§ Section 17(untitled)

(1) The following documents shall be
appended to the list of candidates:
1) a statement signed by the candidate included in the list of
candidates that he or she agrees to stand as a candidate in the
relevant council elections and agrees to the processing of his or
her personal data which is to be carried out in accordance with
the requirements of this Law;
2) a declaration signed by the candidate included in the list
of candidates that he or she conforms to the requirements of
Section 8 of this Law and the restrictions referred to in Section
9 of this Law do not apply to him or her;
3) the following information signed by every candidate
included in the list:
a) given name, surname, year, day and month of birth, gender,
nationality (optional) of the candidate;
b) personal identity number;
c) citizenship (nationality) of another state, if any;
d) the registered place of residence in Latvia (a city or a
municipality);
e) places of employment and positions held (including
positions in political parties, religious organisations, trade
unions, associations and foundations) or - if there is no place
of employment - occupation, status;
f) which educational institutions he or she has graduated
(which year, what speciality or programme);
g) self-assessment of the Latvian language proficiency;
h) whether he or she has or has not collaborated with the
State security services, intelligence or counter-intelligence
services of the USSR or Latvian SSR as a non-staff employee of
these services, an agent, a resident or safehouse keeper;
i) [11 November 2004];
j) if the candidate is a citizen of another European Union
Member State - a confirmation of the candidate that he or she has
not been deprived of the right to stand as a candidate and be
elected by a court judgment in the European Union Member State of
his or her citizenship;
4) a pre-election programme signed by all the candidates
included in the list of candidates, the size of which may not
exceed 4000 characters.
(2) If a person who has not been registered without
interruption at the place of residence in the administrative
territory of the relevant local government for at least the last
10 months before the day of submission of the list of candidates
is nominated as a candidate, yet the person owns immovable
property registered in this territory in accordance with the
procedures specified by law, a true copy of the Land Register
deed certified by a notary or a statement from the Land Registry
Office regarding the ownership of the immovable property shall
also be appended to the list of candidates.
(3) If a person who has not been registered without
interruption at the place of residence in the administrative
territory of the relevant local government for at least the last
10 months before the day of submission of the list of candidates
is nominated as a candidate, yet the person has been employed in
this territory (as an employee or as a self-employed person
according to the law On State Social Insurance) for at least the
last four months before the day of submission of the list of
candidates, a statement from the employer or the State Revenue
Service respectively shall also be appended to the list of
candidates.
(4) [9 May 2002]
(5) If a person who on the day of submission of the list holds
any position referred to in Section 10 of this Law is nominated
as a candidate, a notification signed by the relevant person
indicating that, in the event of being elected, he or she will
terminate performance of his or her duties in the relevant
position (service) within one month shall be appended to the list
of candidates.
(6) If the name of the list of candidates is identical to the
name of a registered political party or a registered alliance of
registered political parties, an authorisation from the
decision-making body of such political party or alliance of
political parties shall be appended to the list of candidates
entitling the submitters of the list to submit the list of
candidates for the elections of the relevant council.
(7) If a combined list of candidates has been submitted by
several political parties which have not united into a registered
alliance of political parties, authorisation from all
decision-making bodies of the relevant political parties shall be
appended to the list of candidates.
(8) [11 June 2020]
[6 November 1996; 6 December 1996; 6 April 2000; 9 May
2002; 11 November 2004; 2 October 2008; 11 June 2020; 17 June
2020]