District Court: Get to know the case number format

Learn more about District Court case numbers and how they are formatted.

Example of a case number format: 1448CV001026

See the case number broken out below.

Two Digit Year > Two Digit Court Code > Two Letter Code > Six Digit Sequence Number

Two digit year

In case number 1448CV001026, "14" represents the year 2014.

Two digit court codes (A-L)

In case number 1448CV001026, "48" is the two digit court code, which stands for Ayer District Court.

Court	Code
Attleboro	34
Ayer	48
Barnstable	25
Brockton	15
Brookline	9
Cambridge	52
Chelsea	14
Chicopee	20
Clinton	68
Concord	47
Dedham	54
Dudley	64
East Brookfield	69
Eastern Hampshire	98
Edgartown	35
Fall River	32
Falmouth	89
Fitchburg	16
Framingham	49
Gardner	63
Gloucester	39
Greenfield	41
Haverhill	38
Hingham	58
Holyoke	17
Ipswich	40
Lawrence	18
Leominster	61
Lowell	11
Lynn	13

Two digit court codes (M-Z)

Court	Code
Malden	50
Marlboro	21
Milford	66
Nantucket	88
Natick	87
New Bedford	33
Newburyport	22
Newton	12
Northampton	45
Northern Berkshire	28
Orange	42
Orleans	26
Palmer	43
Peabody	86
Pittsfield	27
Plymouth	59
Quincy	56
Salem	36
Somerville	10
Southern Berkshire	29
Springfield	23
Stoughton	55
Taunton	31
Uxbridge	65
Waltham	51
Wareham	60
Westborough	67
Westfield	44
Winchendon	70
Woburn	53
Worcester	62
Wrentham	57

Two letter code

Following the two digit court code, you'll find the two letter code for case types. In case number 1448CV001026, "CV" is the case type.

Case Type	Code
Abuse Prevention Order	RO
Administrative Appeals	CV
Administrative Search Warrant	SW
Appeal	AD
Application for Criminal Complaint	AC
Civil	CV
Civil Bicycle Infraction	MV
Civil Motor Vehicle	MV
Criminal	CR
Dog Control Civil Infraction	CI
Environmental Civil Infraction	CI
Inquest	IN
Interstate Compact	IC
Marijuana/THC Possession Infractions	CI
Marriage Waiver	CV
MBTA Smoking Civil Infraction	CI
Mental Health	MH
Motorboat Civil Infraction	CI
Municipal Ordinance/Bylaw Infraction	CI
Non Support	CV
Pedestrian Civil Infraction	CI
Rubbish Disposal Civil Infraction	CI
Small Claims	SC
State Building Code or Fire Code Infraction	CI
State Park/Forest/Rec Area Civil Infraction	CI
Summary Process (Eviction)	SU
Supplementary Process	SP

Six digit sequence number

Lastly, a six digit sequence number can be found in every District Court case number. In case number 1448CV001026, "001026" is the sequence number.