SS Court Main Office

Hauptamt SS-Gericht

Logo of the SS
Agency overview
Formed	c.1933
Preceding agency	SS-Gericht
Dissolved	8 May 1945
Jurisdiction	Germany Occupied Europe
Headquarters	Hauptamt SS-Gericht, Karlstraße, Munich 48°8′35.07″N 11°33′58.10″E / 48.1430750°N 11.5661389°E / 48.1430750; 11.5661389
Employees	650
Minister responsible	Heinrich Himmler, (1933–1945)
Agency executives	Ernst Bach (1933) Paul Scharfe (1933–1942) Franz Breithaupt (1942–1945) Gunther Reinecke (1945)
Parent agency	Allgemeine-SS

The SS Court Main Office (German: Hauptamt SS-Gericht) - one of the 12 SS main departments - was the legal department of the SS in Nazi Germany. It was responsible for formulating the laws and codes for the SS and various other groups of the police, conducting investigations and trials, as well as administering the SS and Police Courts and penal systems.^[1]