Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Plurinational State of Bolivia · ISO BOL

Bolivia, Plurinational State of has a rated national right-to-information law (adopted 2005, scored 70/150 by the RTI Rating, checked 2026-07-05), and no general right-to-service law has been found for it yet. Subdivision entries below marked “to confirm” are tasks, not facts.

Your first move, anywhere

Request legal route, responsible officer, fees, timeline, appeal route, and one high-value record: budget, contract, land, hospital stock, service standard, audit, court delay, police complaint, or procurement payment.

Convert the legal right into a citizen test: receipt, tracking number, statutory deadline, written reasons, actual record release, appeal, and proactive publication.

Capture flags to watch: Delay; discretion; opacity; fragmentation; fear; patron dependency; counterfeit transparency

Right to information

Sourced

National lawAccess to information regime recognized in RTI Rating; statute name needs verification Official text still to confirm before you rely on it.

RTI Rating score70/150 · rank 106 · Weak legal framework

Where the law is strong and weakRight of access 4/6 · Scope 15/30 · Requesting procedures 9/30 · Exceptions and refusals 17/30 · Appeals 13/30 · Sanctions and protections 4/8 · Promotional measures 8/16

Source: RTI Rating country data · last checked 2026-07-05

Right to service

Not found yet

StatusNo general RTS found yet; verification queue

Legal familyGeneral administrative law / ombudsman / digital service / sectoral service standards search route

Candidate route (to confirm)Search local-law terms for administrative procedure, good administration, public service user rights, citizen charter, service charter, anti-red-tape, one-stop shop, grievance redress, ombudsman and sectoral deadlines.

The usability test to runReceipt + tracking + deadline + written reason + appeal + remedy + claimant protection

NoteDo not count a Public Service Commission as RTS unless it creates enforceable service standards for citizens.

Sources: OECD Administrative Simplification

Help confirm this

Search the official gazette and government sites for: "Bolivia, Plurinational State of" "right to service" OR "public service guarantee" OR "citizen charter" OR "service charter" OR "administrative procedure" OR "ombudsman". Found the law? Send it through the route below.

Inside Bolivia, Plurinational State of: 9 subdivisions

Where a subdivision shows a cited law, the citation comes from the named source and the official text still needs confirming. Where it shows nothing, the national law may apply and the local rules are unconfirmed.

What to confirm at your local office, whichever subdivision you are in

Verify statutory deadline and extension rule.
Verify filing fee, copying fee, waiver, and electronic access rule.
Verify internal review, independent review, judicial review, and silence-as-refusal rule.
Verify relevant information commission, ombudsman, court, tribunal, or internal appeal body.
Verify official web portal or responsible officer contact.

Records that should already be published: Budget; procurement; contract awards; payment status; public land; service standards; audit reports; subsidies; court/police/hospital/school records.

Code	Subdivision	Type	Access-law status	Source · checked
BO-B	El Beni	Department	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to information regime recognized in RTI Rating; statute name needs verification To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
BO-C	Cochabamba	Department	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to information regime recognized in RTI Rating; statute name needs verification To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
BO-H	Chuquisaca	Department	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to information regime recognized in RTI Rating; statute name needs verification To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
BO-L	La Paz	Department	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to information regime recognized in RTI Rating; statute name needs verification To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
BO-N	Pando	Department	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to information regime recognized in RTI Rating; statute name needs verification To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
BO-O	Oruro	Department	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to information regime recognized in RTI Rating; statute name needs verification To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
BO-P	Potosí	Department	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to information regime recognized in RTI Rating; statute name needs verification To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
BO-S	Santa Cruz	Department	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to information regime recognized in RTI Rating; statute name needs verification To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
BO-T	Tarija	Department	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Access to information regime recognized in RTI Rating; statute name needs verification To confirm	source · 2026-07-05

Right to service, all 9 subdivisions: No general RTS found yet; verification queue (inherited from the national status above).

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