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 Angoon Craig (closed) Haines Hoonah Juneau Kake (closed) Ketchikan Pelican Petersburg Prince of Wales (at Klawock) Sitka Skagway Wrangell Yakutat Second District Buckland (closed) Gambell Kiana Kotzebue Nome Noorvik Point Hope Savoonga Selawik Shungnak Unalakleet Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow) Wales (closed) Third District Anchorage Cold Bay Cordova Dillingham Glennallen 1AG 1CR 1HA 1HN 1JU 1KA 1KE 1PL 1PE 1PW 1SI 1SK 1WR 1YA 2BU 2GB 2KI 2KB 2NO 2NR 2PH 2SA 2SE 2SH 2UT 2BA 2WL 3AN 3CB 3CO 3DI 3GL 37 ALASKA COURT RULES Homer Kenai Kodiak Naknek Palmer St. Paul Island Sand Point Seldovia (closed) Seward Togiak Unalaska Valdez Whittier Fourth District Aniak Bethel Chevak (closed) Delta Junction Emmonak Fairbanks Fort Yukon Galena Healy (closed) Hooper Bay Kasigluk (closed) McGrath (closed) Mekoryuk (closed) Mt. Village (closed) Nenana Quinhagak (closed) Rampart (closed) Scammon Bay (closed) St. Mary’s Tanana (closed) Tok Tununak (closed) 3HO 3KN 3KO 3NA 3PA 3ST 3SP 3SL 3SW 3TG 3UN 3VA 3WH 4AK 4BE 4CH 4DJ 4EM 4FA 4FY 4GA 4HE 4HB 4KS 4MC 4ME 4MV 4NE 4QU 4RA 4SB 4SM 4TA 4TO 4TU (Adopted by SCO 478 effective August 17, 1981; amended by SCO 541 effective October 1, 1982; by SCO 564 effective April 4, 1983; by SCO 565 effective May 3, 1983; by SCO 617 effective May 15, 1985; by SCO 672 effective June 15, 1986; by SCO 1034 effective June 14, 1990; by SCO 1035 effective nunc pro tunc February 1, 1991; by SCO 1132 effective July 15, 1993; by SCO 1493 effective September 26, 2002; by SCO 1780 effective March 1, 2012; by SCO 1835 effective June 25, 2014; by SCO 1839 effective July 15, 2014; by SCO 1870(1) effective January 1, 2016; SCO 1870(2) effective May 15, 2016; SCO 1916 effective January 1, 2018; and by SCO 1933 effective October 15, 2018) Cross References CROSS REFERENCE: Administrative Bulletins No. 7 and 7.1 (Case Numbering)