What is the Court Type field?
If the threat involves a judicial proceeding, select the appropriate type of court where the dispute has been considered. You may select multiple court types if a case has been removed, appealed, or otherwise has appeared in more than one court. Hold the CTRL key (or Command key, for Macs) while clicking in order to select multiple types.
The choices for this field are:
- Administrative
Describes proceedings in administrative courts or quasi-judicial proceedings.
- State
Describes proceedings in a state's court system. These courts generally have names such as: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
- Federal
Describes proceedings in the federal court system. These courts generally have names such as: United States District Court for the District of Maryland
- International
Describes proceedings in any court outside of the United States. For example: Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt.