State Court Access

Many of the state courts now provide online access to court records. Some such services are fee-based while others are free. The below list is by no means complete but does include the larger sources.

• Alabama (fee) - The commercial vendor On-Line Information Services, Inc. provides fee-based access to the trial court records for all counties in Alabama.
• Alaska (free) - Search the trial court name index, which contains case information for lawsuits filed in 30 Alaska counties.
• Arizona (free) - The Arizona Judicial Branch offers a database of case information from 137 out of 180 courts in Arizona.
• Colorado (fee) - Search for case information about open or closed (but not sealed) matters from Colorado district and county courts.
• Connecticut (free) - Search for civil and family court matters by personal or business name.
• District of Columbia (free) - Search for court records by personal or business name.
• Florida (free/fee) - Access to civil case information, and other official records, in several, but not all, Florida counties.
• Hawaii(free) - Search Hoohiki court records.
• Illinois (free/fee) - Currently, the site provides access to about 15 county courts in Illinois.
• Iowa (free/fee) - The Iowa judiciary offers case information from civil, criminal, probate, and traffic courts in all of its counties and from appellate courts.
• Kentucky (free) - Provided by Kentucky Court of Justice.
• Maryland (free) - Search for case information originating within the Maryland District Court system and the Circuit Courts.
• Missouri (free) - Find case information from civil, criminal, probate, and traffic courts in many Missouri counties as well as from the State's appellate courts.
• New Mexico (free) - Search for information about civil, criminal, and traffic court cases in district and magistrate courts in New Mexico.
• New York (free) - Provided by the New York Unified Court System. Search civil court cases for select New York courts.
• Oklahoma (free) - Find case information and dockets for appellate and district courts served by the Oklahoma Court Information System.
• Pennsylvania (free) - A single search interface to the case information and docket sheets of select courts in the state.
• Utah (fee) - A fee based service for case information in Utah District and Justice Courts.
• Virginia (free) - Civil, criminal and chancery courts in Virginia provide access to case information via this gateway page.
• Wisconsin (free) - Criminal, traffic, forfeiture, family and civil case information and judgments in circuit courts for most (but not all) Wisconsin counties.