Current Court Delays and Closures
October 26, 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 | Jefferson **. |
** 10/21/26: Pine Bluff District Court is experiencing significant delays due to staff shortages. |
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California | San Joaquin *. Plumas **. El Dorado, Marin, San Benito, San Joaquin, Riverside, Madera, Tulare ***. |
*10/20/26 New PAT does not provide DOBs. Searches with records need to be verified by clerks. Expect delays. ** 10/21/26: Court eliminated DOB from records. All searches with matches (name only) will have to verified with a clerk. Expect delays. *** 10/21/26: Court systems are currently offline, resulting in work stoppages. 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. |
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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 | Escambia*. Hillsborough**. | *1016/26: The primary online index for Escambia County is currently experiencing an outage and remains inaccessible. Please expect delays. **10/19/26: Public Access Terminals are currently experiencing intermittent technical difficulties, resulting in sporadic periods of unavailability throughout the day causing delays. Currently, no ETA for a resolution. |
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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 | Cumberland*. | *10/20/26: PAT is currently unavailable, and the Kentucky AOC has been notified. Currently, there is no ETA for a resolution. |
Louisiana | Not affected. | No closures. |
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Maine
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Statewide. |
9/30/26: 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** |
* 10/22/26: Clerk assistance required on most searches. Expect delays of 7-10 business days due to high volume and short staffing at the court. ** 10/22/26: MI has made a change to it's online case serach system. Our vendors are monitoring all searches as well as testing to be sure accurate information is returned. As part of our ongoing monitoring, we've learned there may be differences in record availability and case detail information reporting compared to what was previously accessible.
BIS is actively evaluating these changes and working as quickly as possible to understand the scope of court record information available through the new system.
During our review, some Michigan county criminal searches may experience longer turnaround times. BIS is carefully assessing available record sources to ensure we continue delivering accurate and consistent reporting.
Here's what we currently know:
BIS has identified potential limitations around certain non-conviction information and historical records
Michigan county criminal search turnaround times may be extended while validation efforts continue
Michigan statewide criminal searches remain available
BIS remains committed to maintaining consistency and transparency throughout this reported system transition and will continue to share updates as more information becomes available. |
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Minnesota
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Mississippi
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Not affected. | No closures. |
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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) **. |
* 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. |
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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 10-11 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 | Westchester*. | *10/16/26: Researchers are currently experiencing delays with clerk-assisted file retrieval. Please expect delays.
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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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Sandusky *. |
*10/21/26: Public access is down in the Common Pleas Court as they transition to a new system. There is currently no eta for restoration of service. |
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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. |
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South Dakota
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Tennessee | Campbell **. |
** 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.
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Texas | McLennan. | 10/21/26: The courts have fully restored all cases to the new system, and research has resumed. We expect to be through the backlog next week. |
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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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Not affected. |
No closures.
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| 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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10/26/26: 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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Jurisdiction
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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 | No closures. |
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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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