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 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026.
Hudson County, New Jersey, has about 736,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Hudson County public records, Hudson County arrest records, Hudson County warrants, Hudson County inmate search, Hudson County criminal records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Hudson County
In Hudson County, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson 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 Hudson County
For Hudson County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at njcourts.gov/public/find-a-case (page title: Find a Case), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Hudson County
Together, the 13 agencies in Hudson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10,411 arrests to the FBI that year; the County Prosecutor decides which of those arrests become cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson County.
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 Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Hudson County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Hudson County criminal records, Hudson County divorce records, Hudson County traffic tickets, Hudson County DUI and Hudson County property records.
Cities in Hudson County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson 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 Hudson County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Jersey City (302,824)
- Bayonne (74,532)
- Union City (66,918)
- Hoboken (59,149)
- West New York (52,975)
- Kearny (40,866)
- Secaucus (22,710)
- Harrison (22,182)
- Guttenberg (11,945)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Hudson County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at njcourts.gov/public/find-a-case. Statewide, New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
Which court hears felonies in Hudson County?
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson County, which hears every civil, criminal, family and probate case.
Who keeps the court records in Hudson 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 Hudson 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.