Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Kent County, Delaware, has about 193,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Delaware Superior Court, Kent County and the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts, and the file of each case, kept by the Prothonotary, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Kent County public records, Kent County arrest records, Kent County warrants, Kent County inmate search, Kent County criminal records, Delaware arrest records and Delaware inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Kent County
Court cases from Kent County are filed in the Delaware Superior Court, Kent County, which hears felonies and civil cases without a dollar limit.
Below it, the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts take misdemeanors in the Court of Common Pleas, traffic cases and small civil claims in the Justice of the Peace Courts.
Divorces go to the Family Court, and the file stays with the Family Court clerk.
The Prothonotary keeps the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Delaware Freedom of Information Act.
Looking Up a Case from Kent County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.delaware.gov/aoc/kccourthouse (page title: Kent County Courthouse | Administrative Office of the Courts | Delaware Courts | State of Delaware), phone 302.735.1900, 414 Federal Street Dover, DE 19901, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts, not to the Delaware Superior Court, Kent County.
Statewide, CourtConnect is the Delaware courts' free online case search for civil cases and judgments.
The Delaware court page SearchSystems verified is at courts.delaware.gov/docket.aspx.
What Reaches the Court from Kent County
Together, the 11 agencies in Kent County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,681 arrests to the FBI that year; the Attorney General decides which of those arrests become cases in the Delaware Superior Court, Kent County or the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts.
The Kinds of Court Files
The court file is one record with several readers: a criminal case from the arrest to the sentence, a divorce from the petition to the judgment, a traffic ticket from the citation to the conviction the court reports to the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Kent County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Kent County criminal records, Kent County traffic tickets and Kent County DUI.
Cities in Kent County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Delaware Superior Court, Kent County or the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Kent County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Kent County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.delaware.gov/aoc/kccourthouse, phone 302.735.1900; it belongs to a lower court, the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts, not to the Delaware Superior Court, Kent County. Statewide, CourtConnect is the Delaware courts' free online case search for civil cases and judgments.
Which court hears felonies in Kent County?
The Delaware Superior Court, Kent County, which hears felonies and civil cases without a dollar limit. The Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace Courts take misdemeanors in the Court of Common Pleas, traffic cases and small civil claims in the Justice of the Peace Courts.
Who keeps the court records in Kent County?
The Prothonotary. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Delaware?
Yes: CourtConnect, the Delaware courts' free online case search for civil cases and judgments.
Is this the official Kent County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.