Vermont Court Records

To begin, add a court record or view a list of locations and resources for Vermont court records.

Access to the Vermont court records is governed by the administrative offices and judicial branches of Vermont. These administrative offices maintain the court records for Vermont whether those records are in electronic or paper form. They also provide what in effect is a comprehensive policy on the process of public access to specific records of any judicial proceedings.

There are certain provisions which enable individual a higher level of access other than that which is granted to the general public. Vermont court records which have been categorized or deemed exempt from public viewing may only be handled and managed by the appropriate custodians who have been granted specific right of access.

While there are general exemptions on specific types of case files, the majority of the court records of Vermont can be viewed by visiting individual courthouses which maintain those records or by accessing online databases through the internet whether by commercial websites or the official court websites.