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Rule 41 - Case Numbering

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As amended through March 21, 2024
Rule 41 - Case Numbering

The administrative director shall designate the procedure to be followed by all district and superior courts in numbering cases. All case numbers shall include a prefix indicating the location of the court where the case is filed. The prefixes for the courts are as follows:

COURT LOCATION CODES

First District
Angoon1AG
Craig (closed)1CR
Haines 1HA
Hoonah 1HN
Juneau 1JU
Kake (closed)1KA
Ketchikan 1KE
Pelican 1PL
Petersburg 1PE
Prince of Wales (at Klawock) 1 PW
Sitka 1SI
Skagway 1SK
Wrangell 1WR
Yakutat 1YA

Second District
Buckland (closed)2BUGambell 2GBKiana 2KI Kotzebue2KB
Nome2NO Noorvik 2NR Point Hope 2PH Savoonga2SA
Selawik2SE Shungnak 2SH Unalakleet2UT Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow) 2BA
Wales (closed)2WL

Third District
Anchorage 3AN Cold Bay 3CB Cordova 3CO Dillingham 3DI
Glennallen3GLHomer 3HO Kenai 3KN Kodiak 3KO
Naknek 3NA Palmer 3PA St. Paul Island 3STSand Point 3SP
Seldovia (closed) 3SL Seward 3SW Togiak 3TG Unalaska 3UN
Valdez 3VA Whittier 3WH

FourthDistrict
Aniak 4AK Bethel 4BE Chevak (closed) 4CH Delta Junction 4DJ
Emmonak 4EM Fairbanks 4FA Fort Yukon 4FY Galena 4GA
Healy (closed) 4HE Hooper Bay 4HBKasigluk (closed) 4KS McGrath (closed) 4MC
Mekoryuk (closed) 4ME Mt. Village (closed) 4MV Nenana 4NE Quinhagak (closed) 4QU
Rampart (closed) 4RA Scammon Bay (closed) 4SB St. Mary's 4SM Tanana (closed) 4TA
Tok4TOTununak (closed)4TU

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Adopted by SCO 478 effective 8/17/1981; amended by SCO 541 effective 10/1/1982; by SCO 564 effective 4/4/1983; by SCO 565 effective 5/3/1983; by SCO 617 effective 5/15/1985; by SCO 672 effective 6/15/1986; by SCO 1034 effective 6/14/1990; by SCO 1035 effective nunc pro tunc2/1/1991; by SCO 1132 effective 7/15/1993; and by SCO 1493 effective 9/26/2002; by SCO 1780 effective 3/1/2012; by SCO 1835 effective 6/25/2014; by SCO 1839 effective 7/15/2014; and by SCO 1870(1) nunc pro tunc to 1/1/2016 and by SCO 1870(2) 5/15/2016; amended by SCO 1917 effective 1/1/2018; amended by SCO 1933 effective 10/15/2018.

CROSS REFERENCE: Administrative Bulletin No. 7 (Case Numbering)