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Choose Connecticut court case information or a State Police criminal-history check, and use the correct public or agency-sponsored request route.
Connecticut uses different sources for cases, history checks and custody
Pending / court case information
Use the Connecticut Judicial Branch criminal/motor-vehicle case lookup for most public pending case information and court dockets.
State criminal-history product
Use the State Police Bureau of Identification (SPBI) for Connecticut criminal-history checks and fingerprint services.
Prosecution office
The Division of Criminal Justice says it does not maintain/provide the general criminal-record information people often seek and directs users to State Police or Judicial Branch sources.
Custody / incarceration
Custody status belongs to the Department of Correction, not a court docket or SPBI name-search result. Keep current custody separate from criminal-history and case-status questions.
Judicial Branch search is for court cases, not a repository certificate
| Use case lookup when you need | Search fields / result | Important limit |
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| A pending criminal or motor-vehicle case | The Judicial Branch allows searches such as defendant last name, docket number or court docket. | Juvenile and other protected matters are not public through the ordinary online service. |
| A court disposition/document | Use the case/docket to identify the court and request the official filing if needed. | A docket screen is not the same product as an SPBI criminal-history response. |
| A current proceeding status | Court lookup can show the case path more directly than a generalized repository search. | Court data should still be tied to the correct person/case before attribution. |
SPBI is the centralized criminal-history and fingerprint route
Check the current fee page before paying
The SPBI page publishes Connecticut criminal-history and fingerprint services and currently carries a notice that fee rates change effective October 1, 2026. Because that change is imminent, use the current page/form at the time of submission rather than copying a fee from an older guide. The product choice—name/DOB, fingerprint-based, or a program-specific check—matters more than a stale price quote.
Name/DOB and fingerprint checks answer different identity questions
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Define who is requesting and why
A personal review, public name-based search, employment/licensing check and agency-mandated fingerprint check can have different forms and delivery rules.
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Use the official service for the selected product
The public CCHRS Name/DOB service is the online name/date-of-birth route for Connecticut criminal-history searching. Fingerprint-based checks follow SPBI instructions instead.
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Read the result’s scope
A Connecticut response is not a nationwide criminal-history product. A case lookup may show a pending matter that should be verified at the court, while criminal-history content can be affected by erasures, corrections or later legal changes.
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Keep identity uncertainty explicit
A name/DOB hit is not biometric proof. If the use requires fingerprint identity, do not substitute a name search because it is faster.
Program-specific checks can require a destination or service code
Recipient rules can control the workflow
Some Connecticut licensing programs prescribe a specific name/DOB or fingerprint route and require the result to be sent directly to the agency. A self-obtained copy may not satisfy that program.
Do not reuse another program’s code
Service codes/agency routing identifiers are program-specific. Use the instructions supplied by the employer, licensing board or agency for the actual purpose.
Save the transaction details
Keep the submission receipt/reference and the exact product name so you can distinguish a delayed result from a request that used the wrong route.
Correct or update the source record before disputing downstream copies
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SPBI criminal-history error: contact SPBI and follow its record-correction instructions rather than editing a copy yourself.
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Court docket/disposition issue: identify the court and case so the authoritative filing can be reviewed or corrected through the judicial process.
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Clean Slate / erasure question: use Connecticut’s official Clean Slate information for eligibility/status questions; an old copy can differ from a current legally updated record.
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Third-party screening report: dispute the consumer report separately if it continues to show inaccurate or outdated information after the government record is corrected.