> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.docketlayer.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Coverage

> DocketLayer covers all US federal courts, all 50 US states, and Canadian federal and provincial courts at launch.

*Last updated: May 2026*

## Current coverage

DocketLayer v2.0.0 launches with coverage of 2,150 courts across three jurisdictions.

### US federal courts

All US federal courts carry `full` coverage. Most are accessed via CM/ECF (through PACER); the 2nd and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals use ACMS.

* All 94 US district courts
* All 94 US bankruptcy courts
* All 13 circuit courts of appeals (CM/ECF appellate; ACMS for the 2nd and 9th Circuits)
* Court of Federal Claims (`uscfc`)
* Court of International Trade (`cit`)

### US state courts

All 50 US states are covered via a combination of dedicated state scrapers. Coverage depth varies by state — courts with dedicated scrapers return richer data than courts using more limited public portals.

Individual court coverage status (`full`, `partial`, or `planned`) is available in real time at no charge:

```bash theme={null}
curl https://api.docketlayer.ai/v2/status
```

Texas (37 courts) is integrated and indexed but carries `planned` status pending commercial access approval from the Texas Office of Court Administration. Texas courts appear in `/v2/status` but return 422 on docket queries until the agreement is in place.

### Canadian courts

**Federal (3 courts):**

| Court code | Court                   |
| ---------- | ----------------------- |
| `fct`      | Federal Court of Canada |
| `fca`      | Federal Court of Appeal |
| `tcc`      | Tax Court of Canada     |

**Provincial and territorial superior courts (22 courts):**

| Court code | Court                                        |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `bc_sc`    | Supreme Court of British Columbia            |
| `bc_ca`    | Court of Appeal for British Columbia         |
| `ab_kb`    | Court of King's Bench of Alberta             |
| `ab_ca`    | Court of Appeal of Alberta                   |
| `on_scj`   | Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)          |
| `on_ca`    | Court of Appeal for Ontario                  |
| `qc_cs`    | Cour supérieure du Québec                    |
| `qc_ca`    | Cour d'appel du Québec                       |
| `mb_kb`    | Court of King's Bench of Manitoba            |
| `mb_ca`    | Court of Appeal of Manitoba                  |
| `sk_kb`    | Court of King's Bench of Saskatchewan        |
| `sk_ca`    | Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan             |
| `ns_sc`    | Supreme Court of Nova Scotia                 |
| `ns_ca`    | Nova Scotia Court of Appeal                  |
| `nb_kb`    | Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick       |
| `nb_ca`    | Court of Appeal of New Brunswick             |
| `nl_sc`    | Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador   |
| `nl_ca`    | Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| `pe_sc`    | Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island        |
| `nt_sc`    | Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories   |
| `nu_cj`    | Nunavut Court of Justice                     |
| `yt_sc`    | Supreme Court of Yukon                       |

Ten courts carry `full` coverage: the three federal courts (`fct`, `fca`, `tcc`) and seven provincial courts (`bc_sc`, `bc_ca`, `mb_kb`, `mb_ca`, `nb_kb`, `nb_ca`, `on_ca`). The remaining 13 active courts carry `partial` coverage. Two Quebec courts — `qc_cs` and `qc_ca` — carry `planned` status pending a SOQUIJ commercial agreement and are not available for paid queries.

## What is not covered

The following are outside DocketLayer's scope by design:

* **US Supreme Court** — SCOTUS dockets are public but do not map to the case-level normalized structure DocketLayer uses
* **US Tax Court** — not on PACER; separate access arrangement required
* **Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces** — not on PACER
* **Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court** — not publicly accessible
* **Document delivery** — DocketLayer returns docket metadata and entry descriptions; it does not retrieve or serve the underlying court documents
* **Party-centric queries** — the API is case-centric; there is no endpoint to search by party name across cases
* **Cross-case search** — no full-text or keyword search across the docket corpus
* **Non-public state courts** — state courts whose records are not accessible via a public portal are not covered

## Coverage status values

Each court in the system carries one of three coverage values:

| Status    | Meaning                                                         |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `full`    | Scraper is active and the court is fully supported              |
| `partial` | Court is reachable but coverage has known gaps                  |
| `planned` | Scraper built or planned; access pending — returns 422 on query |