Guides by topic
Each guide works through one topic in full and cites the article of the law behind it, linked, so you can read it yourself. If you have a specific question rather than a topic, they are grouped by area of law under frequently asked questions.
Work
Minimum wage · Acuerdo SETRASS-233-2026
The 2026 and 2027 table in force by industry and company size, with the monthly, daily and hourly figure.
Benefits and dismissal · Código del Trabajo
Notice pay, severance, holiday and the décimos: what you are owed when you leave, and the article it is calculated under.
Certificate of employment · Código del Trabajo, Art. 125
Your employer must give it to you free when the contract ends, whatever the reason. What it has to say.
Domestic work · Código del Trabajo
Hours, rest and benefits for domestic work, which has its own rules inside the Código.
Public holidays · Código del Trabajo, Art. 339 and its amendments
The 2026 and 2027 calendar, how the Semana Morazánica works, and which holidays move to the following Monday.
Housing and family
Eviction and tenant rights · Ley de Inquilinato
The grounds on which a tenancy legally ends, when arrears arise, and what a landlord may not do.
Divorce · Código de Familia
The eight grounds, who may petition, and the one-year limit that forfeits the right.
Birth certificate · Ley del Registro Nacional de las Personas
Who is required to register a birth, the one-year deadline, which services are free, and the evidence the law requires when it never was.
Inheritance · Código Civil
Who inherits when there is no will, in what order, and how far freedom of testation goes.
Money and the state
Credit bureau and wage garnishment · Ley del Sistema Financiero and Código del Trabajo
How much of your wage can legally be garnished, what counts as a usurious loan, and the interest cap on cards.
Income tax · Ley del Impuesto Sobre la Renta
The scale in force, the income at which you start paying, and what is deducted before the calculation.
Traffic fines · Ley de Tránsito
Look up the code on your ticket and find out whether the offence is grave, less grave or minor — and what it costs.