Vilnius District Court

Vilnius District Court (in the same building as Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas ) ( Gedimino prospektas )

The Vilnius District Court ( Lithuanian Vilniaus apygardos teismas ) is the largest of the five Apygardos teismas in Lithuania . The seat is in Vilnius . There is a section for criminal matters and one for civil matters. The court has 56 judges . There are 115 civil servants and 78 employees in the administration.

Judge

• Chairman of the court Artūras Šumskas
• Chairman of the Department of Criminal Matters Viktoras Dovidaitis
• Head of Department for Civil Matters Alma Urbanavičienė

jurisdiction

The Vilnius District Court, as the court of first instance, has exclusive jurisdiction over the following civil matters (Article 28, Lithuanian Code of Civil Procedure ):

• Litigation under the licensing law of the Republic of Lithuania.
• Litigation under the trademark law of the Republic of Lithuania.
• Civil matters in which a citizen of another state applies to adopt a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, regardless of whether the Lithuanian citizen in question is resident in the Republic of Lithuania or abroad.
• Other civil matters for which the Vilnius District Court has exclusive jurisdiction as the court of first instance under applicable law.

Lower district courts

The building of three Vilnius District Courts

The Vilnius District Court, as the court of second instance, is responsible for matters relating to the following district courts :

Vilnius District Court First District Court of Vilnius Second Vilnius District Court Third District Court of Vilnius

Fourth Vilnius District Court District Court of Druskininkai District Court of Visaginas District Court of Ignalina

Molėtai District Court District Court of Šalčininkai District Court of Širvintos Švenčionys Regional Court

Trakai District Court Ukmergė District Court Varėna District Court Zarasai District Court

More courts in Vilnius

( Except for the 1.-4 city district courts and Vilnius district court ):

• Vilnius District Administrative Court
• Court of Appeal of Lithuania
• Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania
• Supreme Court of Lithuania
• Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania

Web links

• Vilnius District Court website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vilnius District Court: Statistics and Info ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.