Delaware Criminal Records Search: Cases & Public Records

Delaware statewide public-record guide

Start with the record you actually need

Delaware criminal information is spread across several official systems. The Delaware State Police State Bureau of Identification maintains the state’s central criminal-history repository, Delaware Courts maintain individual court cases and dockets, the Department of Correction handles custody information, and federal prosecutions are separate again. The quickest search starts by choosing the correct record source rather than searching the same name everywhere.

Coverage: Delaware statewide Counties: New Castle, Kent and Sussex Information checked: October 2026

Fast answer: If you need a certified statewide Delaware criminal history, start with the Delaware State Police State Bureau of Identification (SBI). If you need the actual court case, disposition, hearing or docket, use the Delaware court that handled the prosecution. Delaware Courts expressly states that the courts cannot provide one consolidated Delaware criminal history.

Get criminal history Certified fingerprint-based Delaware criminal-history check.

Use SBI →

Find a court case Felony, misdemeanor, lower-court and docket records.

Court guide →

Find an inmate Current Delaware custody information through DOC/VINELink.

Custody search →

Registry search Official Delaware Sex Offender Registry.

Registry →

Clear a record Mandatory, automatic and discretionary expungement routes.

Expungement →

Delaware does not put every criminal record in one public database

A “criminal record” can mean an arrest history, a court case, a conviction, a jail record, a certified state criminal-history report or a federal case. Those records are maintained by different agencies.

State Police SBI

Certified Delaware criminal history

Fingerprint-based statewide criminal-history background checks and the central repository for Delaware arrest records.

Delaware Courts

Actual court case

Charges, docket activity, judgments, dispositions, hearings and court-file documents, subject to court-access rules.

DOC

Current custody

Delaware Department of Correction directs users to VINELink for current offender custody information.

DSP SOAR

Sex-offender registry

Specialized public registry maintained through Delaware State Police registration systems.

Federal judiciary

Federal prosecution

Federal criminal cases in Delaware are filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and accessed through PACER.

Expungement system

Record-clearing status

SBI, Delaware Courts and Clean Slate processes can affect what remains visible on a Delaware record.

An arrest is not a conviction. Delaware court guidance recognizes that charges can remain in criminal-history records even when a person was found not guilty, the prosecution dropped the charges or a case was dismissed, unless qualifying relief such as expungement removes the record.

Certified Delaware criminal-history checks come from State Police SBI

The Delaware State Police State Bureau of Identification is the central repository for Delaware criminal arrest information.

Delaware Courts specifically directs requests for a <