Massachusetts Criminal Records: Top 3 Places to Search Online

Massachusetts criminal records can be found at three main websites. One website is managed by the state judicial system. The other two are government public safety websites.

The best place to look for Massachusetts criminal records is the website of the appropriate government body. In the case of MA, there are two online places where you can begin your Massachusetts criminal records search:

• Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court of Massachusetts (also called the Appellate Courts).
• Executive Office of Public Safety (EOPS).

But there are, at least, two options on the EOPS website, depending on what kind of record you are looking for: The Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) or the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB).

3 Places to Begin Your MA Criminal Records Search

1. Appellate Courts
You can browse the appellate courts website using any of the five parameters or categories.
a. Docket Number – type in a case number assigned by the court
b. Party Involved – use the name of a principal person named in a case
c. Attorney – type in the name of a lawyer appearing in a case
d. Trial Court
e. Judge

Your search of appellate court records is covered by the website's privacy policy, which protects both you and the people named in the lawsuits.

For example, the website will not require any personal data from you so you can begin to browse its records. And although the site asks that your browser keep a cookie, it is not needed for you to use the site nor does the cookie gather your personal data. The cookie is only used for the purpose of navigating the site.

The cases stored in the appellate courts website are the same cases that you can access by personally going to a courthouse. If law or court ruling seals a case, its files cannot be accessed at a courthouse and, consequently, cannot be accessed through the website.

If the website has some data on sealed cases, it will be minimal and will not give you any data that will directly identify a party in the sealed case.

Whatever the case may be, appellate court records will NOT provide the following data to protect individuals from harassment, fraud, identity theft, and other crimes.

• Addresses
• Telephone Numbers
• Social Security Number
• Similar Identifying Data

2. Criminal Offender Record Information
Hiring individuals or companies may request records from the CORI website when evaluating prospective employees. Requests can take anywhere from two days to two weeks to process.

Degrees of access to CORI records vary. All that is normally needed is a government-issued photo ID like a driver's license.

3. Sex Offender Registry Board
The SORB website provides information to the public so that further victimization can be avoided. If you want to request the names and photos of known sex offenders as they appear on Massachusetts criminal records, you can simply download forms from the SORB website.

Useful Massachusetts Criminal Records Links:

Appellate Courts
CORI
SORB

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