The Wellington District Court has been evacuated due to bomb scare.

People have been allowed back into the Wellington District Court after a bomb scare saw it evacuated on Tuesday morning.

No bomb was found and the cordon along Ballance St between Stout St and Lambton Quay is no longer in place.

Police said a Wellington man, who is known to them, is currently being spoken to in relation to the threat.

The court was evacuated shortly after 9am, with police using sniffer dogs to search the building.