Where You Will Sit

There is a statutory requirement that a Justice of the Peace must reside within the Sheriffdom where they will sit or within 15 miles of it.

Justices of the Peace perform their role within the Sheriffdom in which they live and can be asked to travel - but only within the Sheriffdom area. Scotland has 6 Sheriffdoms:

• Glasgow and Strathkelvin
• Grampian, Highlands and Islands
• Lothian and Borders
• North Strathclyde
• South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway
• Tayside, Central and Fife

The Justice of the Peace Courts map (PDF, 713Kb) shows the location of all of the local District or Justice of the Peace Courts and the Sheriffdom where they are located.