Current Court Delays and Closures
July 31, 2025
Current Court Delays and Closures
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Domestic
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Area
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Jurisdiction
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Details
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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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Crittenden, Logan, Paris, Phillips, Randolph, Arkansas *. Dallas, El Dorado, Fordyce, Union **. |
*7/7/25: Staffing shortages have slowed District court processing of searches. Expect delays. ** 7/17/25: Court clerks will be unavailable to conduct searches out of the district court in the following counties. Clerks are expected to return to normal operations on Monday, 7/21. Please expect delays while the clerks are unavailable.
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California | King **. |
** 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. |
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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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Wayne*. |
*7/21/25: Public access is offline. Court clerks have been unable to provide an ETA. Please expect delays on all orders until the system has been restored.
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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* |
* 5/28/25: clerk only searches (no PAT available). Expect delays 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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Sunflower**. | ** 6/23/25:The Circuit Court is in the process of switching their Public Access Terminal system to new software. At this time, the PATs cannot be accessed at the court with no current ETA on when access will be restored. Please expect delays on all Sunflower orders until the court has restored PAT access. |
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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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Washoe* Carson City** |
*Clerk delays due to staffing issues. Turnaround time is now averaging 6-7 business days. ** 5/15/25: District Court clerks are currently experiencing staffing challenges causing delays on all Carson City criminal and civil orders. Please expect delays on all Carson City orders at this time.
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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. |
7/2/25: Recent system upgrades are causing reports of inaccessibility. Please anticipate delays until access is restored. |
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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 | Rutherford**. Robertson ***. | ** 7/17/25: PATs offline. Limited access to records at this time. Expect delays. *** 7/22/25: Public index for the General Sessions court is currently unavailable. Clerks cannot provide an ETA at this time. |
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Texas | Upton. | 6/30/25: Predominately Used Index Currently Unavailable. Will update asap. |
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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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