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Alaska Second District District Court, Alaska

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The Alaska Second District District Court resides in Alaska. Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...

Jurisdiction

This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]

The District Court is a trial court of limited jurisdiction. Its powers are narrower than those of the Superior Court. At the time of Statehood in 1959, the Alaska legislature created a District Court for each judicial district and granted the Supreme Court the authority to increase or decrease the number of District Court judges within each judicial district. There are currently 20 District Court judges serving in three of the four judicial districts.[2]

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Footnotes

  1. Alaska State Court System ADMINISTRATION, "District Court," accessed May 10, 2023
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.