Justice

First-instance court activity

How many cases do Moroccan courts process each year, and what are they about?

First-instance courts (TPI) handle the bulk of civil and criminal cases in Morocco: divorces, labor disputes, traffic accidents, misdemeanors, etc. Most files pass through them before any appeal.

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First-instance courts Courts of appeal

Cases filed

0,000

All cases combined, 2024

Civil section

0,000

Family, real estate, labor, etc.

Criminal section

0,000

Misdemeanors, contraventions, accidents

Pending backlog

0,000

Unresolved at end of 2024

Trend 2023 → 2024

Cases filed at first-instance courts went from 4,017,346 in 2023 to 3,696,057 in 2024 — -8.0%. The pending backlog changed by -24.5% over the same period.

Civil section: top categories in 2024

Cases filed per category

Marriage authorizations
263,308145 pending
Orders on request
181,3605 pending
Civil status
168,5561,588 pending
Other family
126,30412,402 pending
Judicial divorce
108,11323,990 pending
Misc orders
94,98249 pending

Criminal section: top categories in 2024

Cases filed per category

Other criminal
697,59429,305 pending
Ordinary misdemeanors
601,77888,986 pending
Contraventions
444,3181,956 pending
Flagrant misdemeanors
193,92215,191 pending
Traffic misdemeanors
134,8959,664 pending
Traffic accidents
106,15360,909 pending