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Delaware court records

Who holds it: Unified state court system (not county courts): Supreme Court, Court of Chancery, Superior Court (criminal and civil cases; offices and a Prothonotary in each county), Family Court, Court of Common Pleas, Justice of the Peace Court, administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts.1

Last checked against official sources on .

On this page
  1. What is public and what is sealed
  2. Older records and indexes
  3. Related records in Delaware
  4. How Delaware handles it
  5. Court records in Delaware counties with a full guide
  6. Official warnings
  7. Official copies vs look-alike sites
  8. Sources

Fees

Family Court (Schedule of Assessed Costs, effective 7/20/26): document copying $1.00 per page; certified copies $4.00 per page; exemplified copies $5.00 per page; archived case retrieval $25.00; divorce filing $165.00 (+$10 court security fee).2

Statewide case search

CourtConnect (courtconnect.courts.delaware.gov/…): free online civil docket search for Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace Court - by person/business name or case type, including judgment searches. No public statewide online criminal case search was found.3

Free search

What is public and what is sealed

What is public
Courts are outside FOIA and follow their own access rules. Family Court files can be reviewed in the courthouse Records Room in the presence of staff with photo ID; social documents (psychological evaluations, social histories, presentence and custody investigations) need a judicial order.4
Sealed and confidential records
Criminal records may be expunged through the State Bureau of Identification: $72.00 application; if a mandatory expungement is approved, a $75.00 money order to the Delaware State Police; otherwise the applicant receives information on the discretionary expungement process.5

Older records and indexes

Older records
Older court records (e.g. divorce decrees, pardons) may be at the Delaware Public Archives; copies of divorce decrees from DPA are $10.00 each.6
Criminal history checks: state repository
Delaware State Police, State Bureau of Identification (SBI), 600 S. Bay Road, Dover (enrollment centers Dover and Georgetown; IdentoGO/IDEMIA partner sites statewide). Fingerprint-based certified reports only.5
Criminal history checks: who may order
Any person for their own record (service code 27RVGT, issued only to the requesting citizen); employers/licensing agencies via their own service codes. Criminal records of others are closed to the public under FOIA.5
Criminal history checks: fee
$72.00 certified Delaware criminal history; $85.00 Delaware + FBI (only where mandated by law); fingerprint card only $30.00.5
Divorce records: who holds it
Family Court of the county where the divorce was granted issues certified copies of decrees; the Office of Vital Statistics keeps divorce records for statistics only.7
Probate: who holds it
Register of Wills of each county (New Castle, Kent, Sussex), an elected county office that acts only as a clerk of the Court of Chancery; fees set by each county's governing body.8

How Delaware handles it

  • Only three counties, each with elected row offices: Recorder of Deeds (land records), Register of Wills (probate, acting as clerk of the Court of Chancery) and Clerk of the Peace (marriage licenses). Courts are state-run, not county-run.8
  • Divorce decrees come only from Family Court; Vital Statistics keeps divorce data for statistics only.7

Court records in Delaware counties with a full guide

The local office, its official online search and its own fee, for each county with a full guide. Local fees can differ from the statewide figures above.

CountyOfficeSearch onlineFee
Kent County——Family Court: document copying $1.00 per page (Schedule of Assessed Costs effective 7/20/26)9
New Castle County—Superior Court10Family Court: document copying $1.00 per page; exemplified copies $5.00 per page (Schedule of Assessed Costs effective 7/20/26).11
Sussex County—Delaware Superior Court12Family Court: document copying $1.00 per page; certified copies $4.00 first page and $4.00 each additional page (Schedule of Assessed Costs effective 7/20/26)13

For any other county, see the county list on the Delaware guide.

Official warnings

  • Court/warrant/jury-duty phone and text scams (Delaware Judiciary)1

Official copies vs look-alike sites

A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any Delaware office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.

Rules in other states: court records in every state. Everything else in Delaware: Delaware public records guide.

Sources

Every fact above links to the official page it comes from; all 13 sources were checked on November 4, 2026. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.

  1. Delaware Courts homeDelaware Judiciaryarchived copy
  2. Family Court Schedule of Assessed CostsDelaware Judiciary - Family Courtarchived copy
  3. Docket Information (CourtConnect)Delaware Judiciaryarchived copy
  4. Family Court Record Access FAQDelaware Judiciary - Family Courtarchived copy
  5. Obtaining a Certified Criminal HistoryDelaware State Police - State Bureau of Identification
  6. Visiting & Researching at the Delaware Public Archives (fees, vital records, records availability)Delaware Public Archives
  7. Delaware Code Title 16, Chapter 31, Subchapter II - Registration Requirements (incl. §§ 3128, 3132)Delaware General Assembly
  8. Delaware Code Title 12, Chapter 25 - Register of WillsDelaware General Assembly
  9. Family Court Schedule of Assessed CostsDelaware Judiciary
  10. Civil Case SearchDelaware Judiciary
  11. Family Court Schedule of Assessed CostsDelaware Family Court
  12. Court docketsDelaware Judiciary
  13. Family Court Schedule of Assessed CostsDelaware Judiciary