Lamoille County Court Records Search
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Lamoille County, Vermont operates a unified Superior Court under the Vermont Judiciary, with four active divisions — Criminal, Civil, Family, and Probate — all located at the county courthouse in Hyde Park. Whether you're researching a pending case, verifying a criminal history, settling an estate, or working through a family legal matter, each division keeps its own records with its own access procedures. Knowing which office holds what you need is the first step.
You can locate Vermont court records through in-person visits, written requests, and online tools. VermontCourts.us — the official Vermont Judiciary website — is the central hub for case information, court forms, fee schedules, and court locations statewide. It also connects you to the Vermont Judiciary Public Portal, which lets anonymous users search civil case information without registering. For records not available online, the Clerk of Court at the Lamoille County Courthouse handles requests in person, by mail, and by email.
How to Look Up a Court Case in Lamoille County?
All four divisions of the Lamoille Superior Court share one physical courthouse location and a shared email address.
| Lamoille County Superior Court | |
|---|---|
| Street Address | 154 Main Street, Hyde Park, VT 05655 |
| Mailing Address | P.O. Box 570, Hyde Park, VT 05655 |
| Phone | (802) 888-3887 |
| LamoilleUnit@vtcourts.gov | |
| Hours | Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
| Note | Closed the second Thursday of each month, 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., for in-service training |
Court Staff:
Presiding Judge: Honorable Justin Jiron
Clerk of Court: Mary Mossey
Court Operations Manager: Linda LaClair
Probate Register: Maegan Hubbard
There are three ways to request copies of court records:
- Online Request — Complete the Request for Access to Court Records form and email it to LamoilleUnit@vtcourts.gov. Follow up by phone after a few days to confirm receipt.
- Mail — Send the completed request form along with a check or money order made payable to Vermont Superior Court to the mailing address above.
- In Person — Visit the courthouse during business hours. Public Access Terminals (PATs) let you search and view public records at no charge; printing incurs a fee.
Standard copy fees are set by state statute:
| Copy Type | Fee |
|---|---|
| Paper copies | $0.25 per page ($1.00 minimum) |
| Certified copies | $5.00 per document |
| Archived case postage (off-site records) | $7.50 prepaid |
Mail and in-person payments are accepted by check or money order. Credit card payments over the phone are also available — note this preference in the body of your email when submitting the request form, and the court will contact you when ready to process payment.
For online case searches, the Vermont Judiciary Public Portal gives free, anonymous access to civil case data by case number or party name. No registration is needed for basic public access. Parties to a case who need elevated access to their own case documents must register and submit an access request through the portal's account system.
Are Court Records Public in Lamoille County?
Vermont generally presumes court records are open to the public. The Vermont Rules for Public Access to Court Records and the Vermont Public Records Act together set the framework for what may be inspected, copied, or accessed remotely.
Under these rules, the following categories of records are not available for public inspection:
- Records sealed by court order or by operation of state law
- Unexecuted search warrants
- Individually identifiable health or mental health information
- Criminal charge records where no probable cause was found and no filing occurred
- Protective order applications filed before a hearing has been scheduled
- Internal judicial notes, drafts, and memoranda prepared by judges or court staff
Persons with a specific right of access — adult parties to a case, their attorneys, court personnel, and guardians ad litem — may access certain restricted records that remain closed to the general public.
One important limitation applies to remote access: under 12 V.S.A. § 5, the Vermont Judiciary does not provide electronic remote access to criminal, family, or probate court records. Civil Division case data is the only category fully accessible through the Public Portal for anonymous users. All other record types must be requested directly from the courthouse.
If a request for access is denied, you may appeal by filing a Notice of Appeal of Decision on Access to Court Records form with the court.
Lamoille County Criminal Court Records
The Lamoille Criminal Division handles felony and misdemeanor prosecutions, traffic violations, and related matters. The Clerk of Court at the Hyde Park courthouse maintains criminal case records, subject to the same fee schedule as all other court records.
Because Vermont law prohibits remote electronic access to criminal court records, online case lookups through the Public Portal are not available for criminal matters. You'll need to use one of the three options described above — in person, by mail, or by email. When submitting a criminal case records request, include as much identifying information as possible: the defendant's full name, date of birth (required for criminal searches), and case number if known.
For statewide criminal history background checks — as distinct from individual case records — the Vermont Crime Information Center (VCIC) is the only official state source. VCIC operates under the Vermont Department of Public Safety and maintains conviction records for the entire state.
VCIC Criminal Conviction History search options:
- Online (non-notarized): Search the Vermont Conviction Report (VCCRIS) website using a name and date of birth. The fee is $30.00 per conviction report, and results are returned immediately.
- Mail or in-person (notarized copy): Required for purposes such as employment, licensing, housing, child custody, or foreign immigration. Mail processing takes 5–7 business days. In-person requests at VCIC's Waterbury office are typically completed in approximately 10 minutes with two forms of valid identification.
Arrest records and incident reports are maintained by local law enforcement agencies, not the Clerk of Court. For incident-level records from Lamoille County, contact the Lamoille County Sheriff's Office or the relevant municipal police department directly.
Lamoille County Civil Court Records
The Civil Division of the Lamoille Superior Court has jurisdiction over disputes involving money, property, contracts, torts, and landlord-tenant matters, as well as small claims actions. Civil case records are generally public and may be inspected at the courthouse or requested through the standard court records process.
The fastest way to check whether a civil case has been filed and review its current status is to search the Vermont Judiciary Public Portal by party name or case number. No registration is required for this type of anonymous search.
Civil case records that may be requested include:
- Complaints and petitions
- Judgments and orders
- Docket entries
- Small claims decisions
- Liens and civil money judgments
The Civil Division also handles small claims matters. Vermont's small claims process is designed for relatively modest disputes, and self-represented litigants are common. Court forms for civil and small claims matters are available through the Vermont Judiciary's forms library on the court system's website.
For copies of specific documents within a civil case, the standard fees apply: $0.25 per page with a $1.00 minimum, and $5.00 per certified copy. If a case file has been moved off-site, a $7.50 postage prepayment is required before the court retrieves and copies it.
Lamoille County Family Court Records
The Lamoille Family Division handles divorce, legal separation, child custody, child support, paternity, adoption, and domestic violence matters. The division's presiding judge is the Honorable Justin Jiron, with magistrates Barry Peterson and Alicia Humbert also serving the division.
Vermont law restricts remote electronic access to family court records under 12 V.S.A. § 5. That means family case filings — divorce decrees, custody orders, support agreements — cannot be searched through the Public Portal and must be requested directly from the courthouse using the standard Request for Access to Court Records form.
Self-represented parties navigating divorce or custody matters can find guidance through the Vermont Judiciary's divorce and family law self-help resources, which include procedural explanations, links to standardized forms, and information on modifying existing orders.
Marriage and divorce certificates — as distinct from the underlying court files — are vital records maintained separately from court records. The Lamoille County town clerk's office that issued the original marriage license holds the primary copy. You can also obtain certified and noncertified copies for marriages, divorces, births, and deaths statewide through the Vermont Department of Health Vital Records Office.
| Vital Record | Certified Copy Fee | Online Order |
|---|---|---|
| Marriage certificate | $10.00 | $10.00 + $2.00 processing |
| Divorce certificate | $10.00 | $10.00 + $2.00 processing |
| Birth certificate | $10.00 | $10.00 + $2.00 processing |
| Death certificate | $10.00 | $10.00 + $2.00 processing |
| Noncertified copy (all types) | No charge | No charge |
Marriage certificates can be ordered directly from the issuing town clerk — generally the fastest and least expensive option — online through the Vermont Vital Records online ordering system, or by mail to the Vermont Department of Health. For marriages on or before 2023, a separate application form applies; records from 2024 onward use a different application. Divorce records at the Department of Health are available from 1909 to the present.
Birth certificates are confidential under 18 V.S.A. § 5016 and may only be obtained by the registrant, immediate family members, or court-authorized third parties. Death records carry similar restrictions. The public may, however, access a free index of births and deaths registered in Vermont through the state's Vital Records Search portal, which does not provide the full certificate.
Lamoille County Probate Court Records
The Lamoille Probate Division operates out of the same Hyde Park courthouse and is overseen by Probate Register Maegan Hubbard. Probate matters in Vermont are handled at the county level and cover a defined set of proceedings: estate administration, guardianships, conservatorships, adult adoptions, mental health commitments, protective placements, and authorization for nonresident clergy to perform marriages. The Probate Division also has authority to approve corrections to vital records — birth, death, and marriage certificates — when a court order is required.
Because Vermont law does not permit remote electronic access to probate records, searches must be conducted at the courthouse or through a written request. To obtain probate case documents, submit the completed Request for Access to Court Records form by in-person delivery, mail, or email.
Common probate matters handled by the Lamoille Probate Division include:
- Decedent's estates — Formal and informal administration of estates for Vermont residents; jurisdiction lies in the county where the decedent resided at death
- Guardianships — For minors and adults who are unable to manage their own affairs
- Conservatorships — Management of the financial affairs of a protected person
- Adult adoptions — Processed through the probate division rather than family court
- Mental health commitments and protective placements — Court-supervised civil commitments
Vermont's 14 probate division judges are elected to four-year terms rather than appointed. This is distinct from other Vermont judicial officers and means the probate bench is determined through general elections.
For genealogical researchers, older Vermont probate records are accessible through the Vermont Secretary of State's probate records collection, which includes some historical records available through subscription services such as Ancestry.com, with free access for Vermont residents at participating institutions. Records held at the courthouse itself — including card indexes to estate and guardianship files — must be accessed in person or by written request.
When requesting probate records, include the name of the decedent or protected person, the approximate year of the proceeding, and any case number if known. The standard copy fee of $0.25 per page and $5.00 per certified copy applies to all probate record requests, with the $7.50 prepayment required if the original file has been archived off-site.