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# Fiscalía Criminal Case by Number

> Look up a Colombian criminal case by its 21-digit noticia criminal number, live from the Fiscalía General de la Nación (SPOA): status and closing reason, procedural stage, applicable law, date and place of the facts, the assigned prosecutor's office with its contact details, the offences with their grade, and the non-reserved actions, newest first. Returns `found: false` when the Fiscalía has no case with that number.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /co/fiscalia/case/v1
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Croma Marketplace API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Government-data APIs for Colombia, Peru, Mexico, and global web search.
    Croma normalizes public-sector data into structured JSON for product teams
    and AI agents.


    Every operation is a POST with a JSON body and an organization API key as a
    bearer token; every operation is an idempotent lookup and accepts an
    optional `Idempotency-Key` header. Paths carry their major version (`/v1`);
    the versioning and deprecation policy, including the `Deprecation` and
    `Sunset` headers a retiring endpoint sends, is at
    https://docs.usecroma.com/versioning. Rate limits are per organization and
    reported on every response (`RateLimit-Policy`, `X-RateLimit-*`):
    https://docs.usecroma.com/rate-limits.
  termsOfService: https://usecroma.com/en/terms
  contact:
    name: Croma support
    url: https://usecroma.com/en/support
    email: tomas@usecroma.com
servers:
  - url: https://api.croma.run
security: []
paths:
  /co/fiscalia/case/v1:
    post:
      tags:
        - Colombia
        - Fiscalía General de la Nación
      summary: Fiscalía Criminal Case by Number
      description: >-
        Look up a Colombian criminal case by its 21-digit noticia criminal
        number, live from the Fiscalía General de la Nación (SPOA): status and
        closing reason, procedural stage, applicable law, date and place of the
        facts, the assigned prosecutor's office with its contact details, the
        offences with their grade, and the non-reserved actions, newest first.
        Returns `found: false` when the Fiscalía has no case with that number.
      operationId: fiscalia_case
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdempotencyKey'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - registration_number
              properties:
                registration_number:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 21
                  maxLength: 21
                  pattern: ^\d{21}$
                  description: >-
                    Número de la noticia criminal (SPOA), de 21 dígitos, p. ej.
                    `110016000050202154481`.
              additionalProperties: false
            example:
              registration_number: '110016000050202154481'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
            Idempotency-Key:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Idempotency-Key'
            Deprecation:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Deprecation'
            Sunset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Sunset'
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
            X-Cache:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Cache'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FiscaliaCaseResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request body
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
            Idempotency-Key:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Idempotency-Key'
            Deprecation:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Deprecation'
            Sunset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Sunset'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
            Idempotency-Key:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Idempotency-Key'
            Deprecation:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Deprecation'
            Sunset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Sunset'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
            Idempotency-Key:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Idempotency-Key'
            Deprecation:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Deprecation'
            Sunset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Sunset'
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
            Retry-After:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
        '500':
          description: Internal error
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
            Idempotency-Key:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Idempotency-Key'
            Deprecation:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Deprecation'
            Sunset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Sunset'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
        '502':
          description: Upstream source returned an error
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-Request-Id'
            RateLimit-Policy:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
            Idempotency-Key:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Idempotency-Key'
            Deprecation:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Deprecation'
            Sunset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Sunset'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
      externalDocs:
        description: Interactive documentation and examples
        url: https://docs.usecroma.com/guides/colombia/fiscalia
components:
  parameters:
    IdempotencyKey:
      name: Idempotency-Key
      in: header
      required: false
      description: >-
        Optional client-chosen key for this request (any string up to 255
        characters, e.g. a UUID). Every Croma operation is an idempotent lookup:
        repeating a request with the same body returns the same result and
        creates nothing, so retrying after a timeout or network failure is
        always safe. The key is echoed back in the `Idempotency-Key` response
        header so you can correlate a retry with its first attempt. Each attempt
        that reaches the API counts against the rate limit.
      schema:
        type: string
        maxLength: 255
        example: 0f8e9a42-6b7c-4d1e-9a3f-2c5d7e8f9a0b
  headers:
    X-Request-Id:
      description: Unique id for the request (req_…). Include it in support reports.
      schema:
        type: string
    RateLimit-Policy:
      description: >-
        Quota policy for this endpoint as an IETF RateLimit-Policy structured
        field, e.g. `"default";q=100;w=86400` (100 requests per 86400-second
        window per organization). Endpoints with an extra hourly ceiling list
        both policies, e.g. `"webSearch";q=10;w=3600, "default";q=100;w=86400`.
        Present on every response, including 401 and 429.
      schema:
        type: string
        example: '"default";q=100;w=86400'
    Idempotency-Key:
      description: >-
        The `Idempotency-Key` the request carried, echoed back unchanged. Absent
        when the request sent none.
      schema:
        type: string
    Deprecation:
      description: >-
        Present only on an endpoint version scheduled for removal: the date the
        deprecation took effect (RFC 9745). A `Sunset` header and a `Link` with
        `rel="successor-version"` accompany it. Policy:
        https://docs.usecroma.com/versioning
      schema:
        type: string
        example: '@1767225600'
    Sunset:
      description: >-
        Present only on an endpoint version scheduled for removal: the date
        after which it answers 410 (RFC 8594). Announced in the changelog at
        least 90 days ahead.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date-time
        example: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT
    X-RateLimit-Limit:
      description: Requests allowed in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    X-RateLimit-Remaining:
      description: Requests left before you are throttled.
      schema:
        type: integer
    X-RateLimit-Reset:
      description: ISO 8601 timestamp when the window resets.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date-time
    X-Cache:
      description: HIT or MISS. Cached hits still count against your quota.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
          - HIT
          - MISS
    Retry-After:
      description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
      schema:
        type: integer
  schemas:
    FiscaliaCaseResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - data
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FiscaliaCaseData'
    ApiError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - type
            - code
            - message
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Broad category: invalid_request_error, authentication_error,
                not_found_error, rate_limit_error, upstream_error, api_error.
            code:
              type: string
              description: Machine-readable specific code.
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable explanation, safe to surface in UI.
            param:
              type: string
              description: Field that triggered the error. Present on validation errors.
            details:
              type: object
              description: Free-form structured detail.
    FiscaliaCaseData:
      type: object
      properties:
        found:
          type: boolean
          description: true when the Fiscalía has a case with this number.
        registration_number:
          type: string
          description: The queried number, echoed back.
        case_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          description: The Fiscalía's internal id for the case.
        restricted:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            true for a case under Ley 1098 de 2006 (children and adolescents):
            the Fiscalía does not publish its details, so every field but `law`
            and `law_code` is null or empty.
        status:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: '`ACTIVO` or `INACTIVO`, as the Fiscalía prints it.'
        status_code:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          description: The Fiscalía's numeric code for `status`, e.g. `1` for `ACTIVO`.
        status_reason:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            Why the case is inactive, e.g. `Archivo por conducta atipica art.79
            c.p.p`; null when none is given.
        stage:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: The procedural stage, e.g. `INDAGACIÓN`, `INVESTIGACIÓN`.
        stage_code:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          description: The Fiscalía's numeric code for `stage`, e.g. `2` for `INDAGACIÓN`.
        law:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: The procedural law that applies, e.g. `Ley 906`.
        law_code:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          description: The Fiscalía's numeric code for `law`, e.g. `1` for `Ley 906`.
        reserved:
          anyOf:
            - type: boolean
            - type: 'null'
          description: The Fiscalía's own reserved marker on the case.
        incident_at:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: 'When the facts took place: ISO 8601, Colombian time.'
        incident_department:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: Where the facts took place.
        incident_municipality:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        assigned_office:
          anyOf:
            - type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                  description: >-
                    The prosecutor's office (despacho) the case is assigned to,
                    e.g. `FISCALIA 99 SECCIONAL`.
                unit:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                  description: The unit the office belongs to.
                directorate:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                  description: The Fiscalía's regional directorate (Dirección Seccional).
                assigned_date:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                  description: When the case was assigned to this office, `YYYY-MM-DD`.
                department:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                  description: Where the office sits.
                municipality:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                address:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                phone:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                  description: As published.
                email:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                  description: The office's mailbox, as published.
              required:
                - name
                - unit
                - directorate
                - assigned_date
                - department
                - municipality
                - address
                - phone
                - email
            - type: 'null'
          description: The prosecutor's office handling the case.
        crimes:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The offence as the Fiscalía records it, with its article, e.g.
                  `FALSEDAD EN DOCUMENTO PRIVADO. ART. 289 C.P.`.
              article:
                anyOf:
                  - type: string
                  - type: 'null'
                description: The Código Penal article read from `name`, e.g. `289`.
              grade:
                anyOf:
                  - type: string
                  - type: 'null'
                description: >-
                  The grade the Fiscalía records, e.g. `AGRAVADO`; null when it
                  records none.
              status:
                anyOf:
                  - type: string
                  - type: 'null'
                description: >-
                  The offence's status in the case as the Fiscalía records it,
                  e.g. `ACTIVO`.
              flag:
                anyOf:
                  - type: string
                  - type: 'null'
                description: >-
                  A `SI` / `NO` marker the Fiscalía records on each offence,
                  published as is; the Fiscalía does not document its meaning.
            required:
              - name
              - article
              - grade
              - status
              - flag
          description: The offences under investigation.
        actions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              action_date:
                anyOf:
                  - type: string
                  - type: 'null'
                description: '`YYYY-MM-DD`.'
              action_type:
                type: string
                description: The action, e.g. `FORMULACIÓN DE LA IMPUTACIÓN`.
            required:
              - action_date
              - action_type
          description: The case's non-reserved actions, newest first.
        actions_truncated:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            true when the Fiscalía published only part of a long history: the
            oldest actions are missing.
        last_action:
          anyOf:
            - type: object
              properties:
                action_type:
                  type: string
                action_code:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: integer
                    - type: 'null'
                  description: The Fiscalía's numeric code for the action type.
                occurred_at:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                  description: 'When it took place: ISO 8601, Colombian time.'
                recorded_at:
                  anyOf:
                    - type: string
                    - type: 'null'
                  description: 'When it was recorded: ISO 8601, Colombian time.'
              required:
                - action_type
                - action_code
                - occurred_at
                - recorded_at
            - type: 'null'
          description: The latest action, with its time of day.
        joined:
          anyOf:
            - type: boolean
            - type: 'null'
          description: true when the case was joined to another (conexidad).
        joined_to:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: The number of the case it was joined to.
        joined_to_case_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          description: The Fiscalía's internal id for the case it was joined to.
      required:
        - found
        - registration_number
        - case_id
        - restricted
        - status
        - status_code
        - status_reason
        - stage
        - stage_code
        - law
        - law_code
        - reserved
        - incident_at
        - incident_department
        - incident_municipality
        - assigned_office
        - crimes
        - actions
        - actions_truncated
        - last_action
        - joined
        - joined_to
        - joined_to_case_id
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Use Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

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