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 9, 2026.
Rochester, New York, in Monroe County, has about 207,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Monroe County Supreme and County Courts and the city, town and village courts, and the file of each case, kept by 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Rochester public records, Monroe County court records, Rochester arrest records, Rochester warrants, Rochester inmate search, Rochester criminal records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Rochester
Court cases from Rochester are filed in the Monroe County Supreme and County Courts, which hear divorces and major civil cases in the Supreme Court, felonies in the County Court.
Below it, the city, town and village courts take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims.
Divorces go to the Supreme Court, and the file stays with the County Clerk.
The County Clerk keeps the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Freedom of Information Law.
Looking Up a Case from Rochester
For Monroe County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcivilLocal/LCSearch?param=P (page title: Case Search | NY iApps | Unified Court System), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Statewide, eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
The New York court page SearchSystems verified is at iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/CaseSearch.
What Reaches the Court from Rochester
Together, the 11 agencies in Monroe County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 11,822 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Monroe County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at monroecounty.gov/da (page title: Monroe County, NY | Monroe County District Attorney), phone 585 753-4500, 47 S. Fitzhugh St. Rochester, NY 14614, 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 York State Department of Motor Vehicles, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Rochester guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Rochester criminal records, Rochester divorce records, Rochester DUI and Rochester property records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Rochester?
Through eCourts, the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
Which court hears felonies in Rochester?
The Monroe County Supreme and County Courts, which hear divorces and major civil cases in the Supreme Court, felonies in the County Court. The city, town and village courts take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims.
Who keeps the court records in Rochester?
The County Clerk. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in New York?
Yes: eCourts, the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
Is this the official Rochester website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.