---

title: clsOtherFirmCollection

summary: API reference for clsOtherFirmCollection.

status: draft

owner: SAIF Case Management team

last_reviewed: 2026-08-21

library: SAIF.Business.Claim.Legal

reference_type: embedded

---



# clsOtherFirmCollection



`clsOtherFirmCollection` retrieves outside-firm rows for a requested firm-type code and returns the address/contact data needed to maintain that list.* Its query orders the results by firm name so maintenance screens receive a stable alphabetical list.



## Purpose

- Returns outside firms filtered to a single `OTHER_FIRM_TYPE_CODE` value.

- Provides an alphabetized list of firm names with address and contact details already loaded.



## Context

- Namespace: `SAIF.Business.Claim.Legal.TableMaint`

- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Business.Claim.Legal`



## Public members



| Member | Kind | Type | Purpose |

|---|---|---|---|

| GetOtherFirms(inDPI As IDataPortalInfo, FirmFilter As String) | Shared Method | `clsOtherFirmCollection` | Retrieves outside-firm rows filtered to the requested firm-type code. |



> **Note:** Statements marked with `*` were inferred from code structure, naming

> conventions, or contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available

> in source artifacts. Statements marked with `**` could not be confirmed; treat

> as unknown until verified.



## Sources



- `SAIF.Business.Claim.Legal\TableMaint\clsOtherFirm.vb`