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 September 30, 2026.
Penobscot County, Maine, has about 157,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Penobscot County Superior Court and the District Court, and the file of each case, kept by the clerk of each 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: Penobscot County public records, Penobscot County arrest records, Penobscot County warrants, Penobscot County inmate search, Penobscot County criminal records, Maine arrest records and Maine inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Penobscot County
In Penobscot County, the Penobscot County Superior Court hears felonies with jury trials and civil cases.
Below it, the District Court takes misdemeanors, traffic violations, small claims, divorces and family matters.
Divorces go to the District Court, and the file stays with the clerk of each court.
The clerk of each 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 Maine Freedom of Access Act.
Looking Up a Case from Penobscot County
For Penobscot County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.maine.gov/courts/superior/penobscot-sc.html (page title: Penobscot County Superior Court: State of Maine Judicial Branch), phone (207) 561-2300, 78 Exchange Street, Bangor, ME 04401, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Maine has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Maine court page SearchSystems verified is at courts.maine.gov/ecourts/access.html.
What Reaches the Court from Penobscot County
Together, the 12 agencies in Penobscot County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,398 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Penobscot County Superior Court or the District Court.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at penobscot-county.net/government/elected_officials/district_attorney... (page title: Penobscot County ME), phone (207) 942-8535, 97 Hammond St. Bangor, ME 04401, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
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 Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Penobscot County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Penobscot County criminal records, Penobscot County divorce records, Penobscot County traffic tickets, Penobscot County DUI and Penobscot County property records.
Cities in Penobscot County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Penobscot County Superior Court or the District Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Penobscot County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Bangor (32,446)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Penobscot County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.maine.gov, phone (207) 561-2300.
Which court hears felonies in Penobscot County?
The Penobscot County Superior Court, which hears felonies with jury trials and civil cases. The District Court takes misdemeanors, traffic violations, small claims, divorces and family matters.
Who keeps the court records in Penobscot County?
The clerk of each court. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Maine?
No. Each court's records are looked up through that court.
Is this the official Penobscot 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.