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.
Suffolk County, New York, has about 1.5 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Suffolk 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: Suffolk County public records, Suffolk County arrest records, Suffolk County warrants, Suffolk County inmate search, Suffolk County criminal records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Suffolk County
Court cases from Suffolk County are filed in the Suffolk 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 Suffolk County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcrim_attorney/DefendantSearch (page title: Suffolk County court records | NY iApps), 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 Suffolk 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 Suffolk County
Together, the 14 agencies in Suffolk County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,782 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Suffolk County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at suffolkcountyda.org (page title: Suffolk County District Attorney's Office), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Suffolk County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Suffolk County criminal records, Suffolk County traffic tickets, Suffolk County DUI and Suffolk County property records.
Cities in Suffolk County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Suffolk County Supreme and County Courts or the city, town and village courts.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Suffolk County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Patchogue (12,447)
- Babylon (12,193)
- Amityville (9,718)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Suffolk County?
Through eCourts, the Unified Court System's free online case search (WebCivil, WebCrims and WebFamily).
Which court hears felonies in Suffolk County?
The Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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.