Current Court Delays and Closures
November 19, 2025
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 *. |
*10/27/25: Superior Court is short-staffed. As a result, the current ETA for this court is 12 weeks.
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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 **. |
* 11/18/25: 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 closures. |
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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 | Not affected. | No closures. |
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Kentucky | Boyle*. | *11/11/25: public access terminal is currently down and inaccessible. Please expect delays on all Boyle County orders while the outage remains active. |
Louisiana | Orleans. | 10/30/25: The online primary index for Orleans Parish is currently down, and no estimated time of restoration has been provided. |
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Maine
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Statewide. |
10/7/25: 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* |
* 10/7/25: Clerk assistance required on most searches.Expect delays of 7-10 business days due to high volume and short staffing at the court.
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Minnesota
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Mississippi
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Lafayette & Monroe. | 11/13/25: The Justice Court system in Lafayette and Monroe Counties are currently experiencing an outage, and no ETA has been provided for when they will be restored. 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)**. Clark***. Carson City Justice Court ****. |
*9/29/25: Court is currently experiencing a staffing shortage. The clerks are aware of the delays in records request processing and are working to address the backlog. At this time, the court is unable to provide an ETA. ** 9/29/25: 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. *** 10/22/25: Online index for the North Las Vegas Municipal court is currently down for maintenance. Please expect delays on all Clark County orders requiring a search of the North Las Vegas Municipal court while the maintenance window persists. **** 11/10/25: The primary records clerk will be out of office from November 11th to November 28th, returning December 1st. All record searches will be completed upon the clerk's return. |
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New Hampshire
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Statewide. |
11/12/25: 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 | Not affected. | No closures.
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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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Butler*. Lake**. |
*10/9/25: In Butler county, the Middletown Municipal court among others is currently down due to a cyberattack. At this time, there is no ETA on when the index will be restored. Please expect delays. **11/4/25: Access is down due to a recent cyber security incident. No eta provided. |
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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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Not affected. |
No closures.
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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***. | *10/22/25: 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. ** 10/23/25: PAT is 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. |
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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. | 11/17/25: 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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