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.
Lewis County, New York, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Lewis 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: Lewis County public records, Lewis County arrest records, Lewis County warrants, Lewis County inmate search, Lewis County criminal records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Lewis County
In Lewis County, the Lewis County Supreme and County Courts 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.
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 Lewis County
For Lewis County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at lewiscountyny.gov/departments/lewis-county-courts (page title: Equal Justice, Respect, Dignity, No Bias: Lewis County Courts), 7660 N State St Lowville, NY 13367, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the city, town and village courts, not to the Lewis 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 Lewis County
Together, the two agencies in Lewis County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 254 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Lewis County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at lewiscountyny.gov/departments/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney), phone 315-376-5390, 7660 N State St Lowville, NY 13367, 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 Lewis County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Lewis County criminal records, Lewis County traffic tickets, Lewis County DUI and Lewis County property records.
Cities in Lewis County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Lewis County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts.
The cities and towns in the county are Lowville, Copenhagen, Croghan, Lyons Falls, Port Leyden, Castorland, Constableville and Turin.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Lewis County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at lewiscountyny.gov; it belongs to a lower court, the city, town and village courts, not to the Lewis County Supreme and County Courts. Statewide, eCourts is the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
Which court hears felonies in Lewis County?
The Lewis 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 Lewis 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 Lewis 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.