Court PC's criminal database contains records of more than 3.6 million criminal and motor vehicle cases, covering offenses ranging from felonies and misdemeanors to simple motor vehicle violations and infractions. The entire criminal database is updated weekly from Connecticut Judicial Branch records. Cases from all judicial districts and geographical areas are included.

Searches are conducted by using a name (or part of a name) only and possible matches will be displayed in a table showing the full name, full date of birth, address, court location and docket number, and whether the case ended in the defendant being sentenced. The table of matching records may be filtered by entering a year of birth or by restricting records to felonies and misdemeanors only, to make it easier to review the many matching records that may appear for common names.

When you select a docket number from the results, a case detail will appear in a new window, showing more specific identifying information such as race, sex and possibly an operator’s license number. Following that will be a list of charges brought against the defendant, the date and location of the offense, arresting agency, the plea, and any verdict and sentencing information.

The CT Judicial Branch removes records from its website in accordance with the schedule outlined in the CT Practice Book (see sec. 7-13) and the provisions of the 2021 "Clean Slate" Law (Public Act No. 21-32[1]). Users should note that the length of the record retention period will be determined by the severity of the offense; lesser offenses may soon be automatically erased (for more info, go to CT.gov and search for "Clean Slate and Cannabis Erasure"). Currently, a search may disclose records where the conviction dates from as early as the 1980s or 1990s. Nearly 60% of the convictions in the database are more than ten years old. Court PC provides criminal and motor vehicle case record information in compliance with the provisions of the Clean Slate law and all requirements imposed by the CT Judicial Branch.

In addition to convictions, pending cases are now considered eligible for disclosure and are included in search results with information as to their most recent status and the dates of scheduled future hearings. A separate online search of the CT Judicial Branch data for any pending cases will reveal any additions or changes occurring within the past week.

Whenever a criminal or motor vehicle case is concluded by anything other than a guilty verdict (i.e., an acquittal, dismissal, or nolle), the case record will remain available in the database for 20 days in the event of a dismissal, a verdict of not guilty, or an acquittal, or for 13 months in the event of a nolle having been entered. This is consistent with CT Judicial practice for reporting such dispositions.