Online Court Records - Statewide Searches

I want to use this blog to offer some useful resources to fellow paralegals, attorneys, legal researchers, or anyone else that might be interested.  So here goes...

Many courts in the United States provide some degree of online access to court filings.  Some courts also permit public access to a case docket, a summary of court proceedings and/or a list of filings that have been made in a given case.  Some courts will allow users to view and download court filings or pleadings.

While the level of access provided varies from court to court, an increasing number of states have created websites that permit users to search all of the state courts or appellate courts in those states.  I compiled the below list of websites that offer such searching capabilities with a brief explanation of the scope of the information available.  The list also notes which sites have dockets available and which have records available for viewing and/or download.  It also indicates which sites will require a login and password; most do not.  As I do not have logins and passwords for most sites that require them, in some instances I was not able to determine whether those courts have dockets or records available, and these are indicated by question marks.

If you notice any errors or have additional information to be added to the list, please note in the comments below.  If you have any questions that I might be able assist you with, feel free to email me at blauney@gmail.com, and I will get back to you as quickly as possible.

State/Site	Scope of Information Available Online	Dockets Online	Records Online	Login	Password
Alabama	Statewide  - Appellate Courts	Yes	No	Required	Required
Alaska	Statewide - Trial Courts	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Alaska	Statewide - Appellate Courts	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Arizona	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Arkansas	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
California	Statewide - Supreme Court	Yes	Opinions Only	N/A	N/A
California	Statewide - Appellate Courts	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Colorado	Statewide	?	?	Required	Required
Connecticut	Statewide	Yes	Some	N/A	N/A
Delaware	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Florida	Statewide - Access to Most County Sites Individually	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Georgia	Statewide - Some Counties	Yes		Required	Required
Hawaii	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Illinois	Statewide - Some Counties	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Illinois	Statewide - Some Counties	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Indiana	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Iowa	Statewide	Yes	With Login	Required for Some Features	Required for Some Features
Kansas	Statewide	?	?	Required	Required
Kentucky	Statewide	?	?	Required	Required
Louisiana	No statewide dockets or records available online
Maine	Statewide Superior Courts	No	Opinions Only	N/A	N/A
Maine	Supreme Court	No	Opinions Only	N/A	N/A
Maine	Business Court Opinions	No	Opinions Only	N/A	N/A
Maryland	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Massachusetts	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Michigan	Statewide	Yes	Some	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Mississippi	Statewide - Appellate Courts	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
Mississippi	Statewide	Yes	Yes	Required	Required
Missouri	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Montana	Statewide - Supreme Court	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
Nebraska	Statewide			Required	Required
Nevada	Statewide - Appellate Courts	Yes	Some	N/A	N/A
New Hampshire	No statewide dockets or records available online
New Jersey	Statewide Civil	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
New Jersey	Statewide Criminal	Final disposition only	No	N/A	N/A
New Mexico	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
New York	Statewide	No	No	N/A	N/A
North Carolina	Statewide - Supreme Court	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
North Carolina	Statewide - Appellate Courts	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
North Dakota	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Ohio	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Ohio	Statewide - Supreme Court	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
Oklahoma	Statewide	Yes	Some	N/A	N/A
Oregon	Statewide	Yes	Some	Required	Required
Pennsylvania	Statewide - Appellate Courts	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Pennsylvania	Statewide - Criminal Courts of Common Pleas	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Pennsylvania	Statewide - Magisterial District Courts	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Pennsylvania	Statewide - Philadelphia Municipal Court	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Rhode Island	Statewide	Yes	?	Required	Required
South  Carolina	Statewide	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
South Dakota	Statewide	?	?	Required	Required
Tennessee	Statewide - Appellate	Yes	Some	N/A	N/A
Texas	Statewide - Appellate	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
Utah	Statewide	?	?	Required	Required
Utah	Statewide - Appellate	Yes	Opinions Only	N/A	N/A
Vermont	Statewide	Yes	Yes	Required	Required
Vermont	Statewide - Civil Division Opinions	No	Opinions Only	N/A	N/A
Vermont	Statewide - Legal Decisions	No	Opinions Only	N/A	N/A
Virginia	Statewide - Supreme Court	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Virginia	Statewide - Court of Appeals	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Virginia	Statewide - Circuit Courts	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Virginia	Statewide - District Courts	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Washington	Statewide	Limited	No	N/A	N/A
West Virginia	Statewide - Supreme Court Opinions	No	Opinions Only	N/A	N/A
West Virginia	Statewide - Circuit Courts (38 of 55 Courts Participating)	Yes	Yes	Required	Required
Wisconsin	Statewide - Circuit Court	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Wisconsin	Statewide - Appellate Courts	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Wisconsin	Statewide - Appellate Courts	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
Wyoming	Statewide -  Appellate Courts	Yes	Some	N/A	N/A