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 on September 23, 2026.
Morris County, New Jersey, has about 523,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris 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: Morris County public records, Morris County arrest records, Morris County warrants, Morris County inmate search, Morris County criminal records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Morris County
In Morris County, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris 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 Morris County
For Morris County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at morriscountynj.gov/Government/Court-System (page title: Court System | Morris County, NJ), phone 862-397-5700, 10 Court Street Morristown, NJ 07963, 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 Morris County
Together, the 36 agencies in Morris County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,472 arrests to the FBI that year; the County Prosecutor decides which of those arrests become cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris County.
The County Prosecutor's page SearchSystems verified is at morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Prosecutor (page title: Morris County Prosecutor's Office | Morris County, NJ), phone (973) 285-6200, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Morris County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Morris County criminal records, Morris County divorce records, Morris County traffic tickets, Morris County DUI and Morris County property records.
Cities in Morris County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris 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 Morris County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Morristown (20,732)
- Dover (18,909)
- Florham Park (14,533)
- Lincoln Park (11,030)
- Kinnelon (10,108)
- Chatham (10,062)
- Boonton (8,894)
- Butler (8,196)
- Wharton (7,444)
- Rockaway (6,651)
- Mount Arlington (5,979)
- Mendham (5,000)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Morris County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at morriscountynj.gov/Government/Court-System, phone 862-397-5700. Statewide, New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
Which court hears felonies in Morris County?
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris County, which hears every civil, criminal, family and probate case.
Who keeps the court records in Morris 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 Morris 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.