At its sitting on June 16, 2026, the Constitutional Court issued a ruling in Constitutional Case No. 10/2026, thereby rejecting the request by a panel of the Tutrakan District Court to declare unconstitutional Article 415, paragraph 1, (2) of the Civil Procedure Code, in the part stating “and the process server has gathered evidence that the debtor does not reside at the address, following a check with the building manager, the mayor of the relevant municipality, or by other means, and has certified this by indicating the source of such evidence in the notice” (published in the State Gazette, No. 59 of 2007, last amended and supplemented in the State Gazette, No. 17 of 2026), and terminates the proceedings in the case.
All 12 constitutional judges participated in the hearing. The ruling was adopted with 7 votes “in favor.”
The ruling was signed with a concurring opinion by Judge Atanas Semov and with a concurring opinion by Judge Nevin Feti.
The Resolution was signed with a dissenting opinion by Judges Yanaki Stoilov, Sonya Yankulova, Borislav Belazelkov, Galina Toneva, and Orlin Kolev.
Full text of the Resolution: https://www.constcourt.bg/bg/act-10354