The District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings is an administrative court that was created in 2001 by the Council of the District of Columbia to provide centralized adjudication service 
The OAH Resource Center, also located at 441 Fourth Street, NW, Suite 450N, is a self-help center that contains a variety of resources for people and businesses with cases.
Some agencies of the District of Columbia government can start a case at the Office of Administrative Hearings by filing a Notice of Violation or a Notice of Infraction. If you wish to start a...
Once a case has been started, the Office of Administrative Hearings will mail you a Scheduling Order that sets the date and time of the hearing.
You may file documents with the Office of Administrative Hearings by e-mailing the documents, by coming in person to the office, by mail, or by facsimile.
If you have received a Notice of Violation or a Notice of Infraction and wish to “admit” the violation or infraction and pay the fine, you can do so by:
In many cases, before a hearing is scheduled, the judge in charge of the case may schedule a mediation session. In mediation, a specially-trained mediator (not the judge assigned to the case)
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