Søre Sunnmøre District Court

Coordinates: 62°08′50″N 6°04′26″E / 62.147106°N 6.073846°E

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Søre Sunnmøre District Court
Søre Sunnmøre tingrett

62°08′50″N 6°04′26″E / 62.147106°N 6.073846°E / 62.147106; 6.073846
Established	1798
Dissolved	26 April 2021
Jurisdiction	Southern Sunnmøre
Location	Volda, Norway
Coordinates	62°08′50″N 6°04′26″E / 62.147106°N 6.073846°E / 62.147106; 6.073846
Appeals to	Frostating Court of Appeal
Website	Official website
Chief Judge (Sørenskriver)
Currently	Elisabeth Wiik

Søre Sunnmøre District Court (Norwegian: Søre Sunnmøre tingrett) was a district court in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The court was based in the village of Volda. The court existed until 2021. It had jurisdiction over southern part of the county which included the municipalities of Herøy, Sande, Vanylven, Volda, and Ørsta. Cases from this court could be appealed to Frostating Court of Appeal. The court was led by the chief judge (Sorenskriver) Elisabeth Wiik. This court employed a chief judge, two other judges, and three prosecutors.^[1]

The court was a court of first instance. Its judicial duties were mainly to settle criminal cases and to resolve civil litigation as well as bankruptcy. The administration and registration tasks of the court included death registration, issuing certain certificates, performing duties of a notary public, and officiating civil wedding ceremonies. Cases from this court were heard by a combination of professional judges and lay judges.^[2]

History

In 1798, the old Sunnmøre district court was divided into Søre Sunnmøre District Court (based in Volda) and Nordre Sunnmøre District Court (based in Ålesund). The northern area roughly corresponded to the present day Sunnmøre District Court. The name of the northern court was later changed to simply Sunnmøre District Court. In 1967, the municipalities of Ulstein and Hareid were transferred from the Søre Sunnmøre District Court to the Sunnmøre District Court.^[3] On 26 April 2021, this court was merged with the Sunnmøre District Court, Romsdal District Court, and Nordmøre District Court to create the new Møre og Romsdal District Court.^[4]

References

^ "Søre Sunnmøre tingrett - ansatte". Norwegian National Courts Administration. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ Gisle, Jon, ed. (26 February 2022). "Tingrett". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "History". Søre Sunnmøre tingrett. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
^ "Forskrift om inndelingen av rettskretser og lagdømmer". Lovdata.no (in Norwegian). 12 April 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.

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Former district courts in Norway (List)

Agder	Aust-Agder Aust-Telemark Flekkefjord Holmestrand Holt Horten Kragerø Kristiansand Larvik Lister Lyngdal Mandal Nedenes Nedre Telemark Nordre Vestfold Sand Sandefjord Skien and Porsgrunn Tinn and Heddal Tønsberg Vest-Telemark Vestfold
Borgarting	Asker and Bærum Drammen Eiker, Modum and Sigdal Follo Fredrikstad Halden Hallingdal Heggen and Frøland Indre Follo Kongsberg Moss Oslo Ringerike Sarpsborg Ytre Follo
Eidsivating	Eidsvoll Gjøvik Glåmdal Hadeland and Land Hedmarken Nedre Romerike Nord-Gudbrandsdal Nord-Østerdal Solør Sør-Gudbrandsdal Sør-Østerdal Toten Valdres Vinger and Odal Øvre Romerike
Frostating	Fosen Gauldal Inderøy Inntrøndelag Midt-Trøndelag Namdal Nordmøre Orkdal Romsdal Stjør- and Verdal Sunnmøre Søre Sunnmøre Sør-Trøndelag Trondheim
Gulating	Bergen Dalane Fjordane Hardanger Haugaland Haugesund Indre Sogn Jæren Karmsund Midthordland Nordfjord Nordhordland Ryfylke Sandnes Sogn Stavanger Sunnfjord Sunnhordland Voss Ytre Sogn
Hålogaland	Alstahaug Alta Brønnøy Hammerfest Indre Finnmark Lofoten Nord-Troms Ofoten Rana Salten Senja Tana and Varanger Trondenes Vardø Vesterålen Øst-Finnmark

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