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Nebraska court records

Who holds it: Unified state judicial branch under the Supreme Court: one district court (general jurisdiction; felonies, most civil, divorce) and one county court (limited jurisdiction: small claims, probate, guardianship, adoption, misdemeanors/traffic, most juvenile) in each of the 93 counties; separate juvenile courts in Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy. Each county has a clerk of the district court (elected in counties of 7,000+; otherwise county clerk may be ex officio); county court offices are administered by clerk magistrates hired by the county judges of the district (judicial administrators in Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy).1

Last checked against official sources on .

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

Fees

County court: photocopies $0.25/page; executing certificate and affixing seal $1.00; authenticated (three-seal) certificate $3.00 (Neb. Rev. Stat. 33-126.05). District court copy fees not listed on the schedule (ask the clerk).2

Statewide case search

JUSTICE (statewide trial-court case system): One-Time Case Search $17 per search (up to 30 cases, 3-day access; charged even with no results); or Nebraska.gov subscriber account ($100/year) with free name-list searches and $2 per case detail view; document images (filed after April 16, 2008) at no extra charge. Free at courthouse public terminals/kiosks and law libraries.3

Free search, fee for copies

What is public and what is sealed

What is public
All Nebraska court records are public unless sealed or confidential by law; online case records are public record.4
Sealed and confidential records
Sealed records are not available through court offices or online. Dismissals/acquittals after December 31, 2016 are sealed automatically; earlier ones require a motion; pardoned convictions and set-aside trafficking-survivor convictions may be sealed. Only the subject may request a copy of a sealed record (form DC 1:12).5
Criminal history checks: state repository
Nebraska State Patrol, Criminal Identification Division (central repository).6
Criminal history checks: fee
$45 per name-based Nebraska criminal history report (online, in person at any NSP Troop Area office, or by mail).6
Criminal history checks: who may order
Anyone may request a name-based (public) report on any adult; juvenile arrests are not released. Complete history (including redacted items) only with the subject's notarized release. Fingerprint-based national checks only where required by law.6
Divorce records: who holds it
Clerk of the district court in the county where granted holds the decree/case file; DHHS Office of Vital Records issues divorce certificates for divorces from 1909. Pre-1909: clerk of the district court.7
Probate: who holds it
County court of the county (probate, guardianship, conservatorship); records searchable through JUSTICE.8

How Nebraska handles it

  • Counties under 20,000 inhabitants may have no separate register of deeds: the county clerk serves as ex officio register of deeds (records and 33-109 fees then sit with the county clerk).9
  • In counties without an elected clerk of the district court (under 7,000 inhabitants, by county board/district judge decision), the county clerk is ex officio clerk of the district court.10
  • Separate juvenile courts exist only in Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy counties; elsewhere the county court handles juvenile matters. Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy also have different property-tax delinquency dates (April 1/August 1).8

Court records in Nebraska 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
Douglas County—District Court11
Douglas County Court12		Fees: county court copies: County court photocopies $0.25 per page (state schedule)13
Lancaster County——Court photocopies $0.25 per page (Neb. Rev. Stat. 33-126.05, statewide schedule)14
Sarpy County—Sarpy County District Court15
Sarpy County Court16		—

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

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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska: Nebraska public records guide.

Sources

Every fact above links to the official page it comes from; all 16 sources were checked on November 4, 2026. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.

  1. Case Information - eServicesNebraska Judicial Branch
  2. Filing Fees and Court CostsNebraska Judicial Branch
  3. JUSTICE One-Time Case SearchNebraska Judicial Branch / Nebraska.gov
  4. Adult Record SealingNebraska Judicial Branch
  5. Records That Are No Longer AvailableNebraska Judicial Branch
  6. Criminal History Record RequestsNebraska State Patrol
  7. Vital Records - Family History (Genealogy)Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Records
  8. County CourtNebraska Judicial Branch
  9. Register of DeedsDodge County, Nebraska
  10. District CourtNebraska Judicial Branch
  11. How to… - Douglas County Clerk of the District CourtDouglas County, Nebraska
  12. JUSTICE one-time court case searchNebraska.gov / Nebraska Judicial Branch
  13. Filing Fees and Court CostsNebraska Judicial Branch
  14. Filing Fees and Court CostsNebraska Judicial Branch
  15. District Court | Sarpy County, NESarpy County Clerk of the District Court
  16. JUSTICE One-Time Case SearchNebraska Judicial Branch (nebraska.gov)