Court Types & Levels

Above a court branch sits a three-level hierarchy: a court type (e.g. Regional Trial Court), a court level (e.g. First Level, Second Level), and a court station (a province-scoped grouping of branches for a given court type, e.g. "Quezon City RTC").

Court types

Properties

Name
id
Type
string
Description
Unique identifier for the court type.
Name
name
Type
string
Description
The court type's name, e.g. "Regional Trial Court". 2–100 characters.
Name
code
Type
string
Description
A unique short code, e.g. RTC.
Name
description
Type
string | null
Description
Free-text description.
Name
court_level
Type
string
Description
The code of the parent court level.
Name
status
Type
string
Description
One of active, inactive.
Name
order_column
Type
integer
Description
Display/sort order.

List all court types

Retrieve all court types, ordered by order_column.

Request

GET

/api/court-types

curl https://your-domain.com/api/court-types \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-XSRF-TOKEN: {token}" \
  --cookie "cms_admin_session={session}"

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "6d5c4b3a-2918-0f7e-6d5c-4b3a29180f7e",
      "name": "Regional Trial Court",
      "code": "RTC",
      "description": null,
      "status": "active",
      "court_level": {"id": "4b3a2918-0f7e-6d5c-4b3a-29180f7e6d5c", "name": "Second Level", "code": "2L"},
      "order_column": 3
    }
  ]
}

Create a court type

Required attributes

Name
name
Type
string
Description
2–100 characters.
Name
code
Type
string
Description
Must be unique.
Name
court_level
Type
string
Description
Must reference the code of an existing court level.
Name
status
Type
string
Description
Either active or inactive.

Optional attributes

Name
description
Type
string
Description
Free-text description.

Request

POST

/api/court-types

curl -X POST https://your-domain.com/api/court-types \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-XSRF-TOKEN: {token}" \
  --cookie "cms_admin_session={session}" \
  -d '{"name": "Metropolitan Trial Court", "code": "MeTC", "court_level": "1L", "status": "active"}'

Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": "3a291807-6f5e-4d3c-3a29-18076f5e4d3c",
    "name": "Metropolitan Trial Court",
    "code": "MeTC",
    "status": "active",
    "created_at": "2026-02-20T10:30:00+00:00"
  }
}

Court levels

Properties

Name
id
Type
string
Description
Unique identifier for the court level.
Name
name
Type
string
Description
The level's name, e.g. "First Level", "Second Level". 2–100 characters.
Name
code
Type
string
Description
A unique short code, e.g. 1L.
Name
description
Type
string | null
Description
Free-text description.
Name
status
Type
string
Description
One of active, inactive.

List all court levels

Retrieve all court levels.

Request

GET

/api/court-levels

curl https://your-domain.com/api/court-levels \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-XSRF-TOKEN: {token}" \
  --cookie "cms_admin_session={session}"

Response

{
  "data": [
    {"id": "4b3a2918-0f7e-6d5c-4b3a-29180f7e6d5c", "name": "Second Level", "code": "2L", "status": "active"},
    {"id": "2918-0f7e-6d5c-4b3a-29180f7e6d5c-4b3a", "name": "First Level", "code": "1L", "status": "active"}
  ]
}

Create a court level

Required attributes

Name
name
Type
string
Description
2–100 characters.
Name
code
Type
string
Description
Must be unique.
Name
status
Type
string
Description
Either active or inactive.

Optional attributes

Name
description
Type
string
Description
Free-text description.

Request

POST

/api/court-levels

curl -X POST https://your-domain.com/api/court-levels \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-XSRF-TOKEN: {token}" \
  --cookie "cms_admin_session={session}" \
  -d '{"name": "First Level", "code": "1L", "status": "active"}'

Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": "0f7e6d5c-4b3a-2918-0f7e-6d5c4b3a2918",
    "name": "First Level",
    "code": "1L",
    "status": "active",
    "created_at": "2026-02-20T10:30:00+00:00"
  }
}

Court stations

A court station groups branches of a given court type within a province — e.g. all RTC branches in Quezon City.

Properties

Name
id
Type
string
Description
Unique identifier for the court station.
Name
name
Type
string
Description
The station's name, e.g. "Quezon City". 2–100 characters.
Name
code
Type
string
Description
A unique short code, e.g. QC-RTC.
Name
court_type_id
Type
string
Description
The parent court type.
Name
province_code
Type
string
Description
The PSGC code of the province this station is located in — see Locations.

Create a court station

Required attributes

Name
name
Type
string
Description
2–100 characters.
Name
code
Type
string
Description
Must be unique.
Name
court_type_id
Type
string
Description
Must reference an existing court type.
Name
province_code
Type
string
Description
Must reference an existing province.

Request

POST

/api/court-type-stations

curl -X POST https://your-domain.com/api/court-type-stations \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-XSRF-TOKEN: {token}" \
  --cookie "cms_admin_session={session}" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Quezon City",
    "code": "QC-RTC",
    "court_type_id": "6d5c4b3a-2918-0f7e-6d5c-4b3a29180f7e",
    "province_code": "1374"
  }'

Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": "5e6f7a8b-9c0d-1e2f-3a4b-5c6d7e8f9a0b",
    "name": "Quezon City",
    "code": "QC-RTC",
    "province_code": "1374",
    "court_type_id": "6d5c4b3a-2918-0f7e-6d5c-4b3a29180f7e",
    "created_at": "2026-02-20T10:30:00+00:00"
  }
}

Case categories & types

Every case record also references a case category (e.g. Civil, Criminal) and a case type (e.g. Collection of Sum of Money), managed via /api/case-categories and /api/case-types with the same create/update shape as above (name, code, description, status). A case type additionally has case_category_id, classification (drives Individual/Juridical/Government Agency party labels), and has_counsels (whether counsel fields apply to this case type).