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 2, 2026.
Cayuga County, New York, has about 75,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Cayuga 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Cayuga County public records, Cayuga County arrest records, Cayuga County warrants, Cayuga County inmate search, Cayuga County criminal records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Cayuga County
Court cases from Cayuga County are filed in the Cayuga 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 Cayuga County
For Cayuga County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at ww2.nycourts.gov/courts/7jd/cayuga/Supreme-and-County/index.shtml (page title: Cayuga County Supreme & County Courts | NYCOURTS.GOV), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser. That page belongs to a lower court, the city, town and village courts, not to the Cayuga County Supreme and County Courts.
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 Cayuga County
Together, the five agencies in Cayuga County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,017 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Cayuga County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at cayugacounty.gov/m/directory/department?did=15 (page title: District Attorney | Staff Directory), phone 315-253-1391, 95 Genesee Street Auburn, NY 13021, 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 Cayuga County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Cayuga County criminal records, Cayuga County DUI and Cayuga County property records.
Cities in Cayuga County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Cayuga County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Cayuga County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Auburn (25,963)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Cayuga County?
Through eCourts, the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
Which court hears felonies in Cayuga County?
The Cayuga 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 Cayuga County?
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 Cayuga 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.