Court Records
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Alabama Court Records: How to Search Alacourt, What It Costs, and How Expungement Works
Alabama has no free statewide court records portal. Learn Alacourt's real pricing, what it covers across all 67 counties, and how expungement works.
Alaska Court Records: How to Search CourtView, What's Excluded, and Set Aside vs Seal
Alaska's CourtView is free but excludes eight case categories entirely and has no data before 1990. Learn coverage, exclusions, and set aside vs sealing.
Are Court Records Public? What's Open, What's Sealed, and What's Confidential
Court records are presumptively public with real exceptions. What's confidential everywhere, public-but-offline rules, and sealed vs. expunged explained.
Arizona Court Records: How to Search Public Access, Maricopa/Pima Carve-Outs, and Sealing
Arizona's Public Access covers 177 of 184 courts, updates weekly, and excludes Maricopa and Pima. Learn coverage, exclusions, and Arizona's sealing rules.
Arkansas Court Records: How to Search, and Why This Guide Stays General
Arkansas provides an online case-information search through arcourts.gov. Learn how to find a case, contact a clerk, and how Arkansas sealing works.
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California Court Records: Why There's No Statewide Portal, and How Each County Search Works
California has no statewide court records portal under Rule 2.503. Learn LA, San Diego, and Santa Clara's real fees, and California's three sealing tracks.
Colorado Court Records: Free Docket Search vs the State's Own Paid Vendors
Colorado's free Docket Search is calendar-focused. Full case history runs through 3 paid vendors, per the state's own Access Guide. Learn sealing too.
Connecticut Court Records: How to Use Case Look-up, and the Real Clean Slate Status
Connecticut's Case Look-up splits by court type. Learn erasure under C.G.S. 54-142a, and why the state's own Clean Slate page is outdated in 2026.
Court Records by State: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them
Find your state's real court records portal, what it costs, what stays offline, and how sealing and expungement work, plus PACER fees.
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DC Court Records: How to Use eAccess, and DC's Two Separate Relief Tracks
DC's eAccess updates within minutes but needs the exact case number format. Learn its quirks, PACER for federal cases, and DC's sealing vs expungement law.
Delaware Court Records: CourtConnect Is Civil-Only, and What That Means for a Criminal Search
Delaware's CourtConnect covers civil cases only, no public online criminal docket search exists. Learn coverage, Family Court access, and Clean Slate status.
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Florida Appeals Court Rejects Unwritten Public Records Exemption
Florida's Second DCA reversed an order barring release of police records, holding courts cannot create Public Records Act exemptions the Legislature never wrote.
Florida Court Records: How to Search by County, What's Public, and How Sealing Works
Florida has no statewide case search. Learn which county clerk portal to use, what's free vs paid, and how sealing differs from expunction.
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Georgia Court Records: Why There's No Statewide Case Search, and How to Find Yours
Georgia has no statewide court case search. GSCCCA is land records, not dockets. Learn where Georgia case records actually live and how sealing works.
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Hawaii Court Records: How to Search eCourt Kokua and How Sealing Works
Hawaii runs one statewide court records search, eCourt Kokua. Learn what it covers, its limits, and how sealing a Hawaii case record works.
How to Look Up Court Records: Federal, State, and County Search Steps
Step-by-step: identify the right court system, search PACER or your state's portal, use the county clerk fallback, and get a certified copy.
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Idaho Court Records: How to Search the iCourt Portal and How Sealing Works
Idaho searches court records through the statewide iCourt Portal. Learn what it covers, what ICAR 32 keeps confidential, and how sealing works.
Illinois Court Records: How to Search by County and What re:SearchIL Actually Covers
Illinois court records are searched county by county. Learn what re:SearchIL covers so far, how Cook County's portal works, and how sealing works.
Indiana Court Records: How to Search MyCase and How Sealing Works
Indiana searches court records through the statewide MyCase portal. Learn what it covers, what's excluded, and how sealing and expungement work.
Iowa Court Records: How to Search Iowa Courts Online and How Expungement Works
Iowa searches court records through the statewide Iowa Courts Online system. Learn how it works, what's public, and how expungement works.
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Kansas Court Records: How to Search the District Court Public Access Portal
Kansas offers a free statewide district court records search covering every county. Learn how it works, what's public, and how expungement works.
Kentucky Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them
Search Kentucky court records through the free KCOJ docket tool or paid CourtNet 2.0. Learn what's public, expungement rules, and how to get certified copies.
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Louisiana Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them
Louisiana has no free statewide court records search. Learn how parish clerk portals work, real subscription prices, and how expungement works under state law.
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Maine Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them
Maine's re:SearchMaine portal is rolling out county by county. See which counties are live, what's public, and how sealing works under Maine law.
Maryland Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them
Maryland Judiciary Case Search is free and statewide. Learn how to use it, what's excluded, and how shielding differs from expungement under Maryland law.
Massachusetts Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them
Search Massachusetts court records at masscourts.org. Learn what's public under Trial Court rules and how sealing differs from expungement in this state.
Michigan Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them
Search Michigan court records free on MiCOURT. Learn the 7-Year Criminal Sentence Filter, what's public, and how Michigan's automatic Clean Slate law works.
Minnesota Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them
Search Minnesota district court records free on MCRO. See what's excluded, how sealing works under Chapter 609A, and the state's automatic Clean Slate progress.
Mississippi Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them
Mississippi's MEC system now covers every circuit, chancery, and county court, but it's login-gated. Learn how to search records and what stays confidential.
Missouri Court Records: How to Search Case.net, What's Public, and How Expungement Works
Search Missouri court records on Case.net, the state's free statewide portal. Learn the July 2023 document cutoff, portal hours, and expungement rules.
Montana Court Records: How to Search the New Public Access Portals, What's Public, and How Expungement Works
Montana court records now run through two new statewide portals. Learn what's covered so far, what's public, and how Montana's record relief rules work.
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Nebraska Court Records: How to Search JUSTICE, the $17 Search Fee, and How Sealing Works
Nebraska charges $17 per case search on its statewide JUSTICE portal, even for no results. Learn the free alternatives, what's public, and sealing rules.
Nevada Court Records: How to Search by County, Appellate Case Lookup, and How Sealing Works
Nevada has no statewide trial court search. Learn how to search Clark and Washoe County records, use the appellate Case Lookup, and how sealing works.
New Hampshire Court Records: How to Search the Case Access Portal, What's Public, and How Annulment Works
New Hampshire's Case Access Portal covers e-filed cases, not background checks. Learn what's public, RSA 91-A's court exclusion, and how annulment works.
New Jersey Court Records: How to Search eCourts for Free, the Paid EAP Tier, and Clean Slate Status
New Jersey's eCourts Find a Case is free. Learn the paid Electronic Access Program's $4 per minute fee, what's public, and Clean Slate's current status.
New Mexico Court Records: How to Search Case Lookup and re:Search, and How Expungement Works
New Mexico's free Case Lookup covers docket summaries statewide, while re:Search adds documents for registered users. Learn what's public and expungement.
New York Court Records: How to Search eCourts, the $95 CHRS Fee, and Both Sealing Tracks
New York's free eCourts suite splits by court type and case status. Learn the $95 CHRS search, town and village court gaps, and CPL 160.57 vs 160.59 sealing.
Ninth Circuit Strikes Idaho Delay on New Court Complaints
The Ninth Circuit held on September 3, 2026 that Idaho's policy of withholding newly e-filed civil complaints until a clerk processes them is unconstitutional.
North Carolina Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and Expunction
How to search North Carolina court records through the statewide eCourts Portal, what case types are public, and how North Carolina expunction works.
North Dakota Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and Sealing
How to search North Dakota court records through the free statewide Courts Records Inquiry portal, what's public under Admin Rule 41, and how sealing works.
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Ohio Court Records: How to Search by County, What's Public, and Sealing
Ohio has no statewide case search. How to search Ohio court records county by county, what's public under Sup.R. 45, and how sealing works after SB 288.
Oklahoma Court Records: OSCN, ODCR, and Expungement
How to search Oklahoma court records through OSCN and ODCR, which counties use which system, what's public, and the delayed Clean Slate expungement rollout.
Oregon Court Records: OJCIN, the Free Alternative, and Setting Aside a Conviction
How to search Oregon court records through the paid OJCIN subscription or the free records search, what's public, and how set-aside relief works.
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Pennsylvania Court Records: UJS Portal Search and Clean Slate Sealing
How to search Pennsylvania court records on the free UJS Web Portal, what's public, and how Clean Slate sealing works under Act 56 and Act 36.
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Rhode Island Court Records: Public Portal Search and Expungement vs. Sealing
How to search Rhode Island court records on the free Judiciary Public Portal, what's public, and the difference between Rhode Island expungement and sealing.
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South Carolina Court Records: County Public Index Search and Expungement
How to search South Carolina court records by county on the Public Index, the new home-address redaction rule, and how expungement works.
South Dakota Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them (2026)
South Dakota court records run through two tools: the paid PARS system ($20 per search) and free eCourts. Learn coverage, exclusions, and expungement.
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Tennessee Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them (2026)
Tennessee has no statewide trial court portal. Learn how Davidson, Shelby, and other counties handle court records search, plus appellate PCH access.
Texas Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them (2026)
Texas has no single statewide court records database. Learn how re:SearchTX and county clerk portals work, plus expunction versus nondisclosure orders.
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Utah Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them (2026)
Utah's Xchange court records search costs $25 to set up plus $40 a month. Learn free alternatives, what's public, and Utah's 2026 automatic expungement rule.
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Vermont Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them (2026)
Vermont's Public Portal offers free case lookups from the US and Canada. Learn coverage, certified copy fees, and Vermont's 2025 sealing law overhaul.
Virginia Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How Sealing Now Works (2026)
Virginia has no free public court records portal. OCRA is attorney-only. Learn how to check a case, plus Virginia's sealing law now live since July 2026.
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Washington Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them (2026)
Washington's statewide court search defers to King, Pierce, and Kitsap systems. Learn how to search, plus GR 15's precise expunge, seal, and vacate rules.
West Virginia Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them (2026)
West Virginia launched statewide circuit and magistrate court record search in 2025. Learn how WVPASS and Magistrate Record Search work, plus expungement.
Wisconsin Court Records: How to Search WCCA, What's Public, and How to Seal Them (2026)
Wisconsin's WCCA (CCAP) is a free, statewide court records search live since 1999. Learn coverage, exclusions, the employer notice, and expungement rules.
Wyoming Court Records: How to Search, What's Public, and How to Seal Them (2026)
Wyoming has no statewide online court records portal. Learn how free Terminal, Physical, and Archive Access work, plus Wyoming's expungement process.