Maine Court Records

Access Maine Courts online directly. Search court records; from Maine county courts to Supreme courts. Find criminal filings, Maine dissolution of marriage or divorce records from official state websites. File small claims lawsuits. Link to Maine probate sources with helpful information. Bankruptcy courts by jurisdiction or by districts. Maine state courts contact information such as telephone numbers and more.

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

Maine State Court Structure:

The Maine probate court has exclusive estate jurisdiction. The Maine probate court has miscellaneous domestic relations jurisdiction. The probate court has exclusive adoption jurisdiction. The Maine family court hears proceedings involving children, divorce, annulment, judicial separation, parental rights and responsibilities, paternity, child support, visitation rights of grandparents, emancipation, and any post judgment motions. The Maine small claims court has jurisdiction over cases in which the plaintiff is seeking a money judgment of up to $4,500.00. The Maine district court has jurisdiction over tort, contract, and real property rights $0 to no maximum cases. The district court has exclusive small claims up to $4,500, and mental health jurisdiction. The Maine district court also has exclusive family matters jurisdiction. The Maine district court hears domestic relations cases (except for adoption). The Maine district court has jurisdiction over felony, misdemeanor, DWI/DUI, moving traffic, and ordinance violation cases. The district court has exclusive parking, and miscellaneous traffic jurisdiction. The Maine district court has original juvenile jurisdiction. The district court handles preliminary hearings. The Maine superior court has jurisdiction over Tort, contract, real property rights, miscellaneous civil, small claims appeals, marriage dissolution, felony, misdemeanor, and DWI/DUI cases. The Maine supreme judicial court sitting as law court has mandatory jurisdiction in civil, criminal, administrative agency, juvenile, disciplinary, advisory opinion, original proceeding, and interlocutory decision cases. The Maine supreme judicial court sitting as law court has discretionary jurisdiction in criminal extradition, administrative agency, and original proceeding cases. The supreme judicial court sitting as law court has jurisdiction over the sentence review panel, reviewing criminal sentences of one year or more.