Nebraska Court Records

Accessing Nebraska Court Records

Are you absolutely certain about the background of the person who is working at your child's daycare center? Can you really be sure unless you have checked personally? Your next door neighbor certainly looks like a thug, but is he really a thug, or are the looks just deceptive? Checking the court records can give you all the answers. You can check to confirm whether a person has a criminal background or not by taking a look at the police and even the military records, you can do some checking about a business to find out whether the company has been sued or not. Accessing the court records can help you in many ways.

How to Access Nebraska Court Records

There are numerous ways to access the court records. If you are interested in gathering information about a specific case that was tried in a district court and if you know the name of the defendant, then you should check with the general index for the district court first where the case was heard. The index will then point you to the appropriate court materials that hold information about the case. It is extremely important for you to write down the case number, the volume and page numbers for any dockets the index mentions.

The County, Municipal, and Justice courts generally do not have any other records other than a volume passed on as the docket number, and case file that contains the original records of the case. The docket comprises of the functions of the district court and the District court paper. There is usually an index at the volume's beginning.

Sometimes the County and Municipal courts have different cumulative indexes for the separate cases, and there is the court calendar too. The archives do not usually gather case files from these lower courts.

To offer statewide court records online, the Nebraska judicial system has developed an online system - this is known as the JUSTICE or the Nebraska Trial Courts Case System. This is a government portal, and the system offers open admittance to Nebraska court records for cases that have been tried in any Nebraska court, other than the District court of Douglas County. It allows those who want to use it just once to make a nominal payment per search, and access a certain court record. You can also subscribe monthly if you must carry out detailed research on the court records. There is extra payment for this service.

Generally, records are updated to the online database every nigh. So, information about a case might be accessible within 24 hours.

You will have 3 days or viewing the results of the search.

Please visit for the court records from the District court of Douglas county,

Clerk of Douglas County District Court

1701 Farnam

Omaha, NE 68183

(402) 444-7018

If you just need one-time information, it would be best to contact the Clerk's office and make a formal application for the Nebraska court record.

You can contact the following office for the record you seek,

Administrative Office of the Courts

1445 K Street

1213 State Capitol

P. O. Box 98910

Lincoln, NE 68509

(402) 471-3730