Jefferson County Superior Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

The clerk must keep search warrants and supporting affidavits sealed, subject to public inspection after the inventory and return of service are filed, except warrants requiring a court order to unseal.

The clerk shall maintain a confidential and sealed file of all search warrants and affidavits in support thereof. After the filing of the inventory and a return of service, said records shall be available for public inspection, excluding search warrants which require a court order to unseal the same.

CRITICAL

After entry of a paternity judgment, the clerk must seal earlier pleadings, make later pleadings public, and open a new type 3 case.

After entry of the judgment and order determining paternity has been entered, the clerk of the court shall seal all pleadings prior to the judgment and order, but shall allow all subsequent pleadings to be open to the public, and shall open a new type 3 case per administrative order.

CRITICAL

When a request for trial de novo is submitted, the clerk is directed to seal the arbitration award.

[Clerk’s Action Required: Seal Award Pursuant to MAR 7.2(a)]

WARNING

The court administrator must keep judges’ notes and worksheets confidential.

The court administrator shall maintain the judges’ notes and worksheets as confidential.

WARNING

The clerk must keep mental health, psychiatric, and medical records received directly by the court confidential, but reports attached and incorporated by parties or counsel are not confidential without a court order.

The clerk shall maintain as confidential those mental health, psychiatric and medical records received directly by the court; except, however, those reports attached to and incorporated therein by counsel or parties are not subject to said confidentiality without a court order.