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.
Rockingham County, New Hampshire, has about 322,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Rockingham County Superior Court and the Circuit 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, directory links, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Rockingham County public records, Rockingham County arrest records, Rockingham County warrants, Rockingham County inmate search, Rockingham County criminal records, New Hampshire arrest records and New Hampshire inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Rockingham County
Court cases from Rockingham County are filed in the Rockingham County Superior Court, which hears felonies, civil cases tried to a jury, and appeals.
Below it, the Circuit Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims in the District Division; divorces and family matters in the Family Division; estates in the Probate Division.
Divorces go to the Circuit Court's Family Division, and the file stays with the Family Division clerk.
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 New Hampshire Right-to-Know Law.
Looking Up a Case from Rockingham County
For Rockingham County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.nh.gov/news-and-media/case-access-portal-here (page title: Case Access Portal is Here! | New Hampshire Judicial Branch), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 court page SearchSystems verified is at courts.nh.gov/self-help/record-checks.
What Reaches the Court from Rockingham County
Together, the 35 agencies in Rockingham County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,812 arrests to the FBI that year; the County Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Rockingham County Superior Court or the Circuit Court.
The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at rockinghamcountyattorney.org (page title: Rockingham County Attorney's Office), phone 603-642-4249, 100 North Road - Second Floor, Brentwood NH 03833, 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 Rockingham County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Rockingham County criminal records, Rockingham County divorce records, Rockingham County traffic tickets, Rockingham County DUI and Rockingham County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Rockingham County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Rockingham County and New Hampshire. These court pages from its Rockingham County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Daily Docket (courts.nh.gov)
Cities in Rockingham County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Rockingham County Superior Court or the Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Rockingham County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Portsmouth (22,938)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which court hears felonies in Rockingham County?
The Rockingham County Superior Court, which hears felonies, civil cases tried to a jury, and appeals. The Circuit Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims in the District Division; divorces and family matters in the Family Division; estates in the Probate Division.
Who keeps the court records in Rockingham 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 New Hampshire?
No. Each court's records are looked up through that court.
Is this the official Rockingham 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.