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There are twenty-six Circuit Court offices throughout Ireland. A County Registrar heads each office.
Civil Matters
The Circuit Court office
- issues and processes proceedings in civil cases
- prepares and issues the orders of the Circuit Court
- provides a local Land Registry service (except in the case of Dublin).
- provides District Probate Registries based in fourteen Circuit Court offices around the country.
Jury Selection
- The County Registrar of each county manages jury selection for Circuit Criminal Courts in that county
- The Dublin Circuit Court office manages jury selection for the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court and the High Court - Central Criminal Court
- The Dublin Circuit Court office manages jury selection for certain civil cases in the High Court.
Family Matters
The Circuit Court office processes family law applications, including
- judicial separation
- divorce,
- maintenance
- custody
- nullity
- barring orders.
Criminal Matters
- The Circuit Court Office deals with criminal cases that are sent forward for trial from the District Court.
- The Dublin Circuit Court office handles arraignments, listing, legal aid, probation warrants, fines, bail and sentence reviews for cases in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the High Court - Central Criminal Court and the Special Criminal Court.
