Nord-Troms District Court

{{Short description|District court in Troms, Norway}}

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|court_name = Nord-Troms District Court

|native_name = Nord-Troms tingrett

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|established = 1990

|dissolved = 26 April 2021

|jurisdiction = Northern Troms and Svalbard

|location = Tromsø, Norway

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|appealsto = Hålogaland Court of Appeal

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|division_caption = Nord-Troms District Court covers the red areas in Troms county

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Nord-Troms District Court ({{langx|no|Nord-Troms tingrett}}) was a district court located in the city of Tromsø in Troms county, Norway. The court served the part of the county located north of the Malangen fjord, plus the territory of Svalbard. This included the municipalities of Tromsø, Karlsøy, Balsfjord, Storfjord, Gáivuotna–Kåfjord, Nordreisa, Skjervøy and Kvænangen (and Svalbard). The court was subordinate to the Hålogaland Court of Appeal. The court was led by the chief judge ({{lang|no|Sorenskriver}}) Unni Sandbukt.{{cite web|url=https://www.domstol.no/en/Verktoy/Domstoler/Domstoloversikt-per-lagdomme/Halogaland-lagdomme/Nord-Troms-tingrett/|title=Nord-Troms district court|access-date=2018-08-04|publisher=Norwegian National Courts Administration}} This court employed a chief judge and nine other judges.{{cite web|url=https://www.domstol.no/no/Enkelt-domstol/nord-troms-tingrett/om-nn-tingrett/Ansatte1/|title=Ansatte|language=no|access-date=2018-08-04|publisher=Nord-Troms tingrett}}

The court was a court of first instance. Its judicial duties were mainly to settle criminal cases and to resolve civil litigation as well as bankruptcy. The administration and registration tasks of the court included death registration, issuing certain certificates, performing duties of a notary public, and officiating civil wedding ceremonies. Cases from this court were heard by a combination of professional judges and lay judges.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Tingrett |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/tingrett |date=2022-02-24 |editor-last=Gisle |editor-first=Jon |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2022-02-20}}