Suffolk County District Court

Emergency Closing

updated 29 May, 2010

Official notification of District Court courthouse closings can be obtained from:

www.cancellations.com: enter the 11722 ZIP code for Central Islip - listed as “Suffolk County State Courts”
the updated Suffolk Courts Emergency Closing Notifications
WLNG (FM 92.1)
WBAB (FM 102.3)
WBLI (FM 106.1)
Cablevision News 12
(631) 853-7500 automated answering system: the welcome message will indicate that the courts are closed

If the "Suffolk County State Courts" or the "Suffolk County Courts" are closed because of weather conditions, all 6 of the District Court Courthouses are closed.

If the Courts are "closed"

the five civil courthouses will notify all attorneys or self-represented litigants of the new court date. Landlord-Tenant matters are usually adjourned to the next week, other cases are generally given a longer adjourned date. Due to time constraints in Landlord Tenant cases, litigants are advised to contact the Courthouse to confirm the new date.
criminal and traffic defendants will be notified by mail of the new court date.
- check the next court date on WebCrims
- notify the court of your current mailing address
defendants who are in the custody of the Sheriff are produced the next regular court day.
defendants who are in the custody of any police agency awaiting arraignment are produced the next day that the court is open for arraignment.
parking tickets - if you previously indicated a "not guilty" plea on the ticket and were given a date to appear before a judge, you will be notified by mail of the adjourned date.

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