Search Juneau Criminal Court Records

Juneau criminal court records are filed and maintained at the Juneau Superior and District Court, the headquarters of Alaska's First Judicial District, which covers all of Southeast Alaska.

Juneau Courts and Clerk's Office

The Juneau Superior Court and Juneau District Court are located at 123 4th Street, Juneau, AK 99801. The main phone number is (907) 463-4700. Records fax is (907) 463-4705. The clerk's office is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. This courthouse is the seat of the First Judicial District, which covers all of Southeast Alaska including communities reachable only by air or ferry.

Juneau is Alaska's state capital. That status means the city sees a range of criminal cases tied to state government activity, legislative proceedings, and the large state workforce. But the Juneau courthouse handles the same types of criminal cases as any other Alaska court: misdemeanors at the District Court level and felonies at the Superior Court level.

Cases from surrounding Southeast Alaska communities often come to Juneau for Superior Court proceedings when a local district court does not have Superior Court jurisdiction. Juneau is the hub for criminal proceedings throughout much of the Southeast panhandle. The clerk's office is staffed to handle both local cases and those transferred from other parts of the district.

Search Juneau Criminal Records Online

CourtView at records.courts.alaska.gov is Alaska's free public case search system. It covers all cases filed at the Juneau courthouse, including criminal cases from both the City and Borough of Juneau and those transferred from other Southeast Alaska communities. No fee or account is required to search.

Enter a party name, case number, or citation number to search. Partial name searches are supported. The system returns all matching results from the Juneau court. Each record shows the case number, charges, court level, filing date, and current status. For completed cases, the docket includes all hearings, motions, and the final judgment or sentence.

Records in CourtView generally go back to around 1990. Juvenile cases and sealed records are not included. For cases appealed to a higher court, use the Appellate Courts Case Management System at appellate-records.courts.alaska.gov.

The screenshots below show the CourtView public access portal and the Juneau courthouse page on the Alaska Court System website.

The Alaska Court System's Juneau courthouse page provides contact information and procedural details for the First Judicial District court at 123 4th Street.

CourtView provides free public access to Juneau criminal case records, including dockets, charges, and hearing dates for cases filed at the 4th Street courthouse.

How to Request Juneau Court Records

To get copies of filed documents from a Juneau criminal case, contact the clerk's office at (907) 463-4700. Written requests can be faxed to (907) 463-4705. Use the Alaska Court System's standard records request form. Include the case number, the defendant's full name, and a specific description of the documents you want. Without a case number, a name search is available for a $30 per hour research fee.

In-person requests are accepted at 123 4th Street during business hours. Bring a valid photo ID. You can review a file at the counter before ordering copies. Mail requests should include a completed form and a check payable to Alaska Court System. Standard processing time is five to seven business days after the clerk receives a complete and correct request.

Copy fees follow the statewide schedule. Plain copies cost $5 for the first document and $3 for each additional one. Certified copies are $10 for the first and $3 for each additional. A certified copy carries an official statement that it is a true reproduction of the original filing. This is usually what you need for legal purposes or formal background checks.

Audio recordings of proceedings are available through the clerk. The court does not provide transcription services directly. If you need a written transcript, you will have to arrange for that after receiving the recording.

What Juneau Criminal Records Are Available

Most criminal records at the Juneau courthouse are public under AS 40.25.110, the Alaska Public Records Act, and Alaska Court Rule 37. Available records include case files, charge documents, sentencing orders, probation terms, motions, and final judgments for both misdemeanor and felony cases.

Records not open to the public include juvenile criminal cases, files sealed by court order, and portions of records with protected victim or witness information. Under AS 12.62.160, criminal justice information has specific disclosure rules that differ from the general public records statute. Understanding which category your request falls into helps set expectations about what you can and cannot get.

Juneau sees criminal cases that range from routine misdemeanors to cases involving state officials, since the capitol building draws government employees and lobbyists to the city each session. All criminal cases are handled the same way legally; there is no difference in access rules based on who the defendant is.

Expunged records do not appear in CourtView. Alaska expungement applies to arrests not followed by charges, dismissed cases, acquittals, and some diversion program completions. Contact the clerk if you believe a record is showing incorrectly after expungement was granted.

Legal Framework for Juneau Criminal Records

Criminal proceedings in Juneau operate under Alaska state law. The Alaska Public Records Act at AS 40.25.110 governs public access to court records. Alaska Court Rule 37 and Rule 37.5 define which filed documents are open to the public by default and which require a court order to restrict.

The First Judicial District, headquartered in Juneau, handles cases from all of Southeast Alaska. This includes cases from Ketchikan, Sitka, Skagway, Petersburg, Wrangell, and other communities along the panhandle. Juneau is the Superior Court hub for the district, which means felony cases from smaller communities often come here for trial. The same access rules apply to all cases in the district.

Full Alaska statutes are available at akleg.gov. If a records request was improperly denied, contact the Office of the Attorney General for guidance on your rights under the Alaska Public Records Act.

Nearby Cities

These nearby Southeast Alaska communities are also in the First Judicial District. Criminal court records for each can be searched through CourtView.

Juneau City and Borough

Juneau is a unified city and borough. See the borough page for complete court and records information for the area.