Current Court Delays and Closures
May 22, 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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Yuma. |
4/4/25: Court staffing challenges have caused delays. |
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Arkansas
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Crittenden, Phillips, Randolph, Arkansas |
5/7/25: Staffing shortages have slowed District court processing of searches. Expect delays.
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California
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Shasta* Tuolumne ** |
* 5/13/25: Court is closed due to flooding. The plans to reopen 5/19. Expect delays. ** 5/22/25: Public terminals are down. Repairs are expected to take several days. Will update. |
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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 | St John. | 4/15/25: Please expect delays on all orders due to a public access terminal outage. At this time there is no ETA for when the PAT will be restored. |
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Georgia
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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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 | DuPage* |
*5/8/25: The Circuit court case records system has been taken offline due to tech issues. No ETA has been given for restoration. Expect delays.
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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 | Franklin* Laurel, Pulaski, Russell** | *5/19/25: The court is trying to establish public access to court records by the first week of June. This follows damage sustained on April storms. Will update as soon as possible. ** 5/19/25: Severe weather has again hit these counties, causing delays with courts processing search requests. |
Louisiana | Not affected. | No closures. |
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Maine
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Statewide. |
Statewide court staffing issues are causing delays.
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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* |
* 4/24/25: clerk only searches (no PAT available) and can take 1-2 weeks 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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Bolivar* Madison** Lafayette*** | *3/4/25: The public access terminal in Bolivar Justice Court is currently down with no ETA on restoration. Please expect delays . ** 5/9/25: PAT access is available. Any searches that require clerk assistance will be delayed as the court addresses staffing issue(s). *** 5/14/25: Court Clerks will be attending a conference from 5/13 – 5/20 and will be unavailable to assist with research. Please expect delays on all orders during this timeframe while clerk assistance is unavailable.
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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. |
02/20/25: 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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Washington* Allen ** |
*4/19/25: Public access down in the Marietta Municipal Court - There is no eta for restoration. Will update. ** 5/15/25: Lima Municipal Court is upgrading to a new Case Management
System. They expected access to be restored on Monday, 5/12. However, the only part that was restored was the ability to search for cases filed after 5/5/2025. They are working to populate the older data into the new system. There is no eta for restoration. |
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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
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Scott*, Bedford** | ** Public Access Terminals experiencing issues reporting criminal records. We are working with the clerk to complete searches as soon as possible. * Court clerks are no longer assisting our researcher with searches. We are working with the court to establish access to their primary index. In the meantime, please expect delays. |
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Texas | Caldwell, Jefferson* Upton, Gollad & Schlelcher** | *3/25/25: PAT system is unavailable. Clerks are working on a process to assist with searches. Expect delays. **4/4/25: New search index has been experiencing errors. Expect delays as we work with court clerks to process searches. (Upton county is expecting 1-3 weeks for restoration). |
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Utah
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Not affected. |
No closures.
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Vermont
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All courts. |
All courts closed for Town Meeting Day.
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Virginia
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Fairfax. |
5/19/25: Courts are closed 5/20-21 for system maintenance.
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Washington
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Not affected. |
No closures. |
| 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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