In Poland, participatory budgeting has been in use since 2011. The term “civic budget” is also used interchangeably. It is a form of participatory democracy. In the first 8 years, general acts on the territorial self-government units and provisions of local government law constituted the legal basis for participatory budgets. Since 2018, participatory budgets have had a statutory registered legal position. Civic budgets are developing primarily in municipalities. The creation of these budgets is specific to urban municipalities. In municipalities that are cities with county rights, it is mandatory to establish a civic budget. The regulations for civic budgets in counties and provinces are almost analogous to those for municipalities. In both cases, the civic budget is optional. The implementation of civic budgets to date is assessed positively. Lower marks are given to the formal and legal aspects of the budgets.