Hours: 8:30AM-4:30PM EST
P: 302-856-5775
F: 302-856-5778
Jurisdiction: Civil, Probate
Restricted Records: All records public.
Fees charged by Register of Wills for Probate are separate.
Hours: 8:30AM-4:30PM EST
F: 302-856-5739
No credit cards accepted.
Jurisdiction: Felony, Misdemeanor, Civil Actions
Restricted Records: No divorce, victim info, sealed records, expungments, or CCDW permit records released
Access to e-filed records is available online by subscription through LexisNexis eFlex system for filing. See http://courts.delaware.gov/efiling/index.stm,
Hours: 8:30AM-4:30PM EST
P: 302-856-5333
F: 302-856-5056
Visa/MC, Discover accepted.
Jurisdiction: Misdemeanor, Civil Actions under $50,000
Restricted Records: No closed case records released
Fees for archive or closed file retrieval is $25.00.
Hours: 8AM-4PM EST
P: 302-732-9580
F: 302-732-9586
Credit cards accepted.
Jurisdiction: Misdemeanor
This court also handles traffic.
Hours: 8AM-Midnight EST
P: 302-645-6163
F: 302-645-8842
Major credit cards accepted.
Jurisdiction: Misdemeanor, Traffic
Hours: 24 hours daily EST
P: 302-856-1445
F: 302-856-5844
Visa/MC, Discover accepted.
Jurisdiction: Misdemeanor, Traffic
Hours: 8AM-4PM EST
P: 302-856-1447
F: 302-856-4654
Jurisdiction: Civil Actions under $15,000, Eviction, Small Claims
See also Court 19 in Seaford.
Hours: 8AM-4PM EST
P: 302-628-2036
F: 302-628-2049
Jurisdiction: Misdemeanor
Court refers records request to State Agency-302-739-5961. This court considers the records non-public. One may not obtain a record on someone else.
Hours: 8AM-4PM EST
P: 302-629-5433
Jurisdiction: Civil Actions under $15,000, Eviction, Small Claims
Court closed, records now at Georgetown JP court #17, address and phones given here.
Contact the Sussex County Recorder Office if you would like to find vital records, such as birth, death, marriage, divorce, and real estate records.
Phone: 302-855-7785
Fax: 302-855-7787
Real Estate, Land
If you would like to obtain a hard copy of a birth, death, marriage, divorce, or other vital record, you can do so by searching for and requesting a vital certificate. Vital certificates are official hard copy documents, the same as those used by the United States government.
Get a vital certificate.
Total Land Area (2000): 937.58 sq mi
Population (2009): 192,747
- Females: 51.1%
- White: 84.0%
- Black/African American: 13.4%
- Asian: 0.9%
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino Origin: 7.2%
- White, Not Hispanic: 77.5%
Population Change (2000-2009): 36,166
Foreign-Born Population (2000): 4.5%
Language other than English spoken at home (2000): 7.1%
Persons Below Poverty Level (2008): 12.0%
High School Graduates (2000): 76.5%
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher (2000): 16.6%
Persons per Household (2000): 2.45
Housing Units (2000): 93,070
Homeownership Rate (2000): 80.7%
Migration Flow to Sussex County, DE from (2007-2008):
Total Earnings by Industry, in thou. dol. (2007):
- Total: $3,492,232
- Construction: $330,825
- Retail Trade: $373,229
- Professional and Technical Services: $0
- Healthcare: $434,303
- Banking: $90,168
- Retail Trade: $373,229
- Accommodations and Food Services: $187,075
- Manufacturing: $671,191
- Farms: $158,442
- Government: $434,980
Employed (2000): 69,596
Unemployed (2000): 3,565
Unemployment Rate (2009): 8.1%
Annual Payroll per Employee (2007): $32,647
Local Government Employment (2007): 0
Local Government Revenue (2007): $389,830 (thou. dol.)
Local Government Debt (2007): $250,195 (thou. dol.)
Births (2007): 2,548
- Per 1,000 population: 13.8
Deaths (2007): 1,937
- Per 1,000 population: 10.5
Infant Deaths (2007): 23
- Per 1,000 population: 9.0
Violent Crimes (2008): 1,086
- Murder and non-negligent manslaughter: 6
- Forcible rape: 98
- Robbery: 218
- Aggravated Assault: 764
Property Crimes (2008): 6,227
- Burglary: 1,741
- Larceny-Theft: 4,149
- Motor Vehicle Theft: 337
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