Current Court Delays and Closures
January 08, 2026
Current Court Delays and Closures
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Alabama
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Alaska
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Arizona
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Yavapai. |
12/10/25: Court is short staffed. Expect delays.
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Arkansas | Saline*. |
* 11/13/25: Court has received a significant increase in volume, causing delays. |
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California | Riverside*. Lassen **. |
* 12/16/25: The public access terminals (PATs) in Riverside County Superior Court are currently offline, with no estimated time of restoration provided. Please expect delays. Note: Searches that have possible records may take 8-10 business days depending on clerks and record(s) involved. ** 11/19/25: County courts clerks have announced that all identifying information, including dates of birth, will be removed from public access and immediately redacted. Please expect delays until the matter is resolved with these courts.
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Colorado
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Not affected. |
No closures. |
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Connecticut
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Delaware | Not affected. |
No closures.
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Florida | Not affected. | No clsures. |
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Georgia
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Hawaii |
Not affected. |
No closures.
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Idaho
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Illinois | Not affected. |
No closures.
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Indiana
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Iowa
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Kansas | Statewide. | 12/18/25: Kansas District Court is having issues returning results with more than one identifier. Please expect delays. |
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Kentucky | Not affected. | No closures. |
Louisiana | Orleans. | 11/26/25: Orleans Parish is currently in the process of migrating to a new case management platform. There is currently no estimated timeline for full system updates or completion. Please expect delays. |
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Maine
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Statewide. |
12/10/25: Court clerks have implemented new review process. All searches with results now reviewed by head clerks before release to researchers (BIS). Expect searches to now take up to 4 wks to process.
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Maryland
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Massachusetts | Not affected. |
No closures. |
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Michigan
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Berrien* Kent** |
* 12/10/25: Clerk assistance required on most searches.Expect delays of 7-10 business days due to high volume and short staffing at the court. ** 12/31/25: Searches, specifically resulting in returned records, are experiencing delays due to current court staffing shortages. Please expect some delays.
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Minnesota
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Mississippi
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Neshoba & Newton. | 12/16/25: The Justice Courts in Neshoba and Newton counties are no longer confirming full dates of birth on case records. Our team is working closely with the courts to explore alternative methods for confirming additional identifiers on potential matches. Please expect delays.
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Missouri | Not affected. |
No closures.
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Montana | Not affected. |
No closures.
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Nebraska
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Nevada
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Douglas (Tahoe Justice Court)*. Lander, Mineral and Pershing (District Courts)**. |
* 12/10/25: The court is currently experiencing low staffing issues and per court policy, all results must be delivered via US postal service, causing delays of 15 to 20 days. ** 12/29/25: Court clerks have reported a technical issue preventing the completion of record requests. There is currently no ETA for resolution. |
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New Hampshire
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Statewide. |
1/8/26: All Counties - 100% clerk assisted. The backlog is growing due to court staffing shortages - Turnaround time is averaging 7-8 business days.
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New Jersey
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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New Mexico
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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New York | Clinton** | **1/2/26: Clinton - The clerk who handles record checks has returned. Expect delays as they catch up on any backlog they may have. |
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North Carolina
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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North Dakota
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Ohio
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Not affected. |
No closures. |
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Oklahoma
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Oregon
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Pennsylvania
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Rhode Island | Not affected. |
No closures.
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South Carolina
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Statewide. |
1/6/26: SC Judicial Branch has removed addresses from all criminal records, statewide. There will be delays for records as additional research may be needed.
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South Dakota
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Tennessee | Not affected. | No closures. |
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Texas | Floyd*. Jack**. Hays***. Cameron**** | *12/10/25: Clerks in Floyd are currently migrating to a new system for their primary index. At this time, the primary online index will no longer be updated with new case information. Our team is working to transition to a conventional in-court research process while the system migration is taking place. ** 12/16/25: PAT continues to be offline at the District Court affecting felony searches. No date has been given for renewed access. Clerks assisted search volume has increased causing delays. *** 11/7/25: The online primary index for Hays County is currently experiencing an outage with no ETA or timeline on when it will be restored. Please expect delays. **** 1/6/26: Public access is down. There is no eta for restoration. |
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Utah
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Vermont | Not affected. |
No closures.
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Virginia
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Washington
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Not affected. |
No closures. |
| West Virginia | Not affected. | No closures.
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Wisconsin | Not affected. |
No closures.
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Wyoming
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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U.S. Territories
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American Samoa
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All courts. | 1/8/26: The American Samoa Local service has been suspended effective immediately. The associated database is reported to be no longer accessible. We are actively monitoring this access issue and will continue to provide updates as more is known. (i.e. we cannot process criminal or civil searches at this time).
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Venezuela
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country wide. |
1/5/26: All orders for Venezuela are on hold due to recent events from today due to which Venezuela has announced national emergency. No new orders are being accepted or processed. Current orders would be processed only when it is possible to contact the sources. |
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