Local committees are legal entities. The scope of their activities is regulated by the Statute of the City of Zagreb.
- Local committees are the second level of local self-government in the City of Zagreb.
- The bodies of the Local committees are Local committee councils and Local committee presidents.
- Members of the councils are elected by the citizens of its territory on the basis of their general voting right of direct election by secret ballot.
- Councils of the Local committees are consisted of 5 to 11 members (depending on the number of the citizens living in the territory of the local committee).
- 218 Local committees have been founded on the territory of the City of Zagreb.
