Search Mississippi Court Records

Mississippi's trial courts publish case lookups through the Mississippi Judiciary. Start at courts.ms.gov — most case dockets, filings, and hearing calendars are searchable by name, case number, or filing date. County-level clerks publish additional searches; see the cards below for direct county court links.

The Mississippi Judiciary operates Mississippi's official statewide judicial portal at courts.ms.gov. Basic case lookups are typically free of charge; certified copies and bulk-data exports may incur a per-document or per-search fee. Federal cases for Mississippi residents are searched separately through PACER.

Trial courts in Mississippi handle the original filing of civil, criminal, family, probate, and traffic matters. Appellate courts review questions of law from trial-court decisions. The Mississippi Judiciary publishes the full court structure, judge rosters, and jurisdiction maps at courts.ms.gov.

Online coverage varies by court and case type. Most Mississippi county courts have digitized records from approximately the late 1990s or early 2000s forward; older case files may require an in-person clerk visit or a written record request. Check the Mississippi Judiciary portal at courts.ms.gov for each court's coverage window.

No. Mississippi courts redact or remove sealed, expunged, juvenile, and certain confidential records from public-facing searches as required by state statute and court rule. If a record was previously visible and has since been sealed, it will no longer appear in the Mississippi Judiciary portal. For verification you can contact the county clerk where the case was filed.