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.
Strafford County, New Hampshire, has about 134,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Strafford 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Strafford County public records, Strafford County arrest records, Strafford County warrants, Strafford County inmate search, Strafford County criminal records, New Hampshire arrest records and New Hampshire inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Strafford County
In Strafford County, the Strafford County Superior Court 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 Strafford County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.nh.gov/your-visit/find-court/strafford-superior-court (page title: Strafford Superior Court | New Hampshire Judicial Branch), phone 855-212-1234, 259 County Farm Road, Suite 301 Dover, NH 03820, Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 court page SearchSystems verified is at courts.nh.gov/self-help/record-checks.
What Reaches the Court from Strafford County
Together, the 14 agencies in Strafford County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,280 arrests to the FBI that year; the County Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Strafford County Superior Court or the Circuit Court.
The County Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at co.strafford.nh.us/department/attorney-s-office (page title: Attorney's Office), phone (603) 749-2808, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Strafford County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Strafford County criminal records, Strafford County divorce records, Strafford County traffic tickets, Strafford County DUI and Strafford County property records.
Cities in Strafford County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Strafford County Superior Court or the Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Strafford County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Dover (33,909)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Strafford County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.nh.gov, phone 855-212-1234.
Which court hears felonies in Strafford County?
The Strafford 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 Strafford 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 Strafford 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.