Montenegro

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Montenegro has a rated national right-to-information law (adopted 2005, scored 89/150 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 lawLaw on Free Access to Information Official text still to confirm before you rely on it.

RTI Rating score89/150 · rank 61 · Moderate legal framework

Where the law is strong and weakRight of access 5/6 · Scope 30/30 · Requesting procedures 22/30 · Exceptions and refusals 21/30 · Appeals 4/30 · Sanctions and protections 2/8 · Promotional measures 5/16

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: "Montenegro" "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 Montenegro: 25 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
ME-01	Andrijevica	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-02	Bar	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-03	Berane	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-04	Bijelo Polje	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-05	Budva	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-06	Cetinje	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-07	Danilovgrad	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-08	Herceg-Novi	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-09	Kolašin	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-10	Kotor	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-11	Mojkovac	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-12	Nikšić	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-13	Plav	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-14	Pljevlja	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-15	Plužine	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-16	Podgorica	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-17	Rožaje	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-18	Šavnik	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-19	Tivat	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-20	Ulcinj	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-21	Žabljak	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-22	Gusinje	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-23	Petnjica	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-24	Tuzi	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05
ME-25	Zeta	Municipality	No local law confirmed · national law may apply: Law on Free Access to Information To confirm	source · 2026-07-05

Right to service, all 25 subdivisions: No general RTS found yet; verification queue (inherited from the national status above).

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