This paper focuses on different aspects of the current legal framework of municipal services in the Republic of Moldova, which includes both general procedures that ensure an overall regulation of this important segment, as well as features which concern specific laws through which individual services are regulated. Acquiring such knowledge is highly important, especially in the context of the European Union accession negotiations, since all these services play an essential part in the social and economical development of local communities in urban and rural areas and also contribute to the elimination of discrepancies between regions in the European space.