U.S. County Court Hours & Closings

STATE

UPDATE

Alabama

Searches are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays, unless clerks need to get involved for file copies, etc.

Arizona

Searches are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays, unless clerks need to get involved for file copies, etc.

Arkansas

Searches are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays, unless clerks need to get involved for file copies, etc.

California

Colorado

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Connecticut

In the following counties clerk counters are closed to the public. Searches can still be done. However, files cannot be ordered and searches requiring clerk assistance can not be completed until further notice: All Counties

Delaware

Searches in all counties are able to be completed again, as well as Statewide searches. Please expect delays as the backlogs are worked through..

District of Columbia

Washington DC: Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Florida

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Georgia

We again have public access in all counties with the exceptions noted below. Please expect delays as the backlogs are worked through:
Appling, Bacon, Seminole, Towns

Public access is available in these counties. However, files and searches requiring assistance may be delayed: Charlton, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Fayette, Gwinnett, Lee, Newton, Richmond

Public access is available in these counties. However, researchers have very limited access. Please expect delays: Baldwin, Henry, Jones, Pulaski, Tattnall, Treutlen, Washington, Whitfield

For the following Counties, PAT’s are inaccessible to the public, and there are no searches being done by clerks until further notice: Greene, Hancock, Johnson, Pulaski, Rabun, Walton

Hawaii

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Idaho

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Illinois

In the following counties we now have full, regular access: Cook, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Kane, McDonough

Indiana

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Iowa

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Kansas

Searches in Riley county are now able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

In the following counties clerk counters are closed to the public. Searches can still be done. However, files cannot be ordered and searches requiring clerk assistance can not be completed until further notice: Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Marion, Morris

Kentucky

We again have regular access in the following counties. Please expect delays as the backlog is worked through: Bath, Boone, Campbell, Estill, Garrard, Mason, Meade, Owsley, Rowan, Whitley

In all other counties not listed above PAT’s are inaccessible to the public, and there are no searches being done by clerks until further notice.

*Until things are back to normal, it may be a good idea to run Statewide KY searches instead of county level searches in Kentucky. *Note – there is a $25 state fee for KY Statewide searches, in addition to our fee.

Louisiana

We again have regular access in all counties except the three listed below. Please expect delays as the backlog is worked through.

For the following counties, PAT’s are inaccessible to the public, and there are no searches being done by clerks until further notice: Natchitoches, St.James, Vermilion

Maine

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Maryland

Most searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays. However, files cannot be ordered and searches requiring clerk assistance can not be completed until further notice.

Massachusetts

Service has been restored in all counties on a very limited basis. Expect delays.

Michigan

Service has been restored with limited access in the following counties. Expect delays: Alger, Clare, Crawford, Delta, Kalkaska, Lenawee, Livingston, Mackinac, Newaygo, Ottawa, Otsego, Roscommon, Saginaw

Although officially closed to the public, searches in the following counties can be done through court clerks with the additional court fees as follows: 
Calhoun (Court fee of $5 per name)

Eaton (Court fee of $8 per name, plus $1 per      page for any cases found)

Iron (Court fee of $40 per name, in both courts)

Lapeer (Court fee of $10 per name) 

In the following counties clerk counters are closed to the public. Searches can still be done. However, files cannot be ordered and searches requiring clerk assistance can not be completed until further notice: Allegan, Antrim, Barry, Berrien, Cass, Cheboygan, Genesee, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ingham, Iron, Isabella, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Leelanau, Macomb, Monroe, Montmorency, Muskegon, Oakland, Presque Isle, Shiawassee, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne

In the following counties there is a great reduction in staff, causing delays, until further notice: Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Baraga, Benzie, Charlevoix, Clare, Clinton, Dickenson, Gladwin, Hillsdale, Houghton, Huron, Ionia, Iosco, Keweenaw, Lake, Luce, Manistee, Marquette, Mecosta, Menominee, Missaukee, Montcalm, Oceana, Ogemaw, Ontonagon, Osceola, Oscoda, Sanilac, Tuscola, Wexford

In the following counties PAT’s are inaccessible to the public, and there are no searches being done by clerks until further notice: Alger, Bay, Calhoun, Clare, Eaton, Gladwin, Lapeer,  Mackinac, Manistee, Newaygo, Saint Joseph, Schoolcraft

Until things are back to normal, for the above listed counties, it may be a good idea to run Statewide MI searches instead of county level searches. The Statewide MI search through the MI State Police isn’t the greatest in terms of coverage and reporting, but it is something. *Note – there is a $10 state fee for MI Statewide searches, in addition to our fee.

Minnesota

All counties PAT’s are inaccessible to the public and there are no searches being done by clerks until further notice.

Alternatives:

Searches can still be done via web access, but with limited data as follows: Does not include the subjects full Street Address (city and state only), does not include Pre-Conviction information (pending cases), does not include some Harassment and Domestic Abuse cases and case information, and does not include comments noted in “Other Events and Hearings” Section Information of the register of actions.

Mississippi

In the following counties service has been restored. Please expect delays as the backlog is being worked through: DeSoto, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Lee, Leflore, Madison, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Panola, Pike, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Union

For the following counties the courts are officially closed to the public. However, our researchers have very limited access, for now. Please expect delays: Adams, Jackson, Leake, Tate, Warren, Webster

For the following counties PAT’s are inaccessible to the public, and there are no searches being done by clerks until further notice: Bolivar, Franklin, Itawamba, Prentiss

Missouri

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Montana

Service has been restored in all counties. Please expect delays as the backlog is being worked through with a drastically reduced staff. 

All counties are very short staffed. Every county is clerk assisted. Please expect extra delays.

Nebraska

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Nevada

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

New
Hampshire

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

New Jersey

All counties courts are closed to the public and no searched can be done until further notice.

Alternatives:

• Online using the Promis Gavel System; not as complete as the court house terminals Promis Gavel System, but still able to match records through Name/ DOB year. Cases available are felony convictions only.
• Criminal checks through State Police records. These records are more costly, but will fulfill county court house check.

New Mexico

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

New York

Full, regular service has been restored in these counties: Cattaraugus, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Essex, Greene, Jefferson, Livingston, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saint Lawrence, Saratoga, Schoharie, Seneca, Suffolk, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Wayne

For the following counties PAT’s are inaccessible to the public, and there are no searches being done by clerks until further notice: Albany, Schenectady, Washington, Yates

North
Carolina

All counties clerk counters are closed to the public. Searches can still be done. However, files cannot be ordered and searches requiring clerk assistance can not be completed until further notice.

North
Dakota

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Ohio

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Oklahoma

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Oregon

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Pennsylvania

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Rhode Island

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

South
Carolina

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

South Dakota

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Tennessee

In the following counties service has been restored. Please understand that there may be delays as the backlog is being worked through:
Bedford, Bradley, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Clay, Coffee, Crockett, Decatur, Dickson, Dyer, Fentress, Gibson, Giles, Grundy, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Lake, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Loudon, Madison, Marshall, McMinn, Moore, Obion, Polk, Roane, Robertson, Rutherford, Sequatchie, Sevier, Shelby, Stewart, Tipton, Warren, Wayne, Weakley, White

Texas

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Utah

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Vermont

For all counties public access to court records has been greatly restricted. Please expect extended delays.

Virginia

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Washington

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

West
Virginia

In all counties not listed below, public access has been restored. Please expect delays as the backlog is being worked through.

There are a number of counties were supposed to have opened has decided to stay closed, for now: Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Marion, Upshur, Webster

Wisconsin

Searches in all counties are able to be completed as usual with minimal delays.

Wyoming

All counties are very short staffed. Every county is clerk assisted. Please expect extended delays.