Kansas Court Records online includes all types of court records such as miscellaneous court collections, guardianship records, some probate records, and more. This is a preliminary list.

For present day court records online, please visit Kansas Public Records online for links.

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Kansas Court Records Online at the federal and state level

US – United States Public Records, 1970-2009, at FS

US – U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871, at Anc$

US – United States, Index of Court Cases, 1833-2018, at MH

US – U.S., F.B.I. Deceased Criminal Identification Files, 1971-1994, at Anc$

US – American Protective League Correspondence, 1917-1919, at Anc$

US – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909, at Anc$

US – United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patents, 1970-2019, at Anc$

US – International Patents, 1890-2020, at Anc$

Kansas – United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, index, at FS

Kansas – Guide to bankruptcy files 1867-1978 : U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, at FS

Kansas – Slave compensation records, 1866-1867, at FS

Kansas – Tribal officers, 1866-1914, Financial records of Tribal Officers, 1905-1913 and National Council, 1820-1907, at FS

Kansas Court Records Online by County

Allen County – Court Records – Probate Journals, 1858-1926; Index, 1858-1963, at FS

Anderson County – Court Records – District Court Records, 1860-1920, at FS

Atchison County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets 1861-1919 ; Court Journals 1886-1918; Case Files (divorce Only) 1859-1917, at FS

Bourbon County – Court Records – Kansas, Bourbon County, Fort Scott, U.S. District Court for the Third Division, Petitions for Naturalization, 1915-1966, at FS

Bourbon County – Court Records – Probate Journal, 1864-1920; Index, 1864-1949, at FS

Brown County – Court Records – Court Records, 1857-1932, at FS

Chase County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets, 1862-1919, at FS

Chase County – Court Records – District Court General Index, 1861-1923, at FS

Chase County – Court Records – District Court Journals, 1863-1922, at FS

Chautauqua County – Court Records – General Index, 1871-1928 and Miscellaneous Court Records, 1871-1919, Chautauqua County, Kansas, at FS

Clay County – Court Records – Court Records, 1868-1923, at FS

Coffey County – Court Records – Divorce Packets, 1861-1917, at FS

Crawford County – Court Records – Divorce Cases, 1867-1917 ; Indexes 1867-1985, at FS

Dickinson County – Guardianship – Kansas, Dickinson County, Probate Case Files, 1882-1942, at FS

Doniphan County – Court Records – Court Records, 1858-1923, at FS

Douglas County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets, 1863-1918 ; Index (defendant), 1863-1929, at FS

Douglas County – Court Records – District Court Journals, 1863-1920, at FS

Douglas County – Court Records – Divorce Packets, 1864-1917, at FS

Douglas County – Court Records – Final Records, 1863-1909, at FS

Elk County – Court Records – District Court Civil Appearance Dockets, Var. 1890-1910 and District Court Probate Journals, 1875-1920, Elk County, Kansas, at FS

Elk County – Court Records – General Index to District Court, 1907-1953, Elk County, Kansas, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets, 1859-1919, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Divorce Case Packets, 1860-1917, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1882-1904, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Powers of Attorney, 1873-1905, at FS

Geary County – Court Records – Court Records, 1861-1921, at FS

Greenwood County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets and Index, 1857-1921, Greenwood County, Kansas, at FS

Greenwood County – Court Records – District Court, Appearance Dockets, 1871-1925, Greenwood County, Kansas, at FS

Greenwood County – Court Records – Petition to Sell Real Estate for Minors and Guardians,1898-1927, Greenwood County, Kansas, at FS

Hamilton County – Court Records – District Court Journal, 1917-1922, at FS

Harvey County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets, Ca. 1877-1918, at FS

Howard Township – Court Records – District Court Civil Appearance Dockets, Var. 1890-1900, Howard Towhnship, Elk County, Kansas, at FS

Iola – Court Records – Kansas, Allen County, Iola, Police Court Records, 1904, at FS

Jackson County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets, 1858-1919; Divorce Case Files, 1859-1917, at FS

Jackson County – Court Records – District Court Journals, 1861-1919, at FS

Jefferson County – Court Records – Coroner’s Journal, Book 1, 1890-1905, at FS

Jefferson County – Court Records – Court Records, 1858-1982, at FS

Johnson County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets, 1861-1919, at FS

Johnson County – Court Records – District Court Journals, 1861-1918, at FS

Johnson County – Court Records – Divorce Packets, 1860-1917, at FS

Leavenworth County – Court Records – Court Records, 1855-1918, at FS

Linn County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets, 1863-1919; District Court Journals, 1863- 1918; General Index, 1891-1919, at FS

Linn County – Court Records – Marriage Records, 1855-1923; Court Records, 1856-1862, at FS

Marion County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Docket, 1867-1919, at FS

Marion County – Court Records – District Court Journal, 1868-1918, at FS

Marshall County – Court Records – Appearance Dockets, 1858-1923, at FS

Marshall County – Court Records – Court Dockets, 1887-1898, at FS

Marshall County – Court Records – Court Journal, 1860-1920, at FS

Marshall County – Court Records – Final Record, 1864-1875, at FS

Marshall County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1857-1995 ; Indexes, 1858-1972, at FS

Marshall County – Court Records – Record Book, 1858-1865, at FS

McPherson County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets, McPherson County, Kansas, 1871-1920, at FS

McPherson County – Court Records – District Court Journals (1871-1920) and General Indexes (1872-1932) , McPherson County, Kansas,, at FS

Miami County – Court Records – Civil and Domestic Case Packets, 1857-1917, at FS

Miami County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets, 1858-1919, at FS

Miami County – Court Records – Deeds Records, 1857-1902 ; Indexes, 1857-1904, at FS

Morgan – Court Records – Kansas, Thomas County, Morgan Township, Justice Docket, 1905-1909, at FS

Morris County – Court Records – Court Records, 1860-1925; General Index to Records of the District Court, at FS

Nemaha County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets, 1859-1922, at FS

Nemaha County – Court Records – Journals, 1861-1919, at FS

Neosho County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Record Books, Probate Court, Neosho County, Kansas, 1902-1919, at FS

Neosho County – Court Records – Probate Journals, 1867-1921, at FS

Norton County – Court Records – Kansas, Norton County, Civil Case Files, 1886-1941, at FS

Osage County – Court Records – Civil Court Appearance Dockets, 1862-1921, at FS

Osage County – Court Records – Deed Records, 1858-1922 ; Indexes, 1858-1903, at FS

Osage County – Court Records – District Court Journals, 1861-1919, at FS

Osage County – Court Records – Divorce Case Packets, 1861-1917, at FS

Pottawatomie County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Docket, 1861-1919 ; Index, 1861-1927, at FS

Pottawatomie County – Court Records – Civil Case Files (only Divorces), 1862-1917, at FS

Pottawatomie County – Court Records – Court Record (appointments of Notary Publics), 1869-1884, at FS

Pottawatomie County – Court Records – Journals, 1861-1919, at FS

Pottawatomie County – Court Records – Sheriffs Record – Sale of Real Estate, V. A, 1884-1933, at FS

Pottawatomie County – Court Records – Sheriffs Registers of Attachments and Executions, 1882-1924, at FS

Pottawatomie County – Notarial Records – Court Record (appointments of Notary Publics), 1869-1884, at FS

Riley County – Court Records – Civil Court Records, 1859-1921; General Indexes, 1859-1927, at FS

Riley County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1859-1860, 1870 (1879), at FS

Rush County – Court Records – Rush County, Kansas, Court Journals 1875-1910, General Index 1875-1949, and Appearance Dockets 1856-1924, at FS

Saline County – Court Records – Kansas, Saline County, U.S. District Court for the 28th Judicial Court, Declaration of Intention for Citizenship and Petitions for Naturalization, 1853-1955, at FS

Sedgwick County – Court Records – District Court Journal of Sedgwick County, Kansas, 1870-1945, at FS

Sedgwick County – Court Records – Kansas, Sedgwick County, Witchita, U.S. District Court for the Second Division, Declaration of Intention for Citizenship and Petitions for Naturalization, 1909-1990, at FS

Sedgwick County – Court Records – Probate Court Journals, 1871-1917, Sedgwick County, Kansas, at FS

Sedgwick County – Court Records – Records of Real Estate, 1885-1919, Sedgwick County, Kansas, at FS

Sedgwick County – Court Records – Sedgwick County, Kansas, Civil Appearance Dockets, 1870-1918, at FS

Thomas County – Court Records – Kansas, Thomas County, Auto Records, 1920, at FS

Thomas County – Court Records – Kansas, Thomas County, District Court Records, 1886-1940, at FS

Thomas County – Court Records – Kansas, Thomas County, Inventory and Appraisement Records, 1907-1932, at FS

Thomas County – Court Records – Kansas, Thomas County, Summons Dockets, 1889-1955, at FS

Thomas County – Court Records – Kansas, Thomas County, Trial Dockets, 1897-1903, at FS

Troy – Court Records – Court Records, 1858-1898, at FS

Wabaunsee County – Court Records – Court and Divorce Records, Ca. 1857-1923 ; Index, 1876-1927, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Dockets, 1872-1954, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – District Court Journals, 1872-1956, at FS

Wilson County – Court Records – Probate Journals, 1869-1918, at FS

Wyandotte County – Court Records – Civil Appearance Docket, 1871-1918, at FS

Wyandotte County – Court Records – Kansas, Wyandotte County, Kansas City, U.S. District Court, Declarations for Citizenship and Petitions for Naturalization, 1948-1980, at FS

Kansas Court Records online