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Case number format guide

D.C. Superior Court Portal case number format

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58 verified official routes · Last reviewed 2026-07-22

D.C. Superior Court civil, landlord and tenant, small claims, civil-tax, Auditor-Master, and probate cases

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    Verified 2026-07-22

    D.C. Superior Court Portal

    D.C. Superior Court civil, landlord and tenant, small claims, civil-tax, Auditor-Master, and probate cases

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    Case number · Party name · Hearing date
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    Lookup fee not stated
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    Most case information is available anonymously

    Why this route: This page is already focused on this official portal · District of Columbia matches the selected jurisdiction · D.C. Superior Court Portal matches the selected court

    Registration, format, access, and source details
    Court level
    District / state
    Query methods
    Case number · Party name · Hearing date
    Registration
    Most case information is available anonymously
    Fees
    Lookup fee not stated
    Case number format
    The Portal accepts the full case number with or without hyphens. D.C. publishes examples with a four-digit year, a case-type code, a six-digit sequence, and sometimes a suffix; party names use Last, First, Middle order.
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    2026-07-22
    Public / restricted
    Public civil-side docket information and selected documents, subject to case-level restrictions

    Use this Portal for the civil-side case types moved from eAccess in 2022. It provides Smart Search and a separate hearing search.

    Most case information is anonymous, while document visibility depends on case type and access rights. Sealed, confidential, or otherwise restricted information is not public; the online display may not be the official certified record.

    Case number format guide Court source page

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    A documented case-number format was recognized

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    D.C. Superior Court civil, landlord and tenant, small claims, civil-tax, Auditor-Master, and probate cases
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    Official portal
    D.C. Superior Court Portal
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    Why this inference
    • Matches the documented D.C. Superior Court Portal AMP signal: four-digit year and six-digit sequence format for D.C. Superior Court Portal. Official evidence

Officially documented format evidence

Case-number cues for D.C. Superior Court Portal

The Portal accepts the full case number with or without hyphens. D.C. publishes examples with a four-digit year, a case-type code, a six-digit sequence, and sometimes a suffix; party names use Last, First, Middle order.

Published examples

  • 2020-AMP-000001
  • 2020-CA-005243-H
  • 2020-CA-000001-L(RP)

Signals used by this matcher

  • D.C. Superior Court Portal AMP signal: four-digit year and six-digit sequence
  • D.C. Superior Court Portal CA signal: four-digit year, six-digit sequence, and documented optional suffix form

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01 District / state D.C. Superior Court Portal D.C. Superior Court civil, landlord and tenant, small claims, civil-tax, Auditor-Master, and probate cases Search byCase number · Party name · Hearing date CostLookup fee not stated Verified2026-07-22
Registration
Most case information is available anonymously
Record access
Public civil-side docket information and selected documents, subject to case-level restrictions
Case number guidance
The Portal accepts the full case number with or without hyphens. D.C. publishes examples with a four-digit year, a case-type code, a six-digit sequence, and sometimes a suffix; party names use Last, First, Middle order.

D.C. Courts states that most Portal case information can be viewed anonymously without registration, but does not state a separate search fee on the current Portal guide. Filing, payment, and copy services are separate.

Most case information is anonymous, while document visibility depends on case type and access rights. Sealed, confidential, or otherwise restricted information is not public; the online display may not be the official certified record.

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Case number format guide Court source page

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