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Current Court Delays and Closures
March 27, 2024
Current Court Delays and Closures

Domestic
Area
Jurisdiction
Details
Alabama
Not affected.
No closures.
Alaska
Not affected.
No closures.
Arizona
Not affected.

No closures.

Arkansas
Not affected.
No Closures
California
San Joaquin *
Los Angeles **

* Extended clerk delays for all possible records older than 2015.  All such cases must be ordered from off-site storage to verify ID's and retrieve case info.  Turnaround times are averaging more than 4 weeks, with some taking as long as 10 weeks.  
** 2/23/24. LA County public access terminals no longer provide enough information to fully identify an individual when a possible record exists. Thus researchers must go to the court clerk to pull files for clarification, which will result in delays. If files do need to be pulled, this may result in additional fees. 
Colorado
Not affected.
No closures.
Connecticut
Not affected.
No closures.
Delaware
Not affected.
No closures.
Florida
Not affected.
No closures.
Georgia

Fulton *
Clayton **



* 3/14/24: After the late January cyber-attack that hit Fulton County government agencies, court staff have been working to update records affected by the outage. 

We have confirmed with court staff that they have not yet completed uploading current case information. Most notably, clerks have shared that there is a backlog of Orders for Dismissal for recent cases that may change the final disposition currently visible on the public access. 

While court staff has not been able to provide an ETA for completing these updates, we do know that clerks are working overtime to update affected records as quickly as possible.

** Continued clerk delays due to staffing issues.  The turnaround for records and possible records is averaging 8-10 business days.
Hawaii
Not affected.
No closures.
Idaho
Not affected.
No closures.
Illinois
Winnebago.

3/12/24: Full Date of Birth (DOB) information for Winnebago County, IL, is no longer available on the Public Access Terminal (PAT). Moving forward, only the month and year of birth will be provided through the PAT. Expect longer processing times as we have to now work with clerks to fully verify identifiers.
Indiana
Not affected.
No closures.
Iowa
Not affected.
No closures.
Kansas
Statewide
As of 03/21/24, 93 counties are current and up to date: 
ATCHISON, ALLEN, ANDERSON, BARBER, BOURBON, BROWN, CHASE, CHAUTAUQUA, CHEROKEE, CHEYENNE, CLARK, CLAY, CLOUD, COFFEY, COMANCHE, COWLEY, CRAWFORD, DECATUR, DICKINSON, DONIPHAN, DOUGLAS, EDWARDS, ELK, ELLIS, FORD, FRANKLIN, GEARY, GOVE, GRAHAM, GRANT, GRAY, GREELEY, GREENWOOD, HAMILTON, HARPER, HARVEY, HASKELL, HODGEMAN, JEWELL, JOHNSON, KINGMAN, KIOWA, LABETTE, LANE, LINCOLN, LINN, LOGAN, LYON, MARION, MARSHALL, MCPHERSON, MEADE, MIAMI, MITCHELL, MONTGOMERY, MORRIS, MORTON, NEMAHA, NEOSHO, NESS, NORTON, OSAGE, OSBORNE, OTTAWA, PAWNEE, PHILLIPS, POTTAWATOMIE, PRATT, RAWLINS, REPUBLIC, RICE, RILEY, ROOKS, RUSH, RUSSELL, SALINE, SCOTT, SEWARD, SHERIDAN, SHERMAN, SMITH, STAFFORD, STANTON, STEVENS, SUMNER, TREGO, THOMAS, WABAUNSEE, WALLACE, WASHINGTON, WICHITA, WILSON, WOODSON
Kentucky

Not affected.

No closures.
Louisiana
Not affected.

No closures.

Maine
Statewide. 
Statewide court staffing issues are causing delays.
Maryland
Not affected.
No closures.
Massachusetts
Not affected.
No closures.
Michigan

Berrien.

 

The Berrien Trial Court will be unavailable after 4/8/24. They are upgrading to a new computer system so all records will be unavailable during this time. They expect a 2-3 week time frame to transfer all information and ensure that the information is protected, secure and complete. This is a clerk only search court. We will continue to send search requests. Clerks will start processing searches as soon as they can.

Minnesota
Not affected.
No closures.
Mississippi
Not affected.
No closures.
Missouri
Not affected.
No closures
Montana
Not affected. 
No closures.
Nebraska
Not affected.
No closures.
Nevada
Washoe.
Clerk delays due to staffing issues. Turnaround time is now averaging 6-7 business days.
New Hampshire
Statewide.
All Counties - 100% clerk assisted.  The backlog is growing due to court staffing shortages - Turnaround time is averaging 10 to 12 business days.
New Jersey
Not affected.
No closures.
New Mexico
Not affected.
No closures.
New York
Not affected.
No closures.
North Carolina
Not affected.
No closures. 
North Dakota
Not affected.
No closures.
Ohio

Richland


 On 1/18/2024, connectivity issues occurred with the Mansfield Municipal Court's primary index. Please expect delays. 

Oklahoma
Not affected.
No closures.
Oregon
Not affected.
No closures.
Pennsylvania
Not affected.
No closures.
Rhode Island
Not affected.
No closures.
South Carolina
Not affected.
No closures.
South Dakota

Not affected.
No closures.
Tennessee

Bedford**
Scott *

** Public Access Terminals experiencing issues reporting criminal records. We are working with the clerk to complete searches as soon as possible. 
* Court clerks are no longer assisting our researcher with searches. We are working with the court to establish access to their primary index.  In the meantime, please expect delays.
Texas
Jefferson. 

No public access at the courts. 

Utah
Not affected.
No closures.
Vermont
Not affected.
No closures.
Virginia
Not affected.
No closures.
Washington
King.
2/2024. Seattle Municipal Court is migrating its primary index to a new platform. As a result, we are temporarily unable to complete searches. We will continue to monitor the situation and will provide updates as they become available.
West Virginia
Not affected.
No closures.
Wisconsin
Not affected.
No closures.
Wyoming
Not affected.
No closures.