Selected Standing Orders

Statewide | First Judicial District | Second Judicial District | Third Judicial District | Fourth Judicial District

The following orders are selected Presiding Judge Orders, and other standing orders, listed by judicial district. Some orders affect all courts in the district; some orders affect only certain court locations within the district. There are four judicial districts. See Alaska courts listed by judicial district for the court locations in each district.

Statewide Orders

• Uniform Administrative Order: Establishing Procedures for Felony Petitions to Revoke Probation (Including "Out-of-Town Petitions"), amended effective October 15, 2012 (original effective date November 15, 2010)
  • Attachment: Lists of Felony PTRP Filing Locations
  • INSTRUCTIONS: When Felony PTRP Jurisdiction Transfers
• Uniform Administrative Order: Establishing a Statewide Policy of Making In-Custody Arraignments Available Within 24 Hours of Arrest effective July 1, 2011
• Uniform Administrative Order: Establishing Procedures for Mental Commitment Cases effective December 7, 2012

First District Orders

• Administrative Order 12-01 effective November 1, 2012
  Order regarding documents filed by electronic mail in the First Judicial District.
• Administrative Order 12-02 effective November 1, 2012
  Order regarding faxed pleadings in all cases filed in the First Judicial District.

Second District Orders

• Administrative Order 13-01 effective February 1, 2013
  Order Regarding the Reassignment of Open Cases Currently Assigned to Retired Superior Court Judge Ben Esch
• Administrative Order 12-01 dated October 16, 2012
  Order Regarding Bail Amounts and Conditions.
• Administrative Order 98-04 effective September 1, 1998
  Order regarding faxed pleadings in all cases filed in the Second Judicial District.
  
  • Barrow Trial Courts: Standing Order Regarding Faxed Pleadings effective June 17, 1998
  • Kotzebue Trial Court: Order Regarding Fax Filing Procedures dated September 20, 2010
  • Nome Trial Court: Order Regarding Fax Filing Procedure dated June 22, 2010

Third District Orders

• Administrative Order 3AO-03-04 (Amended) effective March 3, 2003
  Uniform Pretrial Order applying to any and all civil cases filed in the Alaska Superior Court at Anchorage, except domestic relations, in which a trial is set after March 3, 2003. See also Administrative Order 3AO-09-14.
• Administrative Order 3AN-AO-09-05 dated March 20, 2009
  Order regarding faxed pleadings in all cases filed in the Kenai, Seward, and Homer Courts.
• Administrative Order 3AN-AO-09-14 dated December 16, 2009
  Order amending Initial Pretrial Order referenced on page 1 of the Uniform Pretrial Order issued on February, 2003 (3AO-03-04 Amended). Applies to civil cases filed in the Alaska Superior Court at Anchorage, except domestic relations.
• Administrative Order 3AN-AO-10-01 dated January 26, 2010
  Order regarding on-line parent education in domestic relations cases with children.
• Administrative Order 3AN-AO-12-06 (supercedes 3AN -AO-10-18) dated March 2, 2012
  Domestic Relations Initial Order and Order to File Financial Documents: applies to new cases filed in the Alaska Superior Court at Anchorage after March 2, 2012
• Administrative Order 3AN-AO-10-18 (supercedes 3AN -AO-09-01) dated December 9, 2010
  Domestic Relations Initial Order and Order to File Financial Documents: applies to new cases filed in the Alaska Superior Court at Anchorage between December 10, 2010 and March 2, 2012
• Administrative Order 3AN-AO-09-01 (supercedes 3AN -AO-07-05) dated January 28, 2009
  Domestic Relations Procedural Order: applies to cases filed in the Alaska Superior Court at Anchorage between April 2, 2002 and December 9, 2010.

Fourth District Orders

• Presiding Judge's Standing Preliminary Injunction and Order in Divorce Cases With Children and Child Custody Cases dated June 22, 2011
  Order applying to divorce cases with children and child custody cases filed in the Alaska Superior Court at Fairbanks.
• Presiding Judge's Standing Preliminary Injunction and Order in Divorce Cases Without Children dated April 22, 2010
  Order applying to divorce cases without children filed in the Alaska Superior Court at Fairbanks.
• Presiding Judge's Standing Order 98.3 effective March 8, 1999
  Order regarding faxed pleadings in all cases filed in Galena, McGrath, Healy, Nenana, Tanana, Fort Yukon, Delta Junction and Tok courts.
• Presiding Judge's Standing Order 99.1 effective March 8, 1999
  Order regarding faxed pleadings in all cases filed in Aniak, Chevak, Emmonak and St. Mary's courts.

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