[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sosvinsky Urban Okrug (Со́сьвинский городско́й о́круг).

[8] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Serovsky District is one of the thirty in the oblast.

[1] The town of Serov serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[6] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sosvinsky Urban Okrug.

[5] The Town of Serov is incorporated separately from the district as Serovsky Urban Okrug.