Request for access to public information (Spain)
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This can be done free of charge on the Spanish State's Transparency Portal and on each body's electronic office, with their own form; you do not need DocMuse for it. This Spanish document, in Spanish, is for people who prefer to file through a registry: it asks a ministry, a regional government, a town hall or another public body for information it holds, under Spanish Law 19/2013 on transparency or the region's transparency law, without having to say why. The body has one month to decide.
- Made for use in Spain
- Last updated October 20, 2026
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When to use this document
- You want to know how much your town hall in Spain spent on a project and who got the contract.
- A Spanish ministry holds a report that concerns you and you want a copy of it.
- You are researching a subject and need data the regional government holds.
- You want to file a written request for public information under the transparency law.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Applicant
- Applicant's DNI or NIE (Spanish identity number)
- Applicant's address
- Public information you ask for (as precisely as you can)
- How you want to receive the information
- City
- Date
- Body you write to (as it publishes its name)
Common questions
- How long does a Spanish public body have to answer an access request?
- One month from when the request reaches the registry of the competent body, extendable by another month if the volume or complexity of the information requires it, with notice to you (art. 20.1 of Spanish Law 19/2013). If it does not answer in time, the request is deemed refused (art. 20.4), unless your region's transparency law says otherwise: in Catalonia, silence counts as approval. Against a refusal or silence you may file, within one month, a claim with the Transparency and Good Governance Council or your region's body (art. 24), or go to the administrative courts.
- Do you have to explain why you want the public information you ask a Spanish body for?
- No. Spanish Law 19/2013 does not require reasons: you may give them, and the body may take them into account, but their absence is not in itself a ground for refusal (art. 17.3). You must identify yourself, describe the information as precisely as you can and give a contact address. Access is free; the body may charge for copies or for converting to a format other than the original.
- Where is a written request for access to public information filed in Spain?
- At the registry of the body that holds the information, at the registry office of any public body, or at a Spanish post office as administrative mail, with the envelope open (art. 16.4 of Spanish Law 39/2015). A company, an association or a registered professional acting as such must file it electronically (art. 14.2). If it goes to a regional or local body in a region with a co-official language, that body must also accept it in that language.
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
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