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Questions about Cortland County criminal records usually belong with the public office that created the document. This private resource cannot retrieve, change, or certify government files. The contacts below route court cases, Sheriff reports, jail information, police records, and fingerprint-based New York histories to their proper custodians. Begin with the record type, then confirm the agency, court, or custody system involved. A court clerk cannot issue a police report, the county jail cannot provide a DOCCS prison file, and DCJS does not offer a public name search.

This Is Not a Government Office. This privately operated resource cannot obtain or correct records, conduct official checks, or accept record-sealing papers. Contact the responsible public office directly.

Need an Official Record?

Use the following Cortland County and New York contacts for official records:

  • Court case files: use the court case lookup information or call the clerk of the originating City, Town, Village, County, or Supreme Court.
  • Personal New York rap sheets: use DCJS Personal Record Review through IdentoGO; DCJS does not provide a public name search.
  • Sheriff reports: call the Records Division at 607-758-5510 or 607-758-5514, 54 Greenbush Street, Cortland, NY 13045.
  • Current county custody: call the Cortland County Correctional Facility at 607-756-4275.
  • City police records: contact Cortland Police Records at 607-758-8305, 25 Court Street, Cortland, NY 13045.
  • Record sealing: obtain the case disposition and file through the court specified by the applicable New York sealing law.

For felony court files, Cortland County Court and the County Clerk are at 46 Greenbush Street, Cortland, NY 13045. The court clerk is 607-218-3320, and the County Clerk is 607-753-5021. Both publish weekday hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Sheriff Records Division and jail use the separate 54 Greenbush Street address.