List of Constitutions of Costa Rica


Costa Rica has possessed multiple and very varied constitutional bodies.
The Constitutional Assemblies of Costa Rica have been, in almost all cases, convened after a coup d'état or armed conflict, since it is the custom in Costa Rica that when a government is deposed, an Assembly will be convened to draft a new constitutional body that legitimizes the new regime. This was true from the first Constituent Congress of the State of Costa Rica convened shortly after the independence of Central America until the most recent National Constituent Assembly of 1949, which occurred after the Civil War of 1948.
ConstitutionValidityState
Cadiz Constitution1812-1814 and 1820-1821Diputación of the Spanish Empire
Pact of Concord1821-1823Province of Costa Rica, at least nominally member of the First Mexican Empire
First Political Statute of the Province of Costa Rica1823Province of Costa Rica, at least nominally member of the First Mexican Empire
Second Political Statute of the Province of Costa Rica1823-1824Federal Republic of Central America
Basis of the Federal Constitution1823-1824Federal Republic of Central America
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Central America1824-1838Federal Republic of Central America
Fundamental Law of the State of Costa Rica1825-1838Federal Republic of Central America
Decree of Basis and Guarantees1841-1842Free State of Costa Rica
Costa Rican Constitution of 18441844-1846First Costa Rican Republic
Costa Rican Constitution of 18471847-1848First Costa Rican Republic
Reformed Constitution of 18481848-1859First Costa Rican Republic
Costa Rican Constitution of 18591859-1868First Costa Rican Republic
Costa Rican Constitution of 18691869-1870First Costa Rican Republic
Costa Rican Constitution of 18711871-1876
1882-1917
1919-1949		First Costa Rican Republic
Costa Rican Constitution of 19171917-1919First Costa Rican Republic
Costa Rican Constitution of 19491949-Second Costa Rican Republic