Reviewed and updated October 11, 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 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026.
Bergen County, New Jersey, has about 979,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County, and the file of each case, kept by the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk, 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: Bergen County public records, Bergen County arrest records, Bergen County warrants, Bergen County inmate search, Bergen County criminal records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Bergen County
In Bergen County, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County hears every civil, criminal, family and probate case.
A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets written under its ordinances.
Divorces go to the Superior Court's Family Part, and the file stays with the Superior Court Clerk's Office.
The Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk keep the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Open Public Records Act.
Looking Up a Case from Bergen County
For Bergen County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at surrogate.bergencountynj.gov/aboutus.html (page title: About the Office & Directions | Bergen County Surrogate's Court), phone (201) 336-6700, Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
Statewide, New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
The New Jersey court page SearchSystems verified is at njcourts.gov/public.
What Reaches the Court from Bergen County
Together, the 59 agencies in Bergen County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,999 arrests to the FBI that year; the County Prosecutor decides which of those arrests become cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County.
The County Prosecutor's page SearchSystems verified is at bergencountynj.gov/prosecutor (page title: Prosecutor | Bergen County, NJ), phone 201-336-6000, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Bergen County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Bergen County criminal records, Bergen County divorce records, Bergen County traffic tickets, Bergen County DUI and Bergen County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Bergen County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Bergen County and New Jersey. These court pages from its Bergen County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- New Jersey Find a Case (njcourts.gov)
Cities in Bergen County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Bergen County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population:
- Hackensack (46,630)
- Fort Lee (40,566)
- Fair Lawn (36,489)
- Garfield (33,530)
- Englewood (30,221)
- Bergenfield (28,921)
- Paramus (26,786)
- Ridgewood (26,701)
- Cliffside Park (26,183)
- Elmwood Park (21,680)
- Palisades Park (20,520)
- Rutherford (19,214)
- Dumont (18,606)
- New Milford (17,229)
- North Arlington (16,694)
- Fairview (15,606)
- Tenafly (15,455)
- Edgewater (15,116)
- Ridgefield Park (13,400)
- Glen Rock (12,346)
- River Edge (12,235)
- Ridgefield (11,666)
- Westwood (11,434)
- Franklin Lakes (11,251)
- Little Ferry (11,137)
- East Rutherford (10,624)
- Wood-Ridge (10,397)
- Waldwick (10,308)
- Hillsdale (10,266)
- Maywood (10,221)
- Bogota (9,799)
- Leonia (9,492)
- Cresskill (9,311)
- Oradell (8,344)
- Allendale (6,928)
- Carlstadt (6,454)
- Old Tappan (6,342)
- Harrington Park (5,088)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Bergen County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at surrogate.bergencountynj.gov/aboutus.html, phone (201) 336-6700. Statewide, New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
Which court hears felonies in Bergen County?
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County, which hears every civil, criminal, family and probate case.
Who keeps the court records in Bergen County?
The Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in New Jersey?
Yes: New Jersey Courts Public Access, the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
Is this the official Bergen 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.