Reviewed and updated October 11, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime 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 11, 2026.
Laconia, New Hampshire, in Belknap County, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In New Hampshire the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the clerk of each court; the statewide criminal history kept by the New Hampshire State Police Criminal Records Unit is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Laconia is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Belknap County Superior Court
A criminal case from Laconia is filed in the Belknap County Superior Court or the Circuit Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims in the District Division; divorces and family matters in the Family Division; estates in the Probate Division, and the court file, kept by the clerk of each court, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at belknapcounty.gov/m/directory/department?did=12 (page title: Staff Directory, Restorative Justice | Court Diversion), phone 603-527-5493, 64 Court Street Laconia, NH 03246, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
New Hampshire has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The New Hampshire Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the New Hampshire State Police Criminal Records Unit is closed to the public in New Hampshire: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a notarized request to the Criminal Records Unit. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at nhsp.dos.nh.gov/our-services/criminal-records/criminal-history-reco....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Laconia
The Belknap County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Laconia (filed by the FBI as Laconia Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Laconia: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Belknap County: the Belknap County State Police (state police); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 12 agencies in Belknap County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,111 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Laconia arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Laconia in 2025
The agency that reports for Laconia had 32 violent and 426 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The County Attorney for Belknap County
Charges in Belknap County are filed by the County Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Belknap County Superior Court or the Circuit Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at belknapcounty.gov/221/County-Attorney (page title: County Attorney | Belknap County, NH), phone 603-527-5440, 64 Court St Laconia, NH 03246, Monday through Friday 8 am to 4 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 2, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Laconia
Registered sex offenders living in Laconia are listed on the New Hampshire Sex Offender Registry, run by the New Hampshire Department of Safety at business.nh.gov/nsor. Tier 2 and Tier 3 offenders are listed online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Belknap County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the New Hampshire Right-to-Know Law a county office must answer a request within 5 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Laconia?
The court files of criminal cases in the Belknap County Superior Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the New Hampshire State Police Criminal Records Unit is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the New Hampshire Right-to-Know Law.
Can I search Laconia criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at belknapcounty.gov (page title: Staff Directory, Restorative Justice | Court Diversion).
How do I get my own New Hampshire criminal history?
Through a notarized request to the Criminal Records Unit.
Who prosecutes crimes in Laconia?
The County Attorney, reached at 603-527-5440, which files its cases in the Belknap County Superior Court or the Circuit Court.
Is this the official Laconia website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.