Records Requests

Contact Info

Records Search Department

Office Phone: (718) 618-3377

Location: 851 Grand Concourse, Rm. 118, Bronx, N.Y. 10451

ALL SEARCH REQUESTS MUST BE IN WRITING AND A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMP ENVELOPE MUST BE INCLUDED.

To Obtain a Certified Copy of a Supreme Court Paper and Exemplification:

A search will have to be conducted. You can search for your case and view non- confidential online

Search my Records https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webccos/ctclrk/

Search NYS Courts Electronic Filings (NYSCEF) https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/HomePage

Search Money Judgments and Property Liens
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webccos/ctclrk/indexSearch

Search New York State Local Civil Court Cases E-Courts
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcivilLocal/LCSearch?param=I

Please note if your case has had activity from the year 2000, no matter what year the action was commenced, you will be able to view the details from the links above.

Case index numbers issued prior to 1992 are on Microfiche, you may search for those records by appearing in person at our office or request that a search be preformed by our staff.

 

Search Department Fees

Search Certificate:

The fee for a search and a certificate recording the result of the search, called either a Positive or Negative result certificate, is $10.00. This fee covers a two-year search and a Certificate . If more years need to be searched, an additional $5.00 is required for each additional two years or portion thereof. All cases are filed by when they began, not by when they ended.

Example: if your case started in 1992 and ended in 2010, your search starts in 1992.

 

Certified Copy & Copying Fees

The statutory fee for Certified copies of Supreme Court documents is $8.00 per Certification.

The statutory fee for Certified copies of Business and Corporations filing is $10.00 per Certification.

 

Exemplified Copy Fee

Exemplification fee is $25.00 with the additional Certification fee and copying fee. Please allow 48-72 hours for your exemplification process to be completed.

 

Copy Fees

Copying fee of 65 cents per page is required with a minimum fee of a $1.50 for copies of the documents.

 

Divorce Decrees

For information on obtaining a certified copy of a Divorce Decree, you must be a party to the action, the attorney of record or have an affidavit or a notarized letter signed by a party to the action or the attorney of record, granting you the authority to secure a copy of the divorce decree.

 

Money Judgment/Satisfaction of Money Judgments

This office dockets and maintains many different types of Money Judgments/Satisfactions, please specify the type of Money Judgment/Satisfaction for which you are requesting information. Example: NYS or NYC Tax, Parking Violations, Environmental Control Board, Supreme/Civil/Family or Criminal Court Judgments. Etc .

Please be advised that each type of lien and or Judgment search requested, requires a Search fee per lien/Judgment requested.

Please provide the name(s) whom the Judgment was entered against (Judgment debtor) and in favor of (Judgment creditor) the address of the parties, the entry date and the amount of Judgment if known.

 

Property Liens

For Notice of pendency/Lis pendens, Mechanic liens, Building loan agreements, Sidewalk violations, or foreclosures, you must speak with the Bronx County Clerk’s Docket Department at (718) 618-3377

Find my Property’s Block and Lot Number http://a836-acris.nyc.gov/CP/LookUp/Index

Payments/Mail

All fees are payable to the Bronx County Clerk by U.S. postal money order, certified check, or NYS attorney's check. No personal checks will be accepted. Please send separate money orders for each two year search period requested. A separate money order is required for the Certification and/or Exemplification fee.

Please mail your request with a stamped self-addressed envelope to:

Bronx County Clerk’s Office
851 Grand Concourse, Room 118
Bronx, N.Y. 10451