court-proceedings-data

Court Decisions and Hearings

Access

• Search UI: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/et/otsing/kohtulahendid
• API base: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/public-api/api/v1
• Public JSON POST endpoints; no login is required.

Retrieve

Post JSON to /kohtuteave/otsing/kohtulahendid for decisions. A minimal request is:

{
  "general": {
    "searchInText": false,
    "searchInTitle": false,
    "searchText": "",
    "searchText2": "",
    "logicalOperator": "AND",
    "morphSearch": false,
    "sort": "toiminguNr",
    "sortAscending": false
  },
  "precise": {"kohus": [], "seaduseSatted": {}}
}

Post the same general object to /kohtuteave/otsing/kohtuistungid with precise: {"kohus": []} for hearings. Useful precise decision fields include lahendiKpAlgus, lahendiKpLopp, kohtunik, ecliNr, menetluseTyyp, menetlusliigid, kohtumenetluseLiik, and kohus. Hearing fields include istungiAegAlgus, istungiAegLopp, istungiLiik, istungiSaal, kohtunik, menetluseLiik, and kohus.

Both responses contain kokku and up to 30 tulemused. Narrow the query with dates or court filters; do not treat the first response as a bulk export. A decision's public file is GET /kohtuteave/kohtulahendid/{avalikustatudFailiId}/file.

Return

• Decisions: preserve objektId, case number, ECLI when present, court, decision date, proceeding type, status, public-file ID/name, annotations, and source URL.
• Hearings: preserve case number, court, judge, hearing time/type/room, status, title, query, and retrieval time.
• Do not infer an outcome from a hearing listing or an annotation.

Limits

• Publicity restrictions and redactions apply; this is not access to complete case files.
• The result API returns 30 rows at a time and exposes no documented bulk pagination contract. Use focused searches.
• Historical URLs ending in koik_menetlused.html and kohtuistungid_otsing.html now load the same JavaScript application; they are not data endpoints.