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Current Court Delays and Closures

November 12, 2026

Current Court Delays and Closures

Domestic
Area	Jurisdiction	Details
Alabama	Not affected.	No closures.
Alaska	Not affected.	No closures.
Arizona	Statewide.	11/3/26: Severe weather conditions, including heavy rainfall, flash flooding, and high winds, are currently causing evacuations and road closures across several Arizona counties, impacting research operations. Please expect delays on all orders in the following affected counties while these conditions persist: Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yavapai.
Arkansas	Jefferson . Fort Smith *.	* 10/21/26: Pine Bluff District Court is experiencing significant delays due to staff shortages. ** 11/10/26: Intermittent system issues are impacting searches. Expect delays.
California	San Joaquin . Plumas . San Benito . Los Angeles **.	10/28/26 New PAT does not provide DOBs. Searches with records need to be verified by clerks resulting in a 15-20 business day TAT. 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 records system is currently offline, resulting in work stoppages. Expect Delays. ** 11/10/26: PATs are intermittently experiencing downtime. Expect delays.
Colorado	Not affected.	No closures.
Connecticut	Not affected.	No closures.
Delaware	Not affected.	No closures.
District of Columbia	Not affected.	No closures.
Florida	Escambia. Hillsborough. Seminole**.	10/16/26: 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. **11/3/26: The primary online index for Seminole County is currently experiencing a complete outage, impacting all research capabilities. No searches can be processed at this time. Expect delays.
Georgia	Newton.	11/12/26: The primary online index for Newton County is currently experiencing an outage. Expect delays.
Hawaii	Not affected.	No closures.
Idaho	Not affected.	No closures.
Illinois	Not affected.	No closures.
Indiana	Not affected.	No closures.
Iowa	Not affected.	No closures.
Kansas	Statewide.	11/12/26: The primary online index used to complete county-level searches throughout Kansas is currently experiencing issues with its District Court databases, impacting access to case information and research capabilities. Please expect delays on all county-level Kansas orders while these issues persist.
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.
Maine	Statewide.	9/30/26: Ongoing..Due to severe clerk staffing issues, turnaround times have been extending. They are averaging 15 business days now.
Maryland	Not affected.	No closures.
Massachusetts	Not affected.	No closures.
Michigan	Berrien. Statewide. Ingham **.	* 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. * 11/6/26: Ingham Circuit court system is back online and reporting case details accurately. Expect delays as we work through the backlog.
Minnesota	Not affected.	No closures.
Mississippi	Hinds.	10/27/26: The Hinds County court system is currently experiencing an outage. Please expect delays.
Missouri	Not affected.	No closures.
Montana	Not affected.	No Closures.
Nebraska	Not affected.	No closures.
Nevada	Douglas (Tahoe Justice Court). Statewide *.	* 10/28/26: 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. ** 10/29/26: Statewide offices and courts will be closed on 10/30/26 in observance of Their "Nevada Day" holiday.
New Hampshire	Statewide.	10/28/26: 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.
New Jersey	Not affected.	No closures.
New Mexico	Not affected.	No closures.
New York	Westchester . Franklin . Rensselaer **.	10/16/26: Researchers are currently experiencing delays with clerk-assisted file retrieval. Please expect delays. * 10/29/26: Court systems are offline. ETA for access is 11/16/26. Expect delays. *** 11/5/26: Court under renovations starting 11/9. Expect up to 2 week delay if clerk assistance is required.
North Carolina	Not affected.	No closures.
North Dakota	Not affected.	No closures.
Ohio	Not affected.	No closures.
Oklahoma	Not affected.	No closures.
Oregon	Not affected.	No closures.
Pennsylvania	Not affected.	No closures.
Rhode Island	Not affected.	No closures.
South Carolina	Not affected.	No closures.
South Dakota	Not affected.	No closures.
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.
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.
Utah	Not affected.	No closures.
Vermont	Not affected.	No closures.
Virginia	Not affected.	No closures.
West Virginia	Not affected.	No closures.
Washington	Not affected.	No closures.
Wisconsin	Not affected.	No closures.
Wyoming	Laramie* Other counties**	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.

U.S. Territories and Other Countries
Area	Jurisdiction	Details
American Samoa	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).
Guam	All courts	No closures.
Northern Mariana Islands	All courts	No closures.
Puerto Rico	Territory wide	No closures.