The court has jurisdiction over the counties of Vestfold og Telemark and Agder (except for Sirdal Municipality which falls under the Gulating Court of Appeal).

[1] The court has 21 judges and 13 administrative staff, including a director.

The chief judicial officer of the court (Norwegian: førstelagmann) is currently Dag Bugge Norden.

Additionally, the Court permanently sits in the towns of Tønsberg, Kristiansand, and Arendal.

This court is divided into judicial regions (Norwegian: lagsogn) and there is one or more district courts (Norwegian: tingrett) that belongs to each of these regions.