---
title: "Get a specific Criminal Justice Area by code."
method: GET
path: "/criminal-justice-areas/{code}"
tags: ["criminal-justice-areas"]
---

# Get a specific Criminal Justice Area by code.

`GET /criminal-justice-areas/{code}`

## Request

- Base URL: `/` (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
- URL: `/criminal-justice-areas/{code}`
- Auth: none declared

Returns the Criminal Justice Area matching the supplied code.

## Path parameters

- `code` string, required

## Response `200`

Criminal Justice Area found

- CriminalJusticeAreaGetDto: Immutable DTO representing a Criminal Justice Area.
  - `code` string, required: Code that identifies the Criminal Justice Area.
  - `description` string, required: Human-readable name of the Criminal Justice Area.

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request parameters.
- `401`: Authentication required or token invalid.
- `403`: Authenticated but not permitted to perform this action.
- `404`: The requested resource was not found.
- `406`: Requested media type/version not acceptable.
- `500`: Unexpected server error.

## Changes

- **2026-07-16** `2fc56b20d403`: 1 breaking
  - for the `path` request parameter `code`, the maxLength was decreased from `10` to `2`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/apis/applications-register-api/changes/criminal-justice-areas/:code/get.md)

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