How to find out if you have court in Alaska

There are three official ways to check, and one fast unofficial one (that's us). Here's how each works.

1. Read the daily calendar PDFs

The Alaska Court System posts a public calendar PDF for every court location on its court calendars page. Today's calendars update by 7:30 am (unless noted otherwise), and next-business-day calendars refresh through the day. Late-set hearings also appear on separate add-on calendars that post through the morning — so a name missing at 8 am can still show up by noon.

The court's own warning applies: "All calendars are subject to change." For the most current information about a case, check CourtView or the clerk.

2. Search CourtView

CourtView is the court system's free public case search. Look up a case by name, case number, or ticket number, then open the Events screen to see scheduled hearings. Two caveats from the court's CourtView guide: confidential cases aren't online at all, and some information may not be entered until several days after the event.

3. Call the clerk

The clerk of the court where the case was filed can confirm a hearing directly. Phone numbers and hours for every location are in the court directory — or on our court location pages, along with today's calendar activity.

Where AK Court Watch fits

We fetch every location's daily calendars — including the add-ons — all morning, and let you search them all at once, for free. It beats opening forty PDFs. But we're unofficial and calendars change through the day: if a hearing matters, confirm it on the official calendar, on CourtView, or with the clerk. If you'd rather not keep checking, email alerts watch every calendar for your name.