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Questions about official Essex County criminal records belong with the office that created or maintains the document. This private resource cannot receive a request or produce a record. The contacts below distinguish the court clerk in Elizabethtown, the Sheriff and jail in Lewis, local police agencies, and New York's state record channels.

This Is Not a Government Office. This privately operated resource cannot retrieve an official record, perform an official check, correct a government file, or accept a New York record-sealing application.

Need an Official Record?

Use the custodian that matches the Essex County record:

  • Supreme and County Court files: Court Clerk's Office, 7559 Court Street, Elizabethtown, NY 12932; (518) 873-3370; EssexSupremeCo@nycourts.gov
  • Local court files: contact the Town or Village Justice Court that handled the case and ask for copies or a certificate of disposition
  • Arrest, booking, and jail records: Essex County Sheriff, 702 Stowersville Road, Lewis, NY 12950; (518) 873-6970; sheriffcontact@essexcountyny.gov
  • County FOIL: email foil@essexcountyny.gov, fax (518) 873-3894, or mail the County Attorney at 7551 Court Street, PO Box 217, Elizabethtown, NY 12932
  • Personal New York rap sheet: New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Personal Record Review through IdentoGO
  • Police incident report: contact the Sheriff, State Police, or municipal department that created it

The Sheriff does not publish separate records-counter hours or a distinct records-division name. Call (518) 873-6970 before visiting Lewis. The court clerk's official line is (518) 873-3370; the County Clerk's counter at the same Court Street address lists regular hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and June through August hours of 8:00 a.m. to 3:50 p.m.