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.
Chemung County, New York, has about 81,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Chemung 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: Chemung County public records, Chemung County arrest records, Chemung County warrants, Chemung County criminal records, Chemung County police reports, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Chemung County
Court cases from Chemung County are filed in the Chemung 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 Chemung County
For Chemung County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at ww2.nycourts.gov/courts/6jd/chemung/elmira/criminal_searches.shtml (page title: Record Searches | Elmira City Court | Chemung | 6th JD | NYCOURTS.GOV), 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 Chemung County
Together, the four agencies in Chemung County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,419 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Chemung County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at chemungcountyny.gov/391/District-Attorney (page title: District Attorney | Chemung County, NY), phone (607) 873-9430, 224 Lake Street Elmira, NY 14901, 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 Chemung County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Chemung County criminal records, Chemung County divorce records, Chemung County DUI and Chemung County property records.
Cities in Chemung County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Chemung County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Chemung County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Elmira (26,255)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Chemung County?
Through eCourts, the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
Which court hears felonies in Chemung County?
The Chemung 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 Chemung 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 Chemung 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.