Using the Alaska Trial Court Name Index

You search the Index by entering a person's last name. You may narrow your search to specify the court location and/or year.

• Enter the person's last name in the Last Name box, and as much of the first name you know in the First Name box. You can enter a partial name in either box: type in as much of the name as you know. If you are searching for a company name, enter that information in the Last Name box. The last name is a required field. If your search returns too many results, narrow your request by entering the person's first name, and, if you know it, their middle initial.

• To search for a person whose last name has an apostrophe or a space in it, enter in the Last Name box only the part of the last name that comes before the apostrophe or the space. Enter as much as you know of the first name in the First Name box. You may not get a complete list of results if you enter the full last name.

• To limit your search by court location, select one from the drop-down list under Court Location. If you do not choose a court location, your results will include all available courts.

• To limit your search to a particular year, type in the year information in the Year box. If you do not specify a year, your results will include all available years.

Click on the Search button after you've entered the information.

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Court Locations Included in the Name Index

Craig Haines

Juneau Ketchikan

Petersburg Sitka

Wrangell

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Deciphering Case Numbers

A case number is made up of four parts:

1. The prefix tells you the judicial district and court. Alaska has four judicial districts.
   In this example, 3PA stands for Third Judicial District, Palmer. A complete list of court location prefixes is provided below.

2. This number is the year the case was filed with the court.
   In the example above, the case was filed in 1998. Some criminal case numbers will also have a letter before the year.

3. This number is the next available number in the sequence of cases filed that year.
   In this example, this case was the 1234th case filed in 1998.

4. The suffix tells you the general category of the case.
   In the above example, CI stands for Civil. A complete list of case suffixes is provided below. Case suffixes change over time. For example, domestic violence cases used to have a separate suffix; today they are assigned a CI suffix.

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Court Location Prefixes

By Location Name Click on the location name to get contact information
Anchorage	3AN	Angoon	1AG	Aniak	4AK	Barrow	2BA
Bethel	4BE	Buckland (closed)	2BU	Chevak*	4CH	Cold Bay (closed)	3CB
Cordova	3CO	Craig	1CR	Delta Junction	4DJ	Dillingham	3DI
Emmonak*	4EM	Fairbanks	4FA	Fort Yukon	4FY	Galena	4GA
Gambell (closed)	2GB	Glennallen	3GL	Haines	1HA	Healy	4HE
Homer	3HO	Hoonah	1HN	Hooper Bay* (closed)	4HB	Juneau	1JU
Kake	1KA	Kasigluk (closed)	4KS	Kenai	3KN	Ketchikan	1KE
Kiana (closed)	2KI	Kodiak	3KO	Kotzebue	2KB	McGrath (closed)	4MC
Mekoryuk* (closed)	4ME	Mt. Village* (closed)	4MV	Naknek	3NA	Nenana	4NE
Nome	2NO	Noorvik (closed)	2NR	Palmer	3PA	Pelican (closed)	1PL
Petersburg	1PE	Point Hope (closed)	2PH	Quinhagak (closed)	4QU	Rampart (closed)	4RA
Sand Point (closed)	3SP	Savoonga (closed)	2SA	Scammon Bay* (closed)	4SB	Selawik (closed)	2SE
Seldovia (closed)	3SL	Seward	3SW	Shungnak (closed)	2SH	Sitka	1SI
Skagway	1SK	St. Mary's*	4SM	St. Paul Island (closed)	3ST	Tanana (closed)	4TA
Tok	4TO	Tununak (closed)	4TU	Unalakleet	2UT	Unalaska	3UN
Valdez	3VA	Wales (closed)	2WL	Whittier (closed)	3WH	Wrangell	1WR
Yakutat	1YA

* These locations were changed from the Second to the Fourth Judicial District in 2002. Cases filed in these locations before 2002 will have a "2" instead of a "4" in their prefix.

By Judicial District
First District
1AG	Angoon	1CR	Craig	1HA	Haines	1HN	Hoonah
1JU	Juneau	1KA	Kake	1KE	Ketchikan	1PL	Pelican (closed)
1PE	Petersburg	1SI	Sitka	1SK	Skagway	1WR	Wrangell
1YA	Yakutat
Second District
2BA	Barrow	2BU	Buckland (closed)	2CH	Chevak*	2EM	Emmonak*
2GB	Gambell (closed)	2HB	Hooper Bay* (closed)	2KI	Kiana (closed)	2KB	Kotzebue
2MV	Mt. Village* (closed)	2NO	Nome	2NR	Noorvik (closed)	2PH	Point Hope (closed)
2SA	Savoonga (closed)	2SB	Scammon Bay* (closed)	2SE	Selawik (closed)	2SH	Shungnak (closed)
2SM	St. Marys*	2UT	Unalakleet	2WL	Wales (closed)
* These locations were changed from the Second to the Fourth Judicial District in 2002. Cases filed in these locations after 2002 will have a "4" instead of a "2" in their prefix.
Third District
3AN	Anchorage	3CB	Cold Bay (closed)	3CO	Cordova	3DI	Dillingham
3GL	Glennallen	3HO	Homer	3KN	Kenai	3KO	Kodiak
3NA	Naknek	3PA	Palmer	3ST	St. Paul Island (closed)	3SP	Sand Point (closed)
3SL	Seldovia (closed)	3SW	Seward	3TG	Togiak (closed)	3UN	Unalaska
3VA	Valdez	3WH	Whittier (closed)
Fourth District
4AK	Aniak	4BE	Bethel	4CH	Chevak*	4DJ	Delta Junction
4EM	Emmonak*	4FA	Fairbanks	4FY	Fort Yukon	4GA	Galena
4HE	Healy	4HB	Hooper Bay* (closed)	4KS	Kasigluk (closed)	4MC	McGrath (closed)
4ME	Mekoryuk (closed)	4MV	Mt. Village* (closed)	4NE	Nenana	4QU	Quinhagak (closed)
4RA	Rampart (closed)	4SB	Scammon Bay* (closed)	4SM	St. Marys*	4TA	Tanana (closed)
4TO	Tok	4TU	Tununak (closed)
* These locations were changed from the Second to the Fourth Judicial District in 2002. Cases filed in these locations before 2002 will have a "2" instead of a "4" in their prefix.

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Case File Suffixes

Suffix	Case Type	Example
CI	Civil	2BA-98-01234CI
CO	Coroner (Pre-1996 cases only)	3DI-95-01234CO
CR	Criminal (May also include minor consuming alcohol and repeat minor consuming alcohol cases, which are not crimes)	1WR-98-01234CR
DR	Domestic Relations - Divorce and Dissolution (After January 1, 1995 DR cases carry the CI suffix)	4FA-94-01234DR
DV	Domestic Violence (After January 1, 1995 DV cases carry the CI suffix)	2EM-94-01234DV
PR	Probate	3KN-98-01234PR
SC	Small Claims	4BE-98-01234SC
TR	Registration of Trusts	1PL-98-01234TR
WI	Deposit of Wills	2SE-98-01234WI

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Case Type Codes

Code	Case Type		Code	Case Type
ACI	Appeal - Civil or Small Claims		ACR	Appeal - Criminal
ADO	Adoption		ADR	Appeal - Administrative Agency
ALC	Alcohol		AMO	Appeal - Minor Offense
APP	Appeal - Minor Offense		ARB	Arbitration
CDM	Appeal - Condemnation		CIN	Child in Need of Aid
CLM	Claim Against Seller of Goods/Svcs		CON	Change of Name
CUS	Custody		DEB	Debt - General
DEL	Delinquency		DIS	Dissolution Without Children
DIV	Divorce Without Children		DOS	Dissolution - One Spouse
DSC	Dissolution With Children		DVC	Divorce With Children
DVI	Domestic Violence		ELE	Election Contest or Recount Appeal
EMP	Employment Dispute		FED	FED Eviction - F.E.D.
FOJ	Registration of Foreign Judgment		FOR	Foreclosure
HAB	Habeas Corpus		IDA	Property Damage & Personal Injury – Auto
IDO	Property Damage & Personal Injury – Other		INJ	Declaratory Judgment/Injunctive Relief
INT	Intentional Tort		LAR	License Action Review - Child Support
LMP	Legal Malpractice		LSC	Legal Separation with Children
LSP	Legal Separation without Children		MIN	Minor Settlement
MMP	Medical Malpractice		OCI	Other Civil
OCT	Other Contract		ODR	Other Domestic Relations
OMP	Other Malpractice		PAT	Paternity
PCR	Application for Post-Conviction Relief		PDA	Property Damage - Auto
PDO	Property Damage - Other		PIA	Personal Injury - Auto
PID	Wrongful Death		PIO	Personal Injury - Other
PRA	Petition for Review from Admin. Agency		PRD	Petition for Review from District Court
PRE	Presumptive Death		PRL	Product Liability
QIT	Quiet Title		REM	Real Estate Matter
SAN	Sanity		SLD	Slander/Libel/Defamation
SMC	Small Claims		STK	Stalking Proceedings
TPO	Temporary Property - Children		UIF	UIFSA - Child Support/Payment
X	Many years ago, an “X” was used as the first letter in a case type code to identify cases in which a child support order had been entered. This practice has been discontinued. Substitute a “D” for the “X” in cases with an “X” in the case type code. For example, “XVC” is really “DVC” - divorce with children.

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Requesting Copies of Case Files

Requests for copies of case files should be submitted in writing to the records department or clerk of court where the case was filed. A complete list of Alaska Court System contact information is available on our website. Email requests for copies are not accepted.

Your written request for copies should include:

the names of the parties

the case number

the case type (for example: civil, criminal, probate, small claims)

your name

your address

your phone number

Records in some proceedings, such as juvenile matters, are confidential and only parties to the case are allowed access to the file.

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Rev. 9 November 2009 © Alaska Court System www.courts.alaska.gov webmaster@courts.state.ak.us

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