Dominican Republic
Case file monitoring in the Dominican Republic: find out the same day what moved
Every case file you register with its NUC is checked every day against the Poder Judicial's public case and proceeding search. When a new proceeding appears or the last action moves, Custodio tells you what changed and leaves the source next to it.
The public lookup is free and open. What it doesn't do is tell you.
The Judiciary's case and proceeding search charges nothing, asks for no account and returns the proceedings of a case file from its NUC. What it doesn't do is come find you: if the court records a proceeding on Tuesday, it is still sitting on the same screen on Friday, waiting for someone to open it.
With twenty or a hundred open case files, opening each one every day is not sustainable, and the day you don't is the day that matters. Custodio runs that lookup for you, every day, on every case file you have registered.
How Custodio follows a Dominican case file
You find your client's case files
You type the party's name, their identity document or the name of the representing lawyer, and the public lookup answers which case files come up; you tick the ones to watch. If you already have the number, you register it directly: the Dominican NUC carries the year and seven digits, and Custodio validates it when you save it, so one extra digit doesn't leave you following somebody else's case.
Custodio checks the portal every day
Custodio queries the portal once a day, overnight, for every open case file you have registered. Nothing to click and nothing to remember.
It spots which proceeding is new
Every case file returns its proceedings numbered — the three-digit suffix that follows the NUC — with the date of their last action. Custodio compares what the portal returns today against what it already had stored: a proceeding that wasn't there, or a last-action date that moved, is the new filing.
It warns you with the source, not with an empty alert
The alert arrives with the proceeding that caused it, its state and its date, inside the matter file for that case. You read what the court recorded before deciding what to do.
What Custodio watches in the Dominican Republic
This is what Custodio checks for you, every day, on every case file you register.
Every open case file, every day. You don't have to open the portal or remember to do it.
The new proceedings. Every case file returns its proceedings numbered, and Custodio compares what the portal publishes today against what it already had: the one that wasn't there is the new filing.
The date of the last action. When it moves, you know the exact day it moved.
The hearings roll. Custodio queries the Rol Nacional de Audiencias by the NUC of every case file you watch and tells you about the scheduled hearing, with its date, its court and its courtroom.
Your client's case files. The public lookup searches by party name, by identity document and by the name of the representing lawyer, and Custodio uses that search.
The country's business-day calendar, with the holidays of Ley núm. 139-97, and the NUC format validated as you type it, so one extra digit doesn't leave you following somebody else's file.
Custodio watches what the Poder Judicial publishes in its public lookup: a case file under legal confidentiality does not appear there for anybody from the outside.
What following case files in the Dominican Republic costs
You create the account with no card, register a case file and see what Custodio finds on the first check. The free plan includes 15 open matters and stays free. Paid plans are billed month to month, and you change or cancel them from your account whenever you want; the price in force and the currency it is billed in are on the pricing page.
See the plans and their pricesFrequently asked questions about case monitoring in the Dominican Republic
Do I have to load the NUCs one by one?
No. The Judiciary's public lookup searches by party name, by identity document and by the name of the representing lawyer, and Custodio uses that search: you type the value and it answers which case files come up. It returns the NUC, the subject, the court and the state, which is what the portal itself shows; the detail arrives when you tick the case file and import it.
How often does Custodio check the Judiciary's portal?
Once a day, for every open case file you have registered. Custodio tells you when something changed; if the court recorded nothing, it doesn't interrupt you.
Does it also watch what the Poder Judicial publishes?
Yes. What the Dominican Republic publishes is the Rol Nacional de Audiencias (the national hearings roll), and Custodio queries it by the NUC of every case file you watch: when a hearing is scheduled, it reaches you with its date, its court and its courtroom.
Which case number does it accept?
The Dominican NUC: four digits for the year, a hyphen and seven digits of national sequential, plus the three-digit proceeding suffix when you have it. If the number is not in that shape, Custodio says so when you save it instead of accepting it and finding nothing.
How does Custodio help me with deadlines?
Custodio tells you the same day the proceeding appears, so you count the term from the first day and not from the day you found out. It gives you the exact date of the event that triggers it, the source behind it and the country's business-day calendar, with the holidays of Ley núm. 139-97 and its transfer rule.
Shall we start with your first case file?
Create your free account, register a case file with its NUC and see what Custodio finds on the first check. No card.