FIELD GUIDE · PRIMARY-SOURCE RETRIEVAL
Belgrade Basic Courts Which court holds the record, municipality by municipality. 17 municipalities in the City of Belgrade · 6 basic courts (three urban, three outer) · 1 High Court above them all Legal basis: Zakon o sedištima i područjima sudova i javnih tužilaštava (Law on the Seats and Territorial Jurisdiction of Courts and Public Prosecutor’s Offices).
1. The urban core: three courts, twelve municipalities The core of the city is divided among the First, Second and Third Basic Courts. Each court keeps the records for its own municipalities only. Court
Address / departments
Territorial jurisdiction (gradske opštine)
Prvi osnovni sud u Beogradu
Criminal: Katanićeva 15, Vračar
5 municipalities
(First Basic Court)
Civil / litigation: Bulevar Nikole Tesle 42a, Novi Beograd
Vračar, Zvezdara, Palilula, Savski venac, Stari grad
Drugi osnovni sud u Beogradu (Second Basic Court)
Main: Katanićeva 15, Vračar
4 municipalities
Treći osnovni sud u Beogradu (Third Basic Court)
Main / criminal: Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 16, Novi Beograd
Voždovac, Čukarica, Rakovica, Grocka
Civil / litigation: Tošin bunar 274g, Novi Beograd
3 municipalities Novi Beograd, Zemun*, Surčin* *Transfer to the Fourth Basic Court on 1 March 2027
2. The outer ring: five municipalities, their own courts The City of Belgrade has 17 municipalities, not 12. The five outer municipalities do not fall under the First, Second or Third Basic Courts. They are served by standalone basic courts. Court
Address
Municipalities covered
Osnovni sud u Lazarevcu
Karađorđeva 19, Lazarevac
Lazarevac
Osnovni sud u Mladenovcu
Kralja Aleksandra Obrenovića 76, Mladenovac
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Court
Address
Municipalities covered
Osnovni sud u Obrenovcu
Aleksandra Ace Simovića 9a, Obrenovac
Obrenovac
3. Practical implications for primary-source retrieval Jurisdictional boundary Records follow the person’s registered residence (prebivalište) or the locus of the act. If that is Sopot, Barajevo, Obrenovac, Lazarevac or Mladenovac, searching the First, Second and Third Basic Courts will return no record. Route the search to the respective outer basic court.
Higher court oversight
Viši sud u Beogradu High Court in Belgrade · Savska 17a, Palata pravde
Every basic court in this guide sits under the High Court in Belgrade. It takes appeals from the basic courts and hears serious felonies at first instance: offences carrying a possible sentence of more than 10 years. For those cases, the record starts at Savska 17a, not at the basic court.
Change ahead: 1 March 2027 A Fourth Basic Court in Belgrade (Četvrti osnovni sud u Beogradu) takes over Zemun and Surčin. The Third Basic Court keeps Novi Beograd. Pending cases and archives are being divided between the two courts, so check which court holds older files.
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Quick lookup: all 17 municipalities Municipality (gradska opština)
Basic court
Barajevo
Mladenovac
Čukarica
Second
Grocka
Second
Lazarevac
Lazarevac
Mladenovac
Mladenovac
Novi Beograd
Third
Obrenovac
Obrenovac
Palilula
First
Rakovica
Second
Savski venac
First
Sopot
Mladenovac
Stari grad
First
Surčin
Third (Fourth from 1 Mar 2027)
Voždovac
Second
Vračar
First
Zemun
Third (Fourth from 1 Mar 2027)
Zvezdara
First
Ochre = standalone outer court.
Jurisdiction checked against the law in October 2026. Confirm addresses and departments with the court before visiting.
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