Use this Michigan court-records page as a starting point for statewide court research, appellate information, local court directories, and related PRC record topics. The layout has been modernized, the old private-ownership banner has been removed, and the page family now includes stronger cross-links to court, criminal, bankruptcy, and expungement resources.

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Official Michigan Court Resources

Use these statewide and official court resources for case information, court structure, forms, clerk access, or public search tools.

  • Michigan State Court StructureOfficial or statewide court resource.
  • Michigan Family Support CourtsChild support cases for married parents who are separated or for unmarried individuals where the paternity has been established
  • Michigan Probate CourtsExclusive jurisdiction for guardianships, estates, trusts, and mental health cases. Direct weblinks to web sites for probate courts listed by county
  • Michigan Courts Self Help CenterThis site is designed to help you find legal assistance, learn about Michigan law, and represent yourself in some legal matters. This site does not provide legal advice
  • Michigan Circuit CourtsTort, contract, real property rights, paternity, administrative agency appeals and miscellaneous civil cases. Find direct links to circuit courts listed by county
  • Michigan Trial CourtsDirect weblinks to Michigans local trial courts. Trial courts are a combination of circuit, probate and, or district courts. Records and case locator available online

Michigan Court Directory & Local Resources

Legacy directory content has been retained inside the updated layout so county-level links, clerk references, and older court research notes remain available in one place.

Michigan State Court Records Search Suggestions

As there may be more one source to obtaining Michigan criminal, civil and divorce records, it is important to search multiple state courts to find the correct records.

Michigan State Court Structure:

The Michigan municipal court has jurisdiction over tort, contract, real property rights ($0/$1,500; $3,000 if approved by local funding unit), and small claims up to $100. The municipal court has jurisdiction over felony, misdemeanor, DWI/DUI, moving traffic, miscellaneous traffic, and ordinance violation cases. The municipal court handles preliminary hearings. The Michigan probate court has exclusive jurisdiction over guardianships, estates, trusts, and mental health. The Michigan district court has jurisdiction over tort, contract, real property rights ($0/$25,000), and small claims up to $3,000. The district court hears felony, misdemeanor, DWI/DUI, moving traffic, miscellaneous traffic, and ordinance violation cases. The Michigan district court handles preliminary hearings. The Michigan court of claims has jurisdiction over administrative agency appeals involving claims against the state. The Michigan circuit court has jurisdiction over tort, contract, real property rights ($25,000/no maximum), paternity, administrative agency appeals, and miscellaneous civil cases. The circuit court has exclusive civil trial court appeals jurisdiction. The Michigan circuit court also has exclusive domestic relations jurisdiction. The circuit court also has jurisdiction over felony, DWI/DUI, miscellaneous criminal, and criminal appeals cases. The circuit court hears delinquency, and child protection cases. The Michigan court of appeals has mandatory jurisdiction in civil, criminal, administrative agency, and juvenile cases. The Michigan court of appeals has discretionary jurisdiction in civil, noncapital criminal, administrative agency, juvenile, original proceeding, and interlocutory decision cases. The Michigan supreme court has mandatory jurisdiction in judge disciplinary cases. The supreme court has discretionary jurisdiction in civil, criminal, administrative agency, juvenile, lawyer disciplinary, advisory opinion, original proceeding, and interlocutory decision cases.

Directory of Links and Resources to Access County, State or Federal Court Records Online

Michigan Civil and Divorce Court Records
Judgments, lawsuits, dissolution of marriage, civil court cases.

 Michigan Criminal Court Records
Felony, misdemeanors and traffic violations.		 Michigan District Court Records
Filings in my District courthouses.
Civil, family law cases and divorces, personal injury cases, lawsuits, estate planning and probate matters.
  • Michigan Family Support Courts
    Child support cases for married parents who are separated or for unmarried individuals where the paternity has been established.

  • Michigan Probate Courts
    Exclusive jurisdiction for guardianships, estates, trusts, and mental health cases. Direct weblinks to web sites for probate courts listed by county.

  • Michigan Courts Self Help Center
    This site is designed to help you find legal assistance, learn about Michigan law, and represent yourself in some legal matters. This site does not provide legal advice.

  • Michigan Circuit Courts
    Tort, contract, real property rights, paternity, administrative agency appeals and miscellaneous civil cases. Find direct links to circuit courts listed by county.

  • Michigan Trial Courts
    Direct weblinks to Michigans local trial courts. Trial courts are a combination of circuit, probate and, or district courts. Records and case locator available online.

  • Michigan Supreme Court
    Highest Court in the State of Michigan. Find links to clerks office, resources and other information.

  • Michigan Court of Appeals
    Search information about the court, clerks office and resources.

  • Michigan Bankruptcy Courts
    Link to free forms, use electronic filing systems and other judicial tools available to the public. Search Bankruptcy filings and view cases from the courthouses

  • Michigan Judgments and Liens
    Michigan judgments and liens public information. Court look up sources, electronic forms and self help tools.
 Most criminal cases are started when a prosecutor, either a district attorney (who represents a county) or the attorney general (who represents the state), files a complaint with the court.
  • Michigan Circuit Courts
    Exclusive domestic relations jurisdiction. Felony, DWI/DUI, misc criminal, criminal appeals jurisdiction. Delinquency and child protection. Direct weblinks to circuit courts by county.

  • Michigan Mental Health Courts
    Mental health courts are modeled after drug-court, focus is on addressing the underlying mental illnesses which often bring an offender into contact with the criminal justice system.

  • Michigan Drug and DWI Treatment Courts
    These courts are specially designed to reduce recidivism and substance abuse among nonviolent substance abusing offenders.

  • Michigan Trial Courts
    Search links to web sites of Michigans local trial courts. Trial courts include a combination of circuit, probate and district courts.

  • Michigan Court of Appeals
    Mandatory jurisdiction in criminal appeals. Find links to resources including court rules, forms, E- filing, and more.

  • Michigan Parole and Commutation Board
    Search links for jurisdiction, parole consideration process and executive clemency process. Applications and instructions.

 Michigan Circuit Courts listed by county. Request records and transcripts of cases including tort, contract, real property rights, paternity, administrative agency appeals, miscellaneous civil, felony, DWI/DUI, criminal appeals and delinquency.

Circuit Courts
3rd Circuit Court
Wayne County

4th Circuit Court
Jackson County

6th Circuit Court
Oakland County

7th Circuit Court
Genesee County

9th Circuit Court
Kalamazoo County

10th Circuit Court
Saginaw County

11th Circuit Court
Mackinac County

13th Circuit Court
Antrim, Grand Traverse, and Leelanau Counties

15th Circuit Court
Branch County

16th Circuit Court
Macomb County

17th Circuit Court
Kent County

18th Circuit Court
Bay County

21st Circuit Court
Isabella County

20th Circuit Court
Ottawa County

25th Circuit Court
Marquette County

26th Circuit Court
Alpena and Montmorency Counties

29th Circuit Court
Clinton County

29th Circuit Court
Gratiot County

30th Circuit
Ingham County

31st Circuit Court
St. Clair County

33rd Circuit Court
Charlevoix County

34th Circuit Court
Ogemaw and Roscommon Counties

37th Circuit Court
Calhoun County

38th Circuit Court
 Monroe County

42nd Circuit Court
 Midland County

44th Circuit Court
Livingston County

45th Circuit Court
St. Joseph County

56th Circuit Court
Eaton County

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Research Notes

  • Search more than one court level.Trial courts, appellate courts, bankruptcy courts, and specialty courts may each hold different parts of a case trail.
  • Use the clerk for official copies.Certified documents and official record copies should come directly from the responsible court or clerk office.
  • Online access varies by county and court type.Some courts provide full searchable dockets, while others provide only calendars, indexes, or request instructions.
  • Cross-check related record categories.Criminal records, judgments and liens, bankruptcy filings, inmate searches, and public-record hubs often help complete a statewide research path.

Related Michigan Court Topics

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