Young people aged between 14 and 17 who are charged with a serious offence will go to Youth Court rather than the District Court or High Court. The Youth Court does not deal with murder, manslaughter and traffic offences.

The Youth Court is a division of the District Court but is independent of government.

Find a Youth Court

Under ‘Court, tribunal or other’:

1. choose ‘Youth Court’
2. select a location
3. click ‘Search’.

Find us: Youth Court — Ministry of Justice

Filing documents

Filing documents with a Youth Court is the same as with a District Court.

File documents to a District Court

More information about the Youth Court

• About Youth Court
• Youth justice
• Decisions

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District Courts