Current Court Delays and Closures
August 29, 2025
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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Not affected. |
No closures. |
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Arkansas
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Monroe *. Phillips **. |
*8/12/25: District Court has delays due to large backlog and short staffing. Expect significant delays. ** 8/22/25: Helena District court is experiencing issues with their scanner and fax machine used to print and provide docket information on potential cases. Please expect delays on all Phillips County orders requiring a search and clerk assistance.
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California | King *. Mendocino **. |
* 7/8/25: The public access terminal at the court is offline, so orders requiring clerk assistance to obtain case details will be placed on hold until access to the terminal is restored. We will continue to complete orders with Clear results as well as Match/No Match searches, but please expect delays on searches with possible cases. ** 8/5/25: Court is currently updating their computer system, which will be offline until Wednesday, 8/6. In addition, the updates will now require researchers to view scanned documents or utilize clerk assistance for DOB confirmation on potential cases. Please expect delays. |
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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 | Miami-Dade. | 8/4/25: PAT unavailable due to system maintenance. |
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Georgia
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Pierce **. |
** 8/12/25: The courthouse in Pierce County is currently closed with an expected reopen date of Thursday, 8/14. Please expect delays on all Pierce County orders during the closure.
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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 | Not affected. | No closures. |
Louisiana | Not affected. | No closures. |
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Maine
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Statewide. |
6/12/25: 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* |
* 8/27/25: 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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Monroe*. | *8/22/25: Monroe County terminal is currently down for maintenance with not ETA on when access 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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Statewide*. |
*8/27/25: A state-level cyber incident has resulted in Nevada Courts to become currently unable to fully process public records searches. There is no estimated timeline for system restoration. Some county court clerks report systems are down or running slowly. |
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New Hampshire
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Statewide. |
7/7/25: 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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Cuyahoga*. Darke**. Butler***. |
*7/2/25: Recent system upgrades are causing reports of inaccessibility. Please anticipate delays until access is restored. ** 8/13/2025: Jurisdiction On Hold. Predominately Used Index Currently Unavailable. ***8/27/25: 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. |
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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 | Polk*. Rutherford**. | * 8/5/25: Court’s public access terminal and computer system is currently down with no ETA for restoration. Please expect delays. ** 7/17/25: PATs offline. Limited access to records at this time. Expect delays. |
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Texas | Upton. | 8/1/25: The court has a newer Public Access Terminal and some issues have been identified with the system. Please expect delays as court clerk-assisted searches are required until technical issues have been resolved. |
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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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Statewide. |
7/17/25: The online primary index for WA is experiencing an issue with updating case information.Please expect delays on all WA orders. |
| 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. | 8/6/25: 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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Puerto Rico
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All courts. |
Due to scheduled system maintenance, The PR Police Department is will not be able to process orders today 8/27/25.
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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