Editing District court (Norway) (section)

==Civil cases==
The district court is the second tier in most civil cases, the first tier being the conciliation board (''forliksråd''). Certain cases cannot be held at the conciliation board, including family law, patent and trademark issues, cases against the authorities, and cases where an independent complaints committee has issued an opinion. In addition, larger cases where both sides are representad by attorneys, and other cases where extrajudicial mediation have taken place, may bypass the conciliation board and go straight to the district court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/jd/dok/Veiledninger_brosjyrer/2001/hva-er-forliksradet.html?id=87684|title=Hva er forliksrådet?|publisher=[[Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police|Ministry of Justice and the Police]]|work=[[Government.no]]|date=16 January 2001|access-date=13 March 2009|language=no}}</ref> The district court also hears appeals from the conciliation board.

Civil cases are normally held before a single professional judge, but either side can demand two lay judges be seated as well. In some cases the law demands that there be two lay judges with competence in the subject matter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.domstol.no/DAtemplates/Article____3095.aspx?epslanguage=NO|title=Sivil sak|date=8 May 2006|access-date=13 March 2009|publisher=[[Norwegian National Courts Administration]]|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225172656/http://domstol.no/DAtemplates/Article____3095.aspx?epslanguage=NO|archive-date=25 February 2009}}</ref>

In 2021, there are 23 district courts in Norway.