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Alabama

  • Counties: 67
  • Courts: Circuit, District, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: Yes, $5 per search

Alaska

  • Boroughs: 15
  • Courts: Superior, District, Magistrate
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: Yes, no fee

Arizona

  • Counties: 15
  • Courts: Superior, Justice of the Peace, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: Yes, no fee

Arkansas

  • Counties: 75
  • Courts: Circuit, District (Municipal), City, Justice of the Peace, Police
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: Yes, $22 per name, possible delays
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California

  • Counties: 58
  • Courts: Superior General Jurisdiction, Superior Limited Jurisdiction
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: 19 counties, no fee

Colorado

  • Counties: 63
  • Courts: District, County, Combined
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: Yes, $6 per name

Conneticut

  • Counties: 8
  • Courts: Judicial District; Geographic Area
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: No
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Delaware

  • Counties: 3
  • Courts: Superior, Chancery, Court of Common Pleas, Justice of the Peace, Alderman's, Family Courts. All courts feed into a central database in each county.
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: No

District Of Columbia

  • Remote Access: Yes, $9 per search
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Florida

  • Counties: 67
  • Courts: Circuit, County
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: 29 counties, no fee. 10 county indexes, $10 fee
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Georgia

  • Counties: 159
  • Courts: Superior, State, Magistrate, Recorder's, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Statewide, some counties available
  • Remote Access: 3 counties with remote access to Superior Court only. 3 counties with remote access to Superior, State and Magistrate Courts.
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Hawaii

  • Counties: 5
  • Courts: Circuit, District
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: Yes, no fee
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Idaho

  • Counties: 44
  • Courts: District, Magistrate
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: No

Illinois

  • Counties: 102
  • Courts: Circuit
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: 44 counties, no fee

Indiana

  • Counties: 92
  • Courts: Circuit, Superior, County, Town
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: Statewide, $15.50 per name (includes felonies and Class A misdemeanors only)

Iowa

  • Counties: 99
  • Courts: District
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: Yes
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Kansas

  • Counties: 105
  • Courts: District, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Both (not all counties available)
  • Remote Access: 42 counties available for between $1 and $4 per name (District Court searches only). Statewide search $17.50 (includes one alias, does not include Class C misdemeanors)

Kentucky

  • Counties: 120
  • Courts: Circuit, District
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: All counties, name index only
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Louisiana

  • Parishes: 64
  • Courts: District, City & Parish Courts, New Orleans City Court
  • Parish/Statewide: Parish only
  • Remote Access: 4 parishes with remote access, $3 to $5 fee per name
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Maine

  • Counties: 16
  • Courts: Superior, District
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: Statewide search does not include pending charges, convictions only. $25 per search, include two aliases

Maryland

  • Counties: 23
  • Courts: Circuit, District
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: Statewide, no fee

Massachusetts

  • Counties: 14
  • Courts: Superior, District, Boston Municipal, Housing
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: None

Michigan

  • Counties: 83
  • Courts: Circuit, District, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: Statewide search through MSP. $10, includes two aliases

Minnesota

  • Counties: 87
  • Courts: 97 District Courts
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: Statewide search, judgments only (no pending charges)

Mississippi

  • Counties:
  • Courts:
  • County/Statewide:
  • Remote Access:

Missouri

  • Counties: 14
  • Courts: Circuit, Associate Circuit
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: Some counties available via remote access for no fee (both courts)

Montana

  • Counties: 56
  • Courts: District, Limited Jurisdiction, City, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Statewide (does not include Criminal Traffic charges). MVR must be done for CT ($7 and includes Driver's Licence number)
  • Remote Access: Yes, $11.50 per search (includes up to four aliases)
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Nebraska

  • Counties: 93
  • Courts: District, County
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: Yes, $1 per search

Nevada

  • Courts: District, Justice of the Peace, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: District courts only in Clark County (Las Vegas) and Washoe County (Reno), no fee (name index only)

New Hampshire

  • Counties: 10
  • Courts: Superior, District
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: No

New Jersey

  • Counties: 21
  • Courts: Superior, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Both (Superior Court only, include felonies and remand misdemeanors)
  • Remote Access: No

New Mexico

  • Counties: 33
  • Courts: District, Magistrate, Metropolitan Court of Bernalillo, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: Yes, no fee (does not include Municipal courts)

New York

  • Counties: 62
  • Courts: Supreme, District, County, NYC Criminal, Town & Village Justice
  • County/Statewide: Both (not all counties available)
  • Remote Access: Statewide, $52 per name (possible delays, includes all courts. Town & Village records only date back to 2002-2003)

North Carolina

  • Counties: 100
  • Courts: Superior, District
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: Yes, $5 per search

North Dakota

  • Counties: 53
  • Courts: District, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: Some counties, no fee. Remote access is dependent on years lived in specific county
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Ohio

  • Counties: 88
  • Courts: Common Pleas, County, Municipal, Mayors
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: 47 counties, no fee

Oklahoma

  • Counties: 77
  • Courts: District, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: 55 counties, no fee (22 counties, remote coverage depends on years lived in county)

Oregon

  • Counties: 36
  • Courts: Circuit, Justice, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: Yes, $1 per search
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Pennsylvania

  • Counties: 67
  • Courts: Common Pleas, Philadelphia Municipal, Philadelphia Traffic, Pittsburgh Magistrates, Magisterial District
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: County searches, Court of Common Pleas only (Philadelphia all courts), no fee. Statewide searches, $10. Remote Access with possible delays, includes all courts
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Rhode Island

  • Counties: 5
  • Courts: Superior, District
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: Yes, no fee
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S

South Carolina

  • Counties: 46
  • Courts: Circuit, Magistrate, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: Statewide arrest record only, $25 per name, $8 for non-profit agencies (arrest records may require follow up with the court of record) 14 counties, no fee

South Dakota

  • Counties: 67
  • Courts: Circuit, Magistrate
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: No
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Tennessee

  • Counties: 95
  • Courts: Circuit, Chancery, General Sessions, Criminal, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: No

Texas

  • Counties: 254
  • Courts: District, County, Justice of the Peace, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: Statewide DPS search $3 per name (judgments only). 13 counties, no fee
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Utah

  • Counties: 29
  • Courts: District, Justice
  • County/Statewide:
  • Remote Access: Yes, statewide search $3.50 (does not include Class B & C misdemeanors filed in Justice courts)
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Vermont

  • Counties: 14
  • Courts: Superior, District
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: No

Virginia

  • Counties: 95
  • Courts: Circuit, District
  • County/Statewide: Both
  • Remote Access: No
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Washington

  • Counties: 39
  • Courts: Superior, District, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Statewide
  • Remote Access: Yes, $1 per search

West Virginia

  • Counties: 55
  • Courts: Circuit, Magistrate, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: No

Wisconsin

  • Counties: 72
  • Courts: District, Circuit, Municipal
  • County/Statewide: Statewide (may not include all CT charges)
  • Remote Access: Yes

Wyoming

  • Counties: 23
  • Courts: District & Circuit
  • County/Statewide: County only
  • Remote Access: No
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