This included the municipalities of Gulen, Fedje, Austrheim, Masfjorden, Modalen, Alver, Askøy, Øygarden, Osterøy, Vaksdal, Voss, Austevoll, Bjørnafjorden, Samnanger, and Bergen.

Its judicial duties were mainly to settle criminal cases and to resolve civil litigation as well as bankruptcy.

[2] Bergen Tinghus was designed by architect Egill Reimers[3] in a neoclassical style during 1933 and it is considered one of his main works.

At the main entrance on Tårnplass, there are four granite statues representing the cardinal virtues: wisdom, justice, moderation and strength.

In 2006, this court was merged with the Bergen byfogdembete (city attorney's office) which added the authority for bankruptcy, probate, property and other types of cases.