current depends on each courtroom recording its schedule.
How often is the schedule updated?
It updates when a court schedules or changes a hearing; there's no fixed cycle published.
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