Bankruptcy and insolvency registers

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This section provides a brief overview of Latvia’s insolvency register.

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What information can be found in the insolvency register kept by the Enterprise Register of the Republic of Latvia?

The insolvency register contains information on:

  • administrators;
  • insolvency proceedings in respect of natural and legal persons;
  • legal protection proceedings;
  • non-judicial legal protection proceedings;
  • discharge of a natural person from debt (only a national procedure).

The insolvency register is accessible to all and its records are reliable. Access to consult the insolvency register shall be free of charge.

The insolvency register is under the responsibility of the Enterprise Register of the Republic of Latvia ( the Enterprise Register).

How to search the insolvency register kept by the Enterprise Register?

Admins

This section contains information on administrators, namely:

  • first name;
  • surname;
  • Office address and contact information;
  • job card number;
  • the period of validity of the post card.

Information on retired administrators can be found at the Historical Datalink. The link ‘Izziņa’ gives access to all the information that has been recorded in the Latvian insolvency register on each individual administrator.

Search

Information on a specific entity (natural or legal person) can be searched in the ‘Search’ section of the insolvency register. Information can be filtered by the following criteria:

  • debtor’s registration number (for legal persons) or personal identification number (for natural persons);
  • debtor’s first name/surname or title;
  • period of commencement of proceedings;
  • the type of proceedings (insolvency proceedings, redress proceedings, out-of-court redress proceedings, discharge of the natural person’s debts);
  • the nature of the proceedings (national, cross-border primary, cross-border secondary proceedings, main insolvency proceedings, secondary insolvency proceedings, territorial insolvency proceedings);
  • the status of the process (current processes, closed processes, all processes).

The search results contain a link to the “Scertificate” where all entries made in the insolvency register of the Enterprise Register of the Republic of Latvia concerning the specific proceedings are available free of charge, including scanned documents referred to in Article 9(4) of the Law on the Enterprise Register of the Republic of Latvia: agenda of creditors’ meeting and notification to creditors by the administrator about the creditors’ meeting.

Magazine

Information on entries made on specific days can be searched in the insolvency register under ‘Journal’. By default, today’s records are displayed. Use the calendar to view records registered on other dates or use the sub-section Mēneša žurnāls to filter the records by month. Each entry contains a link to ‘Izziņa’ [certificate], where more detailed information can be found on the insolvency proceedings in question.

Statistics

Statistical data on insolvency proceedings of legal persons and legal protection proceedings are available free of charge in the insolvency proceedings section of the Latvian Open Data Portal.

On the history of the insolvency register kept by the Enterprise Register

Information is available in the insolvency register from 1 January 2008.

Here additional information on the Insolvency Register kept by the Register of Enterprises and the Insolvency Control Service.

We would point out that information on any legal entity registered in the Register of Enterprises is available on the Register’s information website info.ur.gov.lv/. While up-to-date information can be viewed/printed free of charge and without authorisation, a view of historical information and a view/downloading of documents from the public section is only possible after the user has been authenticated on the website.

If it is necessary to obtain copies of information certificates or documents produced by the Register of Enterprises, a written request for information and payment of the service must be made (more details can be consulted on the Enterprise Register’s homepage).

Information may be requested and payment information submitted via the following channels:

  • electronically (information request must be signed with a secure electronic signature and bear a time stamp):
  • by post:
    • Trade Register of the Republic of Latvia – Pērses iela 2, Riga, Latvia, LV-1011.
Last update: 19/02/2024

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