Current Court Delays and Closures
January 02, 2026
Current Court Delays and Closures
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Jurisdiction
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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*. Cleveland **. |
* 11/13/25: Court has received a significant increase in volume, causing delays. ** 12/31/25: Rison District Court: Due to court staffing issues, the court will not be processing record searches until the first full week in January. (Starting 1/5/2026) We don't expect to receive results until the end of that week. Expedited requests will not be available. Court operations are expected to return to normal by mid-January, prior to a closure forMartin Luther King Jr. Day on January 19, 2026.Please expect 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 | Gadsden. | 12/23/25: The primary online index for Gadsden County is currently experiencing an outage, and no estimated time of restoration has been provided. Please expect delays on all Gadsden County orders while the outage remains ongoing. |
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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. |
12/31/25: 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 | Clinton & Ontario** | **1/2/26: Clinton - The clerk who handles record checks has returned. Expect delays as they catch up on any backlog they may have. Ontario - The clerks office will be closed on Friday January 2nd and Monday January 5th while software upgrades are done, to reopen on Tuesday, January 6th.
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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**. Summit ***. |
*12/31/25: Middletown Municipal services have been restored from the August cybersecurity incident. Please expect continued delays as the clerks work through the backlog of record requests. **11/4/25: Access is down due to a recent cyber security incident. No eta provided. *** 11/20/25: Akron Municipal Court in Summit County is currently undergoing a platform migration, which includes the implementation of a new online index. At this time, no ETA has been provided for when the migration will be fully completed and the system up to date. Please expect delays. |
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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***. | *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. |
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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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