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Official Onondaga County criminal records come from the government office that created or maintains them. The contacts below route court questions to the Criminal Courthouse in Syracuse, Sheriff and custody matters to the appropriate county office, and fingerprint-linked personal history to New York State. This privately operated site does not receive record requests or act for those agencies.

This Is Not a Government Office. This private reference site cannot retrieve official records, conduct official background checks, correct or seal a record, or accept filings. Contact the record custodian directly.

Need an Official Record?

Use the office that holds the specific Onondaga County record:

  • Court case files: use the Court Case Lookup routes or call Syracuse City Court Criminal at 315-671-2760 or Onondaga County Court Criminal at 315-671-1020; both operate at 505 S. State St., Syracuse, NY 13202, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays except state and federal holidays
  • Arrest, Sheriff, warrant, and custody records: contact the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office at 407 S. State St., Syracuse, NY 13202, 315-435-3044; custody and release operations are at the Patrick J. Corbett Justice Center, 555 S. State St.
  • Police and incident reports: ask the agency that created the report; Syracuse Police is at the John C. Dillon Public Safety Building, 511 S. State St., Syracuse, NY 13202, 315-442-5200
  • Personal New York rap sheets: use fingerprint-based Personal Record Review through the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, Office of Criminal Justice Records
  • Public statewide court-history searches: use OCA Criminal History Record Search, while pending cases and future appearances are available through WebCriminal
  • Record sealing: contact the clerk of the court that handled the case; a private site cannot accept a New York sealing application

For records held by the Sheriff, begin with Onondaga County Sheriff's Headquarters, 407 S. State St., Syracuse, NY 13202, 315-435-3044. Ask for the appropriate records or FOIL channel and identify the event, date, location, and incident or booking number when known.