Sør-Østerdal tingrett is a district court of the first instance.
The Courts of Norway have the role as third power of the State, prescribing them the duty to monitor the powers of the legislative and the executive. It is a fundamental right for anyone to have their case considered by an impartial and independent court.
As a court of law, Sør-Østerdal tingrett has the duty and obligation to reach a decision in all the individual cases brought before it. The cases brought into the court system in Norway are divided as to whether they concern criminal law or civil law.
Criminal law mostly involves the rules laid down by the state for individual citizens, while civil law governs the relationships and transactions between citizens and between companies.
The Sør-Østerdal District Court serves the local municipalities Elverum, Åmot, Trysil, Våler and Åsnes municipalities, serving a total population of appr. 42.000.
The Court’s decisions may be appealed to Eidsivating lagmannsrett Court of Appeal.
Other duties
Duties carried out by the Courts of Justice also include: probate cases, estate settlements, (joint property, bankruptcy etc.), partnership registrations, and notarial transactions.
Staff
The judicial staff consists of two appointed professional judges and two deputy judges. The president of the court appoints deputy judges for a period of up to about two years. The judges divide their time approximately equally between criminal cases and civil cases.
The administrative staff counts five employees. An administrative function is to be the leader of the administrative staff (archive, security, training, PR, CIT, general office, financial department etc), while the “sorenskriver” is the president of the district court.
Cases
In 2006 the court dealt with approximately 140 criminal cases with laymen, 250 summary procedures (confession cases, remand in custody etc.) and 70 civil cases.
(The Government has set maximum standards for the duration of time from a case has been brought before the court until a decision has been made. The standard is 3 months for criminal cases (with laymen) and 6 months for civil cases. Sør-Østerdal District Court reaches this standard both in the criminal and civil cases by a good margin, as the average handling times are approximately 30 days for criminal trials with laymen, 10 days for summary criminal proceedings and 110 days for civil cases. which is in accordance with the courts internal goals.
Contact information:
Email: sor-osterdal.tingrett@domstol.no
Telephone: +47 62 42 52 52
Fax: +47 62 42 52 62
Adress : Postboks 83, 2401 Elverum
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