Court Records
To order a court case, please obtain the following information from the Federal Court in which the case was filed and closed:
- State in which the court is located
- City in which the court is located
- Case Name(s), or the Debtor Name(s) for a bankruptcy case
- Case Number
- Transfer Number
- Box Number
- Location Number
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Civil Cases - Docket Sheet (NATF 91B)
A list of documents filed in a civil action. An outline of the case.
Fee (includes shipping & handling): $35.00
- Usually ships in
- 3 - 10 calendar days
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Civil Cases - Entire Case File (NATF 91A)
Includes all documents in a case file. (NATF Form 91 - court case)
Fee (includes shipping & handling): $90.00
- Usually ships in
- 3 - 10 calendar days
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Criminal Cases - Docket Sheet (NATF 92B)
The docket sheet is a list of documents filed in a criminal case action. An outline of the case. (NATF Form 92 - court case)
Fee (includes shipping & handling): $35.00
- Usually ships in
- 3 - 10 calendar days
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Criminal Cases - Entire Case File (NATF 92A)
Includes all documents in a Criminal case file. (NATF Form 92 - court case)
Fee (includes shipping & handling): $90.00
- Usually ships in
- 3 - 10 calendar days
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Criminal Cases - Pre-Selected Document (NATF 92C)
Includes the following documents, to the extent that they are contained in the case file: Judgement, Commitment or Probation/Commitment Order or Sentence, Indictment. No substitutions will be made for these documents. (NATF Form 92 - court case)
Fee (includes shipping & handling): $35.00
- Usually ships in
- 3 - 10 calendar days
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Bankruptcy Cases - Docket Sheet (NATF 90B)
The docket sheet is a list of documents filed in a Bankruptcy case. An outline of the case. (NATF Form 90 - court case)
Fee (includes shipping & handling): $35.00
- Usually ships in
- 3 - 10 calendar days
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Bankruptcy Cases - Entire Case File (NATF 90A)
Includes all documents in a Business and Individual Bankruptcy case file. (NATF Form 90 - court case)
Fee (includes shipping & handling): $90.00
- Usually ships in
- 3 - 10 calendar days
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Bankruptcy Cases - Pre-Selected Document (NATF 90C)
Includes the following documents, to the extent that they are contained in the case file: Discharge of Debtor (or Order of Dismissal or Final Decree), Voluntary Petition, Summary of Debts and Property, Schedules D, E and F (Note in some jurisdictions Schedules may be listed as A1, A2 and A3). No substitutions will be made for these documents. (NATF Form 90 - court case)
Fee (includes shipping & handling): $35.00
- Usually ships in
- 3 - 10 calendar days
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Court of Appeals - Docket Sheet (NATF 93B)
The docket sheet is a list of documents filed in a Court of Appeals Case. An outline of the case. (NATF Form 93 - court case)
Fee (includes shipping & handling): $35.00
- Usually ships in
- 3 - 10 calendar days
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Court of Appeals - Entire Case File (NATF 93A)
Includes all documents in a case file. (NATF Form 93 - court case)
Fee (includes shipping & handling): $90.00
- Usually ships in
- 3 - 10 calendar days
Court Records at the National Archives cover more than 200 years of court proceedings at the federal level. The earliest court records in our holdings date to approximately 1790. It is estimated that there are more than 2.2 billion textual pages of court materials in the National Archives. As the court retires materials annually, this number continues to grow.
Holdings from the federal court system are stored at National Archives locations around the country. For instance, records of the New Hampshire federal courts are currently located at the National Archives at Boston in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Locating Records of federal circuit and district courts and select territorial courts All bankruptcy case files are at the National Archives at Kansas City.
Circuit Court Records from New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are at the National Archives at Philadelphia.
To determine where naturalization records can be found please visit our Naturalization and Records Page.