The court will send defendants in criminal cases reminders about upcoming hearings. If you are a defendant, fill out:

• Defendant Contact Information form, CR-202

The reminder will include:

• date
• time
• place of the scheduled hearing, and
• what can happen if the defendant does not show up

Defendants can receive reminders by:

• email
• text messages

If you are a defendant fill out:

• Defendant Contact Information form, CR-202

The defendant should contact:

• their lawyer, or
• contact the court if the defendant does not have a lawyer.

The defendant needs to come to the hearings unless their lawyer says they do not need to come to a specific hearing. Check with your lawyer to see if you need to come to court.

The defendant should contact their lawyer if they have filed a form stating the hearing can happen without the defendant present (called a "consent to proceed"). Talk to your lawyer to see if you need to come to the hearing.

Sometimes court hearing dates and times change. The defendant should confirm the date, time and place of a hearing. Here are instructions on how to find your case.

If you cannot find your court case, you can call your lawyer or the Clerk’s Office where your hearing is scheduled.

Emails: To unsubscribe from email hearing reminder:

• Click the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the email and follow the instructions to unsubscribe.

To restart email hearing reminder:

• Fill out Defendant Contact Information form, CR-202 and file with the court.

Text Messages: To unsubscribe from a text hearing reminder:

• Text "STOP" in reply to a text hearing reminder on your cell phone

***Important*** If you text "STOP" to unsubscribe from text messages, you will permanently stop text hearing reminders in all court cases, present and future. All text messages from the court system to that cell phone will be blocked. You will need to re-subscribe to resume text hearing reminders for a criminal case. To re-subscribe text “START” to 34852.

You will permanently stop text hearing reminders in all court cases now and in the future if you text "STOP". The court’s text messages will be blocked. You will need to re-subscribe to start text hearing reminders again for a criminal case.

If you are a defendant fill out:

• Defendant Contact Information form, CR-202 and file with the court.

The Alaska Court System does not charge a fee for the hearing reminder service. Your mobile provider’s standard rates for receiving and sending text messages still apply.

The Telephonic Hearings and Conference Line Numbers can be found on the COVID-19 page or at:
https://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/index.htm#telephonic

• Defendant Contact Information form, CR-202
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