Current Court Delays and Closures
September 11, 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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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Arkansas | Mississippi *. Jefferson **. |
* 7/23/26: The Mississippi County District Court is currently experiencing issues with its Public Access Terminal (PAT) system, preventing searches from being completed. Clerk's Office has not provided an estimated timeline for when the system will be restored. Please expect delays. ** 8/7/26: Pine Bluff District Court is experiencing significant delays due to staff shortages. |
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California | San Joaquin*. Colusa **. Lassen, Riverside, Sacramento, Siskiyou, and Solano . *** |
*8/26/26: The index in San Joaquin is operational. However, file images are not currently attached to most, if not all, cases. As a result, we are experiencing additional delays on searches that return possible records and require a date of birth verification. This does not affect simple clear results. The court is aware and working to correct this issue. ** 8/4/26: Staffing shortages are causing delays in processing. No timeline has been given for resolution of staffing issue. Expect delays. *** 9/8/26: IDs removed from public access. Searches with no name matches can be returned as clear very quickly. Searches with name matches must be ordered through the clerks or file copies are needed. Limited appointments, limited file pulls, and clerk shortages add to the extended backlogs - delays expected. |
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Colorado
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Not affected. |
No closures. |
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Connecticut
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Not affected. |
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Delaware | Not affected. |
No closures.
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District of Columbia | 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. |
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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 | Knott. | 9/9/26: The courts will be closed Sept 11. |
Louisiana | Not affected. | No closures. |
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Maine
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Statewide. |
8/19/26: Ongoing..Due to severe clerk staffing issues, turnaround times have been extending. They are averaging 15 business days now. |
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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**. Statewide* |
* MI Clean Slate law has resulted in longer serach processing times across all MI counties. Expect Delays. ** 8/19/26: 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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Lee*. | * 9/8/26: The clerk will be on vacation Sept 14-17. Requests will be completed upon her return. |
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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)*. Lincoln (Meadow Valley Justice Court) **. Washoe ***. |
* 8/19/26: 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. ** 8/19/26:court's case management system has been down since Monday, June 15, 2026. Record searches are unable to be completed at this time. The court clerks do not have an ETA of when the system will be back up again. *** 8/11/26: The primary online index for Washoe County is currently experiencing an outage. At this time, no estimated timeline has been provided for when service will be restored. |
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New Hampshire
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Statewide. |
8/10/26: All Counties - 100% clerk assisted. The backlog is growing due to court staffing shortages - Turnaround time is averaging 10-12 business days. No estimated timeline has been provided for when computer systems will be restored. Please expect delays.
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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 | Seneca. | 9/9/26: Due to the recent storms, the courthouse suffered severe damage and is currently closed. No ETA has been given for reopening.
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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*. Highland**. |
*8/21/26: The Rocky River Municipal court PAT is unavailable while court completes updates to its website. Expect delays. ** 9/8/26: The public access is down in the Hillsboro Municipal Court. The court expects to resolve the issue in the coming days. |
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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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Statewide. |
8/19/26: As of 1/6/26, SC Judicial Branch has removed addresses from all criminal records, statewide. There will be extended delays for records as additional research may be needed (i.e. clerk assistance required).
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South Dakota
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Tennessee | Campbell **. Johnson ***. Bradly ****. |
** 8/19/26: Campbell County, Tennessee is currently experiencing an extended disruption to its court information systems following a cybersecurity incident. As a result, criminal court records have not been updated since July 10, 2026. Searches have been paused until court systems are back online and case information has been updated.
*** 8/19/26: The Johnson County Clerk's Office is currently experiencing a computer system outage, and no estimated timeline has been provided for when service will be restored. Clerk assistance is required for all orders where potential cases have been identified. Please expect delays.
**** 8/10/26: The PAT system is currently unavailable due to a temporary outage. Their IT department is actively working to resolve the issue.
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Texas | McLennan. | 9/8/26: The courts have switched to a new software that is currently incomplete. Until the system is reliable, searches cannot be completed reliably. They are working on repairing the data now, and say that it may be two weeks until everything is working correctly. |
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Utah
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Vermont | Statewide. |
8/4/26: Predominately Used Index Currently Unavailable is currently experiencing login issues. At this time, no estimated timeline has been provided for when access will be restored. Please expect delays. |
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Virginia
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Washington
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King, Snohomish *. |
* 9/11/26: The primary online index used for Snohomish and King Counties has temporarily stopped displaying new case filing information for the courts listed below. As a result, Snohomish County, King County, and Washington Statewide orders will remain paused during this period.
Snohomish County
Edmonds Municipal Court
Everett Municipal Court
Marysville Municipal Court
Snohomish District Court – Cascade Division
Snohomish District Court – Everett Division
Snohomish District Court – Evergreen Division
Snohomish District Court – South Division
King County
Tukwila Municipal Court . |
| West Virginia | Not Affected. | No closures.
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Wisconsin | Not affected. |
No closures.
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Laramie*
Other counties**
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8/18/26: All court searches are clerk assisted and processed as time permits. Average turn around time is 20-25 business days. Rush service is generally not available from WY courts. ** All WY court searches are clerk assisted. Turn Around Times vary for each county/courts.
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U.S. Territories and Other Countries
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American Samoa
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All courts. | 3/3/26: 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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| Guam | All courts | |
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Northern Mariana Islands
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All courts
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Puerto Rico
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Territory wide
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No closures.
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