Case Information and dates available online at WebCivil Local
Pending L&T cases may be found at WebCivil Local. The site lists civil court cases that are searchable by index number, party name, attorney name, or judge name, or calendar information by court, judge and part.
Landlord Tenant cases are filed in one (1) of the outlying District Courts located within the five (5) western towns of Suffolk County – Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip and Smithtown. The L&T case must be filed in the District Court located with the same Town where the property is located.
Search by index number. The case index number consists of four (4) parameters:
a) Prefix listing the abbreviation for the case type,
b) Case Number,
c) Last two digits of the year the case was filed, and
d) Suffix listing the abbreviation for the outlying district court where the case will be heard
"•• - ###### - YY/•• "
••prefixes CC CV LT or SC
CC- Commercial Claim
CV-Civil
LT- Landlord Tenant
SC - Small Claims
••suffix BA BR CE HU IS or SM
BA- Suffolk County 2nd District Court located in Babylon
BR- Suffolk County 6th District Court located Brookhaven
CE- Suffolk County 1st District Court located in Islip
HU- Suffolk County 3rd District located in Huntington
IS- Suffolk County 5th District Court located in Islip
SM- Suffolk County 4th District Court located in Smithtown
An example of an index number for a Landlord Tenant case located in the 6th District Court in Brookhaven and filed in 2021 would be LT-123456 - 21/BR
Note that L&T cases either without a future calendar date, or after fourteen (14) days past the final court appearance, are not retrievable on WebCivil Local will not be found. Cases prior to 2006 will not be found unless the case was restored or calendared after 2012. Sealed cases similarly are not retrievable on WebCivil Local.