Current Court Delays and Closures
June 05, 2026
Current Court Delays and Closures
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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 | Monroe *. Benton**. |
*6/2/26: A new part-time clerk has been hired, and she is working through all the backlog orders. Continued delays are expected. ** 5/12/26: Court has made changes to records access; District Court will only provide access to public record information back to May 2013. The Circuit Court is NOT restricting access. |
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California | Tuolumne*. San Joaquin**. |
* 5/20/2026: Court has removed the DOB from the public access system. Clerks are not verifying DOB at this time, and have no directive from the presiding judge to do so. Clear searches will complete as normal. All searches with possible records will be put on HOLD until a ID/DOB verification process is put in place. We apologies for this inconvenience ** 6/1/26: The court now limits PAT use in the courthouse to 2 hours per person per day. They’ve also updated the online indexing policy, restricting searches to 2–5 names per IP address daily. These changes are causing significant slowdowns, with records and potential records now averaging 15-business-days. Delays are expected to continue as long as these court restrictions are in place. |
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Colorado
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Statewide. |
6/4/26: The statewide search system is only returning partial data. ETA for full access TBD. |
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Connecticut
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Not affected. |
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Delaware | Statewide. |
5/12/26: Courts are experiencing intermittent issues and outages with the Public Access Terminals (PATs) across Delaware courts. Expect delays.
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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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Long*. |
* 5/1/26: Courthouse is closed due to flooding from a burst pipe. No timeline has been given for repairs. Expect delays. |
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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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Not affected. |
No closures. |
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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*. |
* 4/28/26: 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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Adams *. | |
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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)*. Carson ** |
* 4/6/25: 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. ** 4/9/26: Courts short staffed. Expect delays. |
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New Hampshire
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Statewide. |
6/2/26: All Counties - 100% clerk assisted. The backlog is growing due to court staffing shortages - Turnaround time is averaging 4-10 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*. Franklin **. | *5/5/26: Clinton County is currently experiencing staffing shortages, with no estimated timeline provided for when staffing levels will return to normal. Please expect delays . ** 5/29/26: The clerk notified us that they will not be in to assist with name searches at all next week, 6/1-6/5/2026. We expect them to get through the backlog the following week.
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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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Not affected. |
No closures. |
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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. |
5/28/26: 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 | Monroe*. Trousdale **. | *4/6/26: The primary online index for Monroe County has suspended all user access, and no estimated timeline for restoration has been provided. At this time, all Monroe County orders are being completed through clerk-assisted research. Expect Delays. **5/19/26: Pubic Access Terminals at the court are offline. No restoration time has been given. Expect delays. |
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Texas | Zapata*. Jack**. Angelina ***. | * 4/14/26: (PATs) at the Zapata County courthouse are currently inaccessible due to an ongoing system migration. Court clerks have not provided an estimated timeline for completion. Please expect delays.
** 4/6/26: Courts have no public access. All searches are via a court runner incurring more time and fees. *** 4/6/26: The primary online index used to complete Angelina County orders is currently unavailable, and no estimated time of restoration has been provided. 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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Statewide. |
5/29/26: Washington Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) is again having data reporting issues affecting the following courts/counties; Centralia Municipal Court
Chehalis Municipal Court
Clallam District Court I & II
Cowlitz District Court
Hoquiam Municipal Court
Jefferson District Court
Lake Forest Park Municipal Court
Lewis District Court
Long Beach Municipal Court
Mason District Court
Napavine Municipal Court
Roy Municipal Court
Shelton Municipal Court
South Pacific District Court
Vader Municipal Court
Wahkiakum District Court
Westport Municipal Court
Winlock Municipal Court
Woodland Municipal Court *The state of WA expects data issues to last through 6/8.
*If searches are clear or results are not from one of the counties listed above, the search will be processed and returned without delays. |
| West Virginia | Not Affected. | No closures.
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Wisconsin | Not affected. |
No closures.
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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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Northern Mariana Islands
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All courts
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