Alaska Court System Trial Courts

You should appear in person, by phone or video according to what the scheduling notice says.

If you want to appear a different way, you can ask the judge during a hearing or file a motion asking the judge to allow you to appear a different way. Read about motions. To ask to appear by phone or for a video remote hearing, use TF-710 Request to Appear by Telephone or TF-718 Request for Remote Video Hearing.

If you appear by phone or video in a criminal or juvenile case, the court will work to help you have a confidential way to talk to your lawyer during the hearing, if you need to.

Find phone numbers to call into a court hearing at Telephonic Hearings and Conference Lines. If the hearing is by Zoom, the scheduling notice will include the Zoom link and passcode information.

There are different ways that the public can observe a hearing.

• Watch in-person in the courtroom. See court calendars and courthouse locations.
• Watch on Court's Livestream page
  • Some hearings are live-streamed on the Alaska Court System’s live-stream webpage. The video will not be saved or available after the proceeding ends.
  • See Photographing, Filming, Recording, or Streaming a Court Proceeding.
• Request the audio recording for a hearing
  • For a hearing that already happened, you can request a copy of the audio recording. Please use one of the audio recording request forms listed below, and include a $20.00 payment.
    • Anchorage, Saint Paul Island, and Sand Point: TF-304 ANCH
    • Fairbanks: TF-304 FBKS
    • Palmer: TF-304 PA
    • All Other Locations: TF-304