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Ju­ris­dic­tion finder

Which court to contact: jurisdiction finder

Find a start­ing point for ap­proach­ing a court. The finder dis­tin­guish­es claims, appeals and special pro­ce­dures, and ex­plains what to check when in­for­ma­tion is missing. Your answers stay in your browser.

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27 October 2026
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Find your filing route

Specify the task and cir­cum­stances. Do not enter names, an exact address, a case number or doc­u­ment con­tents.

Case type
Proceedings stage
Region relevant to jurisdiction
This is not necessarily your current location. Follow the filing basis shown below.
Special circumstances: No known special circumstances

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Result for your answers

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A local general court re­quires a ver­i­fied court ter­ri­to­ry. A modern re­gion­al dis­trict alone is in­suf­fi­cient.

Based on: Family, em­ploy­ment or another private dispute · Or­di­nary private dispute without a special venue rule · Initial ap­pli­ca­tion · Lviv and Lviv region · No known special cir­cum­stances

This is pre­lim­i­nary legal guid­ance. The tool does not assess ad­mis­si­bil­i­ty, dead­lines, ev­i­dence or current court de­ci­sions in your case.

Discuss your filing with a lawyer

How we determine the route

Selection rules

  • The type and stage of pro­ceed­ings de­ter­mine the com­pe­tent court level.
  • The ter­ri­to­r­i­al basis is checked against ver­i­fied court map­pings.
  • Special cir­cum­stances or an un­ver­i­fied ter­ri­to­ry require further review.

What to check separately

  • The filing dead­line, right to appeal, sub­mis­sion method and re­quired doc­u­ments.
  • Trans­fers of ter­ri­to­r­i­al ju­ris­dic­tion, special case cat­e­gories and changes in law after the review date.
  • Complex dis­putes in­volv­ing several claims, a foreign element or a court as a party.
  • Whether the par­tic­u­lar lo­cal­i­ty falls within a court’s ter­ri­to­ry. A current ad­min­is­tra­tive dis­trict does not au­to­mat­i­cal­ly cor­re­spond to a court’s name.

How to interpret the result

A court’s com­pe­tence depends on the type and stage of pro­ceed­ings and the legal basis for ter­ri­to­r­i­al ju­ris­dic­tion. The ap­pli­cant’s res­i­dence does not always de­ter­mine the proper court.

The finder treats civil, com­mer­cial, ad­min­is­tra­tive and crim­i­nal cases, as well as ad­min­is­tra­tive of­fences, sep­a­rate­ly. A con­sti­tu­tion­al com­plaint is a sep­a­rate pro­ce­dure.

A single result is a pre­lim­i­nary route under the se­lect­ed con­di­tions. Several options require choos­ing an el­i­gi­ble basis. A review notice ex­plains why a def­i­nite answer would be un­re­li­able.

Determination method

From a legal task to an ex­plained result

  1. Choose the case type, spe­cif­ic sit­u­a­tion and filing stage.

  2. Specify the ter­ri­to­ry for the basis re­quest­ed by the finder; for an appeal, iden­ti­fy the court of the pre­vi­ous in­stance.

  3. State any known special cir­cum­stances. If unsure, choose that option rather than making an as­sump­tion.

  4. Read the result, legal basis and next steps. Check these against your doc­u­ments and the court’s of­fi­cial page before filing.

Example

Why the territorial jurisdiction basis matters

A person is in Lviv but is prepar­ing a claim about prop­er­ty in Kyiv. Their current lo­ca­tion alone does not de­ter­mine the court.

  • Case type: civil; stage: initial filing.
  • Sit­u­a­tion: a real estate dispute; ter­ri­to­r­i­al basis: lo­ca­tion of the prop­er­ty.

Check the court for the lo­ca­tion of the prop­er­ty. If the ter­ri­to­ry cannot be matched re­li­ably to a ver­i­fied court, the finder calls for further review.

The example ex­plains how to select the ter­ri­to­ry; it does not es­tab­lish ju­ris­dic­tion for a spe­cif­ic claim without doc­u­ments.

What to prepare for the final check

  • A brief de­scrip­tion of the claim and the legal status of the parties.
  • A doc­u­ment sup­port­ing the rel­e­vant ter­ri­to­r­i­al basis: reg­is­tered res­i­dence, the de­fen­dant’s lo­ca­tion or the lo­ca­tion of prop­er­ty.
  • For an appeal: the full court de­ci­sion iden­ti­fy­ing the court and appeal pro­ce­dure.
  • In­for­ma­tion about a case trans­fer, a special pro­ce­dure or other cir­cum­stances that may change com­pe­tence.

Questions about choosing a court

Can I choose any court in my city?

No. The court must be ap­pro­pri­ate for the dispute, stage and ter­ri­to­r­i­al basis. The ap­pli­cant’s lo­ca­tion is not always a valid basis.

Why does the finder sometimes not name a court?

If a ver­i­fied ter­ri­to­r­i­al mapping is un­avail­able, or a court de­ci­sion or more facts are needed, guess­ing a court would be un­re­li­able. The result ex­plains how to con­tin­ue the check.

Is an administrative offence the same as an administrative claim?

No. They are dif­fer­ent pro­ce­dures. The finder dis­tin­guish­es a dispute with a public au­thor­i­ty from an ad­min­is­tra­tive offence case.

Can I report a crime directly to a court?

Re­port­ing a crim­i­nal offence and re­fer­ring crim­i­nal pro­ceed­ings to a court are dif­fer­ent actions. The tool ex­plains this dis­tinc­tion rather than treat­ing both as a court se­lec­tion.

Are my answers sent to a server?

No. Choices are processed in the browser tab. An­a­lyt­ics may record only the start and com­ple­tion of tool use, without answers or per­son­al cir­cum­stances.

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Official sources and legal basis

Prepared
Site editors using of­fi­cial sources.
Checked
Rules checked against the listed leg­is­la­tion and of­fi­cial sources.
Important
The tool does not replace a lawyer’s doc­u­ment review or assess pro­ce­dur­al ad­mis­si­bil­i­ty.

Current as of . The con­clu­sion is in­dica­tive and depends on the doc­u­ments and cir­cum­stances.

Free initial con­sul­ta­tion

Need to check the proper court and filing procedure?

A lawyer in Lviv can help check ju­ris­dic­tion, dead­lines and re­quired doc­u­ments. Request an initial con­sul­ta­tion.

  • the finder result can serve as a ref­er­ence for a con­ver­sa­tion
  • doc­u­ments, dead­lines, or con­tract terms may change the con­clu­sion
  • briefly de­scribe the cir­cum­stances in the form if needed

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