Registers dating back to 1815 and records of the Council of State since 1905 are among the heritage archives now entrusted by Monaco’s Judicial Services to the National Archives for preservation.

Monaco has formally entrusted some of its most valuable judicial documents to the National Archives. On Thursday 11th September 2025, Samuel Vuelta-Simon, Secretary of State for Justice and Director of Judicial Services, and Michaël Bloche, Director of the National Archives, signed a convention sealing the deposit of these archives, some of which are more than two centuries old.

Treasures of Monaco’s legal past

The collection includes registers from 1815, capturing acts and rulings from the justice of the peace, the criminal court and the higher court, as well as files maintained by court clerks. Also deposited are records from the Council of State, with registers of deliberations and session dossiers dating back to 1905. Together, they form a unique chronicle of Monaco’s legal and political life over the last two centuries.

Years of collaboration come to fruition

This first deposit from the Judicial Services Directorate is the result of several years of cooperation with the National Archives, aimed at modernising storage practices and ensuring that fragile documents of patrimonial interest are preserved for future generations.

Expanding Monaco’s archival legacy

The move follows similar transfers in recent years from other public bodies, including the Conseil National, the Centre Scientifique de Monaco, the Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace and the RAMOGE Agreement. Each deposit strengthens the Principality’s cultural memory, placing its history in safe hands while making it more accessible to researchers and the public.

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