Overview
Below are the specific types of information you can find through masscourts.org. Please note that most criminal cases are only available by docket number. If you're searching by docket number, make sure you enter the number exactly how it appears.
To learn how to use masscourts.org, please see How to search court dockets.
Boston Municipal Court
- Civil
- Criminal
- Small claims
- Summary process
- Supplementary process
District Court
- Civil
- Criminal
- Small claims
- Summary process
- Supplementary process
Housing Court
- Civil
- Small claims
- Summary process
- Supplementary process
Land Court
- Miscellaneous
- Permit
- Registration
- Servicemembers
- Severed
- Subsequent
- Tax lien
- Other court
Under a pilot, document images are available in the majority of Land Court case types where case documents and records have been digitally imaged, but images are unavailable for documents or records that are impounded.
Probate & Family Court
- Change of name managed
- Domestic relations custody, support, and parenting time
- Domestic relations
- Domestic relations/other
- Equity – partition
- Equity complaint
- Equity petition
- Estates and administration
- Guardianship managed
- Joint petition
- Paternity managed
- Paternity in equity
- Probate abuse/conservator managed
- Probate other
- Special immigration juvenile status
- Wills for safekeeping
Superior Court
Civil case types:
- Administrative civil actions
- Actions involving the state/ municipality
- Business litigation
- Civil actions with incarcerated party
- Contract/business cases
- Equitable remedies
- Miscellaneous civil actions
- Real property
- Torts
Criminal case types:
- Criminal complaints
- Indictments
- Probation transfers
Images are available for some docket entries.