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.
Crawford County, Kansas, has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Crawford County District Court, and the file of each case, kept by the Clerk of the District Court, 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: Crawford County public records, Crawford County arrest records, Crawford County warrants, Crawford County inmate search, Crawford County criminal records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Crawford County
In Crawford County, the Crawford County District Court hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets written under its ordinances.
Divorces go to the District Court, and the file stays with the Clerk of the District Court.
The Clerk of the District Court keeps the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Kansas Open Records Act.
Looking Up a Case from Crawford County
For Crawford County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at crawfordcountykansas.org/court-case-info.html (page title: Court Case Info | CRAWFORD COUNTY, KS), phone 620-724-6115, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
The Kansas court page SearchSystems verified is at casesearch.kscourts.gov.
What Reaches the Court from Crawford County
Together, the four agencies in Crawford County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,142 arrests to the FBI that year; the County Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Crawford County District Court.
The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at crawfordcountykansas.org/county-attorney.html (page title: County Attorney | CRAWFORD COUNTY, KS), phone (620) 724-6780, Mon - Fri: 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Kinds of Court Files
Criminal cases, divorces, traffic tickets and evictions all end up as files of these courts, and the file is what the public sees of each.
The other Crawford County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Crawford County criminal records, Crawford County divorce records, Crawford County traffic tickets, Crawford County DUI and Crawford County property records.
Cities in Crawford County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Crawford County District Court; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Crawford County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Pittsburg (20,547)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Crawford County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at crawfordcountykansas.org/court-case-info.html, phone 620-724-6115. Statewide, Kansas District Court Public Access Portal is the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
Which court hears felonies in Crawford County?
The Crawford County District Court, which hears every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
Who keeps the court records in Crawford County?
The Clerk of the District Court. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Kansas?
Yes: Kansas District Court Public Access Portal, the Kansas courts' statewide case search.
Is this the official Crawford 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.