All Scottish Courts and Tribunals will be closed on 25 and 26 December and 1 and 2 January.

Opening hours for the public counters in all Sheriff and Justice of the Peace Courts during the festive period –

• Friday 22 December 2023: 09:00 - 15:30
• Wednesday 27 December 2023: 09:00 - 17:00
• Thursday 28 December 2023: 09:00 - 17:00
• Friday 29 December 2023: 09:00 - 15:30

Normal hours resume on Wednesday 3 January 2024

There are custody arrangements at the following Sheriffdoms:

Lothian and Borders

• Edinburgh (26/12 & 02/01) - Custodies for Edinburgh, Jedburgh, Livingston and Selkirk 

Glasgow and Strathkelvin

• Glasgow (26/12 & 02/01) – Custodies for Glasgow only

North Strathclyde

• Dumbarton (26/12 & 02/01) - Custodies for Dumbarton, Oban and Campbeltown
• Kilmarnock (26/12 & 02/01) - Custodies for Kilmarnock only
• Paisley (26/12 & 02/01) - Custodies for Paisley, Greenock and Dunoon/Lochgilphead

Tayside, Central and Fife

• Dundee (26/12 & 02/01) - Custodies for Dundee, Perth and Forfar
• Falkirk (26/12 & 02/01) - Custodies for Alloa, Falkirk and Stirling
• Kirkcaldy (26/12 & 02/01) - Custodies for Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline

Grampian, Highland and Islands

• Aberdeen (26/12 & 02/01) - Custodies for Aberdeen, Lerwick, Peterhead and Banff
• Inverness (26/12 & 02/01) - Custodies for Inverness, Elgin, Tain, Wick, Kirkwall, Portree, Stornoway, Lochmaddy, and Fort William

South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway

• Dumfries (26/12 & 02/01) - Custodies for Dumfries and Stranraer
• Ayr (26/12 & 02/01) – Custodies for Ayr only
• Hamilton (26/12 & 02/01) - Custodies for Airdrie, Hamilton and Lanark

Most fines can still be paid online or by post - information is available on the Pay a Fine web page.

Please see a list of Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Public & Privilege Holidays