 Courts First Instance of the relevant judicial districts to the National District, Santiago, La Vega, Duarte, Puerto Plata, Barahona, San Juan, San Cristóbal, El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, La Romana, Valverde, Espaillat and Monte Cristi they are divided into chambers.The Dominican Republic Peace Courts are single-judge courts and the judicial pyramid structure are lower-level courts.The law determines the number of Justices of the Peace and their equivalents, powers, territorial jurisdiction and how they will be organized.