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Alaska's court system is a "unified, centrally administered, and totally state-funded" system. The Alaska Supreme Court and Alaska Court of Appeals are the state's appellate courts; the superior courts and district courts serve as trial courts. Click a link for information about that court type.

Alaska has a unified, centrally administered, and totally state-funded judicial system. Municipal governments do not maintain separate courts systems. The four levels of courts in the Alaska Court System are the supreme court, the court of appeals, the superior court and the district court.

The two levels of trial court in the Alaska Court System are the Superior Court and the District Court. The trial courts in Alaska are divided into four judicial districts, whose boundaries are defined by statute.

The district courts are the primary misdemeanor trial courts, the superior courts are the primary felony trial courts although they also sometimes hear appeals from the district courts, and the supreme court and the court of appeals are the primary appellate courts. Alaska is separated into 4 judicial districts.

To bring a lawsuit, the plaintiff files a document called a complaint with the court. The complaint explains what the dispute is about and states what relief the plaintiff is asking for. The defendant then has a chance to file a document called an answer.

A small claims case is a simplified type of court case for a person to try to recover money or personal property worth $10,000 or less. If your claim is over $10,000, you can still use small claims court, but you must give up the right to collect any amount over $10,000.