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 between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
New Castle County, Delaware, has about 588,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Delaware Superior Court, New Castle 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, directory links, cities and common questions.
Related guides: New Castle County public records, New Castle County arrest records, New Castle County warrants, New Castle County inmate search, New Castle County criminal records, Delaware arrest records and Delaware inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from New Castle County
Court cases from New Castle County are filed in the Delaware Superior Court, New Castle 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.
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 New Castle County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.delaware.gov/docket.aspx (page title: Civil Case Search | Delaware Courts | State of Delaware), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, CourtConnect is the Delaware courts' free online case search for civil cases and judgments.
What Reaches the Court from New Castle County
Together, the eight agencies in New Castle County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,104 arrests to the FBI that year; the Attorney General decides which of those arrests become cases in the Delaware Superior Court, New Castle 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 New Castle County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: New Castle County criminal records, New Castle County divorce records, New Castle County traffic tickets, New Castle County DUI and New Castle County property records.
More Official Court Pages for New Castle County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for New Castle County and Delaware. These court pages from its New Castle County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Big (courtconnect.courts.delaware.gov)
Cities in New Castle County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Delaware Superior Court, New Castle 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 New Castle County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Wilmington (73,176)
- Newark (30,506)
- Middletown (25,686)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in New Castle County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.delaware.gov/docket.aspx. Statewide, CourtConnect is the Delaware courts' free online case search for civil cases and judgments.
Which court hears felonies in New Castle County?
The Delaware Superior Court, New Castle 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 New Castle 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 New Castle 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.